Iran official in charge of promoting Islamic values suspended over alleged gay sex video

The Iranian government is denying any previous knowledge of a gay sex scandal that has led to the suspension of an official in the ultra-conservative Islamic nation. Reza Tsaghati, the head of Culture and Islamic Guidance in Gilan Province, was suspended last week after a video allegedly showed him having sex with another man. Iran officials had initially stayed silent over the growing scandal, but on Saturday, the country's culture minister, Mohammad Mehdi Esmaili, said he had no previous knowledge of Tsaghati's alleged homosexual relations. The video, which has not yet been verified, was sha…

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