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Filmmaker Tanaz Eshaghian discovered that the Iranian government's " solution " for homosexuality is to endorse, and fully pay for, sex reassignment surgery.

The leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa declaring sex reassignment surgery permissible for " diagnosed transsexuals.

" Eshaghian's documentary, Be Like Others, chronicles a number of stories of Iranian gay men who feel transitioning is the only way to avoid further persecution, jail and / or execution.

The head of Iran's main transsexual organization, Maryam Khatoon Molkara — who convinced Khomeini to issue the fatwa on transsexuality — confirmed that some people who undergo operations are gay rather than transsexual.