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I think they just used a stock photo of UFO to illustrate the article. It's not supposed to be any more real than the Bill Gates with Borg apparatus picture that the Slashdot uses ever so often.

The real one should probably look something like this: http://www.isna.ir/ISNA/PicView.aspx?Pic=Pic-1736235-1&Lang=E

The news agency used a stock photo. The actual photo (clickable) is here.

The reality is, they probably don't have anyone who will admit to being gay since it carries the death penalty.


For anyone who doubts this;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Asgari_and_Ayaz_Marhoni

The picture of the teenagers being hanged is truly frightening:

http://isna.ir/Main/PicView.aspx?Pic=Pic-556874-1&Lang=P

Here is a copy of the letter they received:

Letter

It doesn't seem like the ISP gave them any real reason, so I'm also pretty suspicious. Shouldn't they have stated which part of the terms of service they violated? Seems shady.

Also for those who can read it, here is ISNA's own story about what happened:

story

Have you tried looking for it?

The netblock owner for Iranian Sutdents' News Agency (ISNA) appears to be Hostway, at least acording to Netcraft but it looks old.