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Gay Iranian Claims He Was Outed By TV Documentary

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A lawsuit alleges he was arrested, beaten and raped after "Out in Iran" was broadcast. From: NewNowNext   Farzam Dadashzadeh , a gay Iranian refugee now living in Vancouver, has sued the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for including him in their documentary Out in Iran: Inside Iran’s Secret Gay World without his express permission. In the suit, Dadashzadeh alleges that his inclusion in the film led to him losing his job, being disowned by his family and eventually being sent to prison, where he was assaulted and raped by other inmates. After enduring the ridicule and violence, he was forced to flee Iran for Canada. The claim was filed last week in the Supreme Court of British Columbia and names the CBC as well as two of its reporters, Farid Haerinejad  (pictured below, left) and Evan Solomon (pictured below, right), as defendants.  Out in Iran was meant to chronicle the persecution of queer people in Iran and their struggles to gain equal rights under the current theocr...