Saghi Ghahraman attended roundtable hosted by honourable John Baird, Foreign minister of Canada: “…homosexuals in Iran are once oppressed due to being gay and lesbians, and once as men, women, ethnic minorities and religious minorities, civil activists, etc. Our expectation is that Canada defend the rights of LGBT in Iran specifically, and straightforward. – IRQO

Saghi Ghahraman attended roundtable hosted by honourable John Baird, Foreign minister of Canada: “…homosexuals in Iran are once oppressed due to being gay and lesbians, and once as men, women, ethnic minorities and religious minorities, civil activists, etc. Our expectation is that Canada defend the rights of LGBT in Iran specifically, and straightforward.

This morning (Thursday October 30), Saghi Ghahraman, director of Iranian Queer Organization (IRQO), met with honourable John Baird, foreign minister of Canada, in a roundtable in Ottawa. The roundtable was held in honour of Dr. Ahmad Shahid, Special Rapporteur of the United Nations on the conditions of human rights in Iran. Ambassador Andrew Bennet of … Continue reading Saghi Ghahraman attended roundtable hosted by honourable John Baird, Foreign minister of Canada: “…homosexuals in Iran are once oppressed due to being gay and lesbians, and once as men, women, ethnic minorities and religious minorities, civil activists, etc. Our expectation is that Canada defend the rights of LGBT in Iran specifically, and straightforward.