US will work to remove Iran from UN Commission on the Status of Women

Washington, D.C. -- The United States will work to remove Iran from the UN Commission on the Status of Women, US Vice President Kamala Harris announced on November 2nd.

The effort to evict Iran form the 45-member intergovernmental body comes as the Iranian government has tried to suppress nationwide protests following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of that nation's so-called "morality police".

"The duty of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women is to promote women's rights. Iran has shown, through its denial of women's rights and brutal crackdown on its own people after Mahsa Amini's murder, that it's unfit to serve on this commission," said Congressman Brad Sherman. "This announced action makes it clear that the United States continues to stand with and has not forgotten the Iranian women and men who continue to inspire the world with their bravery."

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