In 2007, The Guardian reported that Iran ranked second only to Thailand in the number of gender-affirming surgeries performed.
Related stories"They told me I had two options," she told BI.
Molkara, who died in 2012, was instrumental in securing the fatwa that legalized gender-affirming surgeries in Iran.
Related stories"The questions were so graphic that my mom, at some point, left the room," she told BI.
Homosexuality as a sinJavad Sadidi, a Mashhad surgeon who specializes in gender-affirming surgeries, told BI that the process takes a minimum of two years.
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