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Zarif defended Islamic Republic’s draconian policies at a joint press conference with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in 2019. When a reporter from German tabloid Bild asked: “Why are homosexuals executed in Homeland because of their sexual orientation?” He responded: “Our society has moral principles. And we live according to these principles. That means that the law is respected and the law is obeyed.”
