Will Jacqui do the right thing?

I wrote yesterday about the distressing case of the young gay Iranian student, Mehdi Kazemi,  who was denied asylum despite the very real threat to his life from the vile Iranian regime should he sent back. Mehdi's 'crime' is that he is gay.  I am very pleased to see that after the extensive media coverage and pressure from various quarters the BBC are reporting that the Home Secretary is to personally review his case. The BBC report is HERE . I profoundly hope that Ms Smith will use her common sense and allow this young man to stay in the UK.  Whilst I have some sympathy with some of the comments yesterday about people coming here and claiming asylum this case appears to be very different.  Mehdi Kazemi did not come here to claim asylum. Rather he came here to study.  He only put in an asylum application when it emerged that, under torture, his former partner had named him to the authorities as being gay. There are much bigger questions to be addressed about the treatment of certain sections of society by countries like Iran. (I defy anyone to look at the picture I have included in this post and not find their blood rising to boiling point with profound anger). But those are for another time.  Today I am just hoping that this young man can continue his life in this country free from fear of execution.