6Rang (Iranian Lesbian and Transgender Network), 16 May 2025: In a new report titled “They See Us as Criminals,” 6Rang uncovers the structural forces behind the forced displacement of LGBTI individuals from Iran. Submitted to the UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender…
Nada Al-Nashif, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, is scheduled to visit Iran in the first week of February, 2024. Given the severe human rights violations in Iran, 6rang Network and Iranian Queer Rights Organization Simorgh express deep concern about…
The Islamic Penal Code in Iran criminalises various forms of same-sex relations with punishments ranging from flogging to execution (Articles 233 to 240), even for individuals under 18 years old due to the legal responsibility age in Iran being 9…
ranian actor, Mohamad Sadeghi arrested on Tehran’s Deputy Prosecutor’s orders. Hardliner news agency calls him ‘homosexuality advocate,’ accusing him of inciting violence on Instagram and threatening police forces. He livestreamed a violent police raid on his flat yesterday. 6Rang strongly…
Preamble The States Parties to the present Covenant, Considering that, in accordance with the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations, recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the…
Preamble The States Parties to the present Covenant, Considering that, in accordance with the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations, recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the…
Additional Principles and State Obligations on the Application of International Human Rights Law in Relation to Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Gender Expression and Sex Characteristics to Complement the Yogyakarta Principles. The YP plus 10 was adopted on 10 November, 2017…
Hate speech and propaganda against the LGBTQ+ community were used during and after the nationwide anti-regime protests to spread fear of the protests, report finds. A report published by the Iranian Lesbian and Transgender Network (6Rang) in March 2023 investigated…
6Rang is pleased to announce that Zahra Sedighi Hamedani, better known as Sareh, was released from Urmia Prison this morning. Sareh, an LGBTQ+ rights activist, was arrested in the West Azerbaijan province on 27th of October 2021 by the IRGC.…
Geneva, 8 September 2022 – Iran must immediately retract the death penalty sentence imposed on LGBTI activists Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani (Sareh) and Elham Choubdar and drop all charges against them – human rights organisations 6Rang (Iranian Lesbian and Transgender Network), ILGA…
