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Those who remained in custody were believed to have been wearing women's clothing. Individuals who undergo gender reassignment surgery may petition a court for new identity documents with corrected gender data, which the government reportedly provided efficiently and transparently. Retrieved April 6, Retrieved October 22, Hojatoleslam Kariminia, a mid-level Islamic cleric in Iran, is another advocate for transsexual rights, having called publicly for greater respect for the rights of Iranian transsexuals. Same-sex sexual activities are punishable by imprisonment, [2] corporal punishment , or execution.

In , the Netherlands stopped deporting gay men back to Iran temporarily. The law does not distinguish between consensual and nonconsensual same sex intercourse, and NGOs reported this lack of clarity led to both the victim and the perpetrator being held criminally liable under the law in cases of assault. Physicians for Human Rights. As Article 20 in Clause 14 states, a person who has done a sex reassignment surgery can legally change their name and gender on the birth certification upon the order of court. Some human rights activists and opponents of the government in Iran claim between 4, and 6, gay men and lesbians have been executed in Iran for crimes related to their sexual orientation since

Archived from the original on April 16, Hamzeh and Loghman, at Risk of Death Sentence". A non-adult who engages in consensual sodomy is subject to a punishment of 74 lashes. The New York Times. Archived December 1, , at the Wayback Machine. As Article 20 in Clause 14 states, a person who has done a sex reassignment surgery can legally change their name and gender on the birth certification upon the order of court.