{"id":121351,"date":"2021-02-08T17:30:38","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T22:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=121351"},"modified":"2021-02-08T17:42:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T22:42:29","slug":"iranian-cleric-covid-vaccine-causes-homosexuality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-cleric-covid-vaccine-causes-homosexuality\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Cleric: COVID Vaccine Causes Homosexuality"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firanian-cleric-covid-vaccine-causes-homosexuality%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=121351&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Pfizer-Vaccine-e1607551205822.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An Iranian cleric said that taking the coronavirus vaccine will turn vaccinated individuals into homosexuals in an online rant Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ayatollah Abbas Tabrizian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/iran-news\/iran-cleric-people-who-are-vaccinated-for-covid-have-become-homosexuals-658173\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> his more than 200,000 followers on the social media app Telegram that those who take the coronavirus vaccine &#8220;become homosexuals.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in National Security<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0\">\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/iranian-cleric-covid-vaccine-causes-homosexuality\/\"><strong>Iranian Cleric: COVID Vaccine Causes Homosexuality<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/conservatives-slam-biden-bid-to-rejoin-u-n-human-rights-council\/\"><strong>Conservatives Slam Biden Bid to Rejoin U.N. Human Rights Council<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/u-c-berkeley-advised-chinese-government-on-economic-decisions\/\"><strong>U.C. Berkeley Advised Chinese Government on Economic Decisions<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Don\u2019t go near those who have had the COVID vaccine,&#8221; Tabrizian said. &#8220;They have become homosexuals.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tabrizian\u2019s statements come as Iran deals with rising coronavirus cases, in addition to increased crackdowns on domestic dissent. In the past week, two of Iran\u2019s most prominent soccer players <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2021\/02\/06\/football\/mehrdad-minavand-ali-ansarian-iranian-world-cup-footballers-covid-19-spt-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died<\/a> from COVID-19. The regime has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-02-07\/iran-to-start-covid-19-vaccinations-using-russia-s-sputnik-v-jab\">reported<\/a> some 1.4 million cases and 60,000 virus-related deaths in total.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The cleric\u2019s remarks also reflect a longer trend of homophobia from the Iranian regime. Homosexual activity is illegal in Iran and can be punished with charges up to and including execution.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tehran executed between 4,000 and 6,000 homosexual Iranians since 1979, according to a 2008 British WikiLeaks cable.&nbsp;<\/span>A 2019 State Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/reports\/2019-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices\/iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>&nbsp;also highlighted how Iranian security forces systematically harassed, arrested, and detained citizens suspected of homosexual behavior.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Iranian cleric said that taking the coronavirus vaccine will turn vaccinated individuals into homosexuals in an online rant Monday. 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