· 2005: Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni, gay teens. July 19th, 2009 Headsman. On this date in 2005, two teenagers were hanged in Mashhad, Iran. Affecting photos of these two youths, their faces etched in fright and grief, their 16- and 18-year-old bodies pitifully boyish next to their executioners, became an immediate worldwide sensation.
