TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Payam Feili fled his native Iran last year because of the persecution he faced over his sexuality. Now, the gay poet has made a years-long dream come true – he is visiting ...

As an openly gay author in a country where homosexuality is punishable by flogging and execution, Feili made no attempt to hide the sexual undertones in the writing that had so angered Iranian’s ...

Iranian poet Payam Feili is seeking asylum in Israel because of the danger he faces if he were to return to the Islamic Republic, according to media reports. After fleeing Iran because of his ...

Israel-bashers love to accuse the Jewish state of “pinkwashing” — touting its flourishing gay communities to distract from its policies toward the Palestinians. It’s a ridiculous charge, since Israel ...

AP — Payam Feili fled his native Iran last year because of the persecution he faced over his sexuality. Now, the gay poet has made a years-long dream come true — he is visiting Israel, Iran’s ...

Israel has extended the visa of a gay Iranian poet until October as he seeks permanent refuge in the country, he told Newsweek on Sunday. Payam Feili fled Iran because of his sexuality, moving to ...

A chimpanzee has taken up smoking and spitting, according to China's Xinhua news agency. It is unclear why Feili, 13, has started smoking but her zoo keeper said it was because she was frustrated. She ...

JAHROM CAMP, Iran, May 28 (UNHCR) - They were expelled from Iraq nearly 30 years ago, accused of not being Iraqi. After decades of exile in Iran, it seems like thousands of Feili Kurds now have a ...