User:Manizanyar

Mani Zanyar is an Iranian LGBT activist for the Persian

Zanyar's activism began in 2003 when he founded the email persian gay and lesbian organization. Later, he start work with the Persian Gay and Lesbian Organization and later to the Iranian Queer Organization and in 2007 he began Iranian LGBT Humn Rights Organization. The organization's headquarters are in Amsterdam,Netherlands, as well as an underground office in Iran, where it is banned.

Zanyar was the executive director of the IRanian LGBT Human Rights Organization (ILGBTO)

Zanyar was born in tehran, Iran.Zanyar was inside Iran working as the health Secretary for Persian gay and lesbian organization(PGLO) to provide HIV testing.at jun 2006 he help to make documentary with CBC Chanel Canada about his activity in Iran.in October2006 ,his identity was compromised and subsequently Iranian police and the secret service raided his residence ,confiscating his belongings and trying to arrest him.he was able to escape and after a few days in hiding, hi was forced to leave his country and seek refuge with the Turkish authorities, where he spent 10 months. Unable to return to Iran, Zanyar lives in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

[Iranian LGBT Human Rights Organization] [Official weblog]