Gay Star News:

Sweden has rejected the asylum claim for a 19-year-old gay teen who fears being executed in Iran.

Mehdi Shokr Khoda, who also identifies as Christian, was forced to sign a document today (9 July) to say he has three weeks to leave the country.

If he does not, he could be deported at any time.

Gay Star News has seen the rejection document by the Swedish Migration Court.

He was rejected on the basis there is no ‘new evidence’ after previous asylum claims. Swedish officials, confusingly, have also said international media attention on his case is unlikely to be read in Iran.

‘I cannot live open as a gay in Iran,’ Mehdi told Gay Star News.

‘They won’t understand something about you. They will just kill you first.’

In his corner is his partner, 23-year-old Carlo Rapisarda – originally from Italy.

The two of them have been together for about 18 months.

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