Permanent Representative of Iran Amir Saeid Iravani is seen during the 5th plenary meeting of the Economic and Social Council regarding the removal of the Islamic Republic of Iran from membership in the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on December 14, 2022. (Credit: Yuki Iwamura/AFP)
The United Nations on Wednesday voted to remove Iran from a women's rights organization over Tehran's brutal crackdown on women-led protests.
Twenty-nine members of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) voted to expel the Islamic Republic from the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW).
Eight countries voted against and 16 abstained. A simple majority was needed to adopt the motion, which was proposed by the United States.
Twenty-nine members of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) voted to expel the Islamic Republic from the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW).
Eight countries voted...
