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UN council ousts Iran from UN commission backing women
Updated On: 16 December, 2022 09:45 AM IST | United Nations | Agencies
The U.S-sponsored resolution was sparked by Iran’s ongoing brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters who took to the streets in September after the death of a 22-year-old woman taken into custody by the morality police
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Member countries vote on the removal of Iran from membership in the Commission on the Status of Women Wednesday. Pic/AFP
The U.N. Economic and Social Council voted Wednesday to immediately oust Iran from the U.N.’s premiere global body fighting for gender equality because of its systematic violation of the rights of women and girls, a decision the United States hailed as “historic” and Iran claimed was based on “fabricated allegations.”
The U.S-sponsored resolution was sparked by Iran’s ongoing brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters who took to the streets in September after the death of a 22-year-old woman taken into custody by the morality police.
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