The gutting and dissolution of the foreign service, under an Administration that has lacked the "diplomacy gene" and put in charge Secretaries that are the worst in a several generations, continues with Rice's inability to support even their own Ambassadors, including gay appointee Guest.
Iran goes ahead and executes a 21 year old for "gay crimes" (rape) he committed when he was 13, allegedly, before witnesses recanted. Family and lawyer? Notified ex post facto, naturally. Just like Savak, with the mullocracy, eh?