What the Ancient Greeks Wrote About Homosexuality in Persia – and How Much of It Is True
Herodotus, Plato, Plutarch, Xenophon, Aeschylus, Athenaeus, and others.
Iran
The Hermitage's 'Amorous Couple': An Iranian Painting with Gender Ambiguity
An anonymous early 19th-century Iranian painting in which a beauty and a beardless youth are nearly indistinguishable.
Sex Reassignment in the Islamic Republic of Iran: A Comprehensive Overview
How it became possible, what Islamic law says, and the statistics on surgeries.
Male Same-Sex Intercourse in Iran After the Islamic Revolution: Criminal Law and Prosecution Statistics
According to documented cases, between 100 and 241 executions; some estimates put the figure as high as 6,000.