The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has expelled Iran from the UN Commission on the Status of Women. It is reported by The Guardian.
The exemption proposal was put forward by the United States. For the exclusion of Iran, 29 of the 54 members of ECOSOC, which oversees the Commission, voted. The resolution was opposed by his allies, including Russia and China. 16 countries abstained from voting. Thus, Iran was in the Commission for only a few months. The Islamic Republic became a member shortly before protests began over the murder of activist Mahsa Amini.
“The Commission is the main UN body for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. It cannot do its important work if it is undermined from within. Iranian membership at the moment is an ugly stain on the credibility of the Commission,” said US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield. Iran's representative to the UN, Amir Syed Iravani, in turn, called the exclusion decision part of "Washington's hostile policy towards the Iranian people."
Protests broke out in Iran in September 2022 after the vice police killed Amini for wearing the hijab "incorrectly". As a result, about 15 thousand people were arrested. According to the Iranian authorities, about 200 people died, according to human rights activists – 460. The authorities of the Islamic Republic announced that they were reviewing the law on the mandatory wearing of the hijab.
