Iran Kicked Out of U.N. Women's Rights Commission

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Thomas-Greenfield said it was urgently necessary to send a strong signal to Iranian protesters that the United Nations supports them.
48% : And for too long, for too often, this was not such an unusual thing in Iran," the U.S. ambassador said.
38% : "It is not at all unexpected that the United States is taking such unlawful action against Iran, given its long-standing hostility towards the Iranian people, but if carried out, it would be exceedingly dangerous to the U.N. system integrity," Iranian Ambassador Amir Saeid Jalil Iravani said before the vote was taken.
37% :Iran's term on the commission began in April 2022 and was scheduled to run until 2026, but the members voted 29-8 with 16 abstentions to evict Iran immediately over the death of a young Kurdish woman named Mahsa Amini in September at the hands of brutal "morality police" for allegedly wearing her headscarf improperly, and the regime's brutal crackdown on protests that have swept Iran ever since.
36% : Richard Gowan, U.N. director for the International Crisis Group, said on Wednesday that some other members were "queasy" about the precedent set by expelling Iran, but the U.S. "forced the issue" by calling the vote suddenly and leaving other members with "little choice but to vote yes.""Even a lot of countries disgusted by Iran's behavior would have preferred something milder, like temporarily suspending Iran from the CSW, but the U.S. effectively forced other members to get in line by announcing the initiative with very little warning," Gowan said.
33% : Iran was expelled from the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) on Wednesday in a vote initiated by the United States.
32% : On Monday, Iran hanged the second person sentenced to death for "waging war against God" by protesting against the abuse of women.
31% : "We will condemn Iran, and we will not let them sit on the Commission for the Status of Women and continue to attack women in their own country," she said.
30% :Iran denounced and "categorically rejected" the resolution against it.
27% : U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said UNCSW "cannot do its important work if it is being undermined from within.""Iran's membership at this moment is an ugly stain on the Commission's credibility," she said.

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