Iranian gay Mehdi Kazemi made a last ditch effort to save his hide yesterday.

The 19-year old remains in The Netherlands after delaying his deportation to Britain, which will likely send him back to Iran. Kazemi moved to England in 2004 for university and claims he intended to leave, but stayed after the Iranian government executed his boyfriend.

The British government planned to kick Kazemi out, but the teen hopped off to The Netherlands, which has a moratorium on deporting endangered gays.

Kazemi's case gets a bit complicated, however, when you consider Europe's Dublin Treaty. That measure stipulates that asylum cases must be tried in the nation where the subject applied, which would be England for Kazemi.

He's hoping, however, that British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith will take pity on him. In a letter sent yesterday, Kazemi again reiterates that he fears for his life and that he should be punished for his natural attractions.

The British government won't comment on specific cases, but insists they "will not remove anyone who we believe is at risk on their return."

Iran continues to repress its gay citizens, including, Hamzeh Chavi and Loghman Hamzehpour. The two teens were recently arrested for "sodomy" and as "enemies of Allah". If convicted - well, they die. This petition may not do any good, but it's better than nothing.

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An Iranian teen didn't have a merry Christmas.

As we mentioned last week, 19-year old Mehdi has been waiting for asylum in The Netherlands, which has a policy against deporting queers back to Iran.

Unfortunately, immigration officials refused to grant Mehdi's wish because the decision would violate the Dublin Treaty, which prevents asylum seekers from applying in multiple EU nations. Mehdi had previously applied for asylum in England, which is where he's most likely headed this week. Mehdi's lawyers plan one final appeal.

The 19-year old fears the Brits will send him back to Iran without giving him a fair shot at freedom. Sending him back may result in his execution, so, if you ask us, they have no choice but to welcome him into their national fold.

A gay Iranian remains in judicial limbo this morning. 19 year-old Mehdi fled his homeland two years ago and made his way to the United Kingdom for an education. He also decided to overstay his visa.

Upon their discovery, immigration officials plotted to send Mehdi back to Iran, where he'd surely be punished for his homosexuality. Obviously intent on remaining relatively free - and alive - Mehdi made his way to The Netherlands, where he's currently waiting a judge's word on his fate:

Mehdi had his “day in court” after the Dutch authorities wanted to return him to the UK – there was no suggestion of him being returned to Iran as the Government in the Netherlands has a moratorium on returning gays to Iran.

“My main worry is that if they send me to the UK, the Home office would try to send me to Iran without any further review in my case,” he said today in an email.

The judge in the Netherlands is now considering the case. She is expected to hand down her decision early in the New Year on whether Mehdi can stay in the country or has to be returned to the UK.

Mehdi and his lawyer hope the judge allows the teen to stay in The Netherlands. The United Kingdom, they fear, could still decide to deport his ass.

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CBS On Logo journo Jason Bellini isn't taking Doug Ireland's attacks lying down. Yesterday we published Ireland's irrate missive to Bellini in which the veteran newsman blasted Bellini and Logo for not including Iran in their year-of-the-end spectacular. He wrote: "…You call this show-biz fluff you’re doing 'news'?" Way harsh.

Last night, just minutes after posting Happy Endings, we received a note from Bellini to Ireland.

Read it in all it's glory, after the jump…

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Logo patted itself on the back when announced their Jason Bellini-hosted 30-minute weekly news show. Veteran political journalist Doug Ireland, however, wants to slap them across the corporate face for their failure to mention consistently anti-gay Iran during their end-of-the-year spectacular. The frequent Gay City News contributor wrote to Jason directly:

I just watched your half-hour end-of-the-year "news" review on LOGO. And I was truly appalled when, in your oh-so-brief inclusion of Ahmadinejad's infamous "no homosexuals in Iran" statement among the top ten stories of the year, there was not a word about the horrific, lethal campaign of persecution of LGBT people in Iran by its theocratic regime.

Coming just days after Iran's hanging of 21-year-old Makwan Moloudzadeh — for having had sex (at the age of 13) with other boys his own age — aroused worldwide revulsion, your glaring omission of any word about the skein of daily repression which same-sexers face in Iran — Internet entrapment, raids on private homes and parties, arrests, torture, imprisonment, lashings, forced sex-change operations, executions, and the rest — is stunning and incomprehensible.

Your broadcast found time to talk about Ellen's dog (twice) and about the feud between Mr. Trump and Ms. O'Donnell (twice) and other entertainment trivialities, but about the unspeakable persecutions visited on gay people in Iran you and your colleagues were utterly silent. By the way, I have yet to hear a word about the hanging of Makwan on your air. And still you call this show-biz fluff you're doing "news"?

No word on whether Bellini's responded to Ireland's irate missive.