On a rare visit to Africa, Iran’s president sharply criticizes Western nations’ support for homosexuality as one of the “dirtiest” episodes of human history.
President Ebrahim Raisi speaks in Uganda, which recently passed anti-gay legislation prescribing the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality,” to widespread international condemnation.
“I believe that this issue, and these strong attacks by the West against the establishment of families and against the culture of the nations, is another area of cooperation for Iran and Uganda,” Raisi says after a private meeting with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.
“The Western countries try to identify homosexuality as an index of civilization, while this is one of the dirtiest things which have been done in human history,” Raisi adds.
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