Mehdi Kazemi, a gay Iranian refugee, was to be deported from Europe after his application for asylum was turned down.

An Iranian homosexual man who has said he will be executed if he is deported from the Netherlands has had his claim for asylum overturned.

Medhdi is now safe after an intervention by European Parliament.

After the historical approval of the European Resolution the British Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, decided a few hours ago to suspend the procedure that would entail deportation to Iran for Mehdi Kazemi, the young Iranian gay…