United Nations member states removed Iran from the organization’s women’s rights panel amid Tehran’s deadly crackdown on anti-government protesters. “Iran’s membership at this moment is an ugly stain on the commission’s credibility.”
United Nations member states on Wednesday removed Iran from the organization’s women’s rights panel amid Tehran’s deadly crackdown on anti-government protesters.
Protests erupted throughout Iran in the wake of the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in mid-September. Amini died in police custody after being arrested by the “morality police” for incorrectly wearing her hijab.
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