City boy

Farsad, 26, and Farnam, 24, met in a gay chat room last winter. After corresponding they moved in together to start life as a couple, in disguise but together. They invited small group of their friends to celebrate this union. Just fifteen minutes after the party began, the police broke into their house and arrested everyone. They were brutally beaten and then transported to a police detention center.

They were accused of advocating decadency, homosexuality and prostitution..eventually they were sentenced for having an improper relationship, for which they received 80 lashes each.

More pictures here.