Claim: Arsham Parsi, who was the executive director of the Iranian Queer Organization for several years and the founder of Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees, was asked to speak publicly in Geneva, Switzerland at the second session of United Nations Human Rights Council, which was founded in 2006..
Evidence: He is the founder and head of the Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees. Less than three years later, he was asked to speak publicly in Geneva, Switzerland, at the second session of United Nations Human Rights Council and on the fourth anniversary all international media published some articles about Iranian gays and lesbians. Parsi was the executive director of the Iranian Queer Organization and director of the organization's online magazine, Cheraq for several years. 15 March 2006; 14 years ago (2006-03-15)