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In Saudi Arabia, while the maximum punishment for homosexual acts is public execution, the government will generally use lesser punishments — e. g., fines, jail time, and whipping — as alternatives, unless it feels that individuals are challenging state authority by engaging in LGBT social movements.

Iran is perhaps the nation to execute the largest number of its citizens for homosexual acts.

Since the 1979 Islamic revolution, the Iranian government has executed more than 4, 000 such people.