I thought they did not have any?

Iranian minister (of what, BTW? energy is the best guess found by googling, but I am not sure) Mohsen Yahyavi said that gays should be hanged. or tortured. Or both.

Didn't his president just say that they didn't have any gays? How do you explain this discrepancy?

1. Ahmadinejad just did not know that a few gays had survived.

2. During the two months that have passed since then a few guys looked at Ahmadinejad and immediately got excited and became gay.

3. During the two months that have passed since then a few guys became gay after figuring out they are never gonna see a woman without all the coverings.

4. Mohsen Yahyavi really meant "hung", as in "well-hung", and is looking forward toward personally performing the torture with a pink fluffy whip.