{"id":5022,"date":"2022-09-25T17:23:29","date_gmt":"2022-09-25T17:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?p=5022"},"modified":"2022-09-25T17:23:35","modified_gmt":"2022-09-25T17:23:35","slug":"democrats-built-the-human-suffering-in-iran-dont-let-dems-forget-their-list-of-abuses-against-iranian-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?p=5022","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Built The Human Suffering In Iran, Don&#8217;t Let Dems Forget Their List Of Abuses Against Iranian Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats are crying about the human suffering in Iran this month as if they don&#8217;t have anything to do it with it.\u00a0 They do; they have supported the American lawmakers, like Joe Biden, who have pushed these oppressive policies and leaders on the people of Iran &#8211; and here is proof.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, Democrats and Joe Biden supported and voted for Iran to have leadership at the UN over human rights where they could set directives dealing with the treatment of women, and they have worked with the monster leader of the country who has caused the death of many women over oppressive dress codes that many of them hate.<\/p>\n<p>And Democrats supported the murderous leader of Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with the treatment of women that American leftist feminists have forced on the women of Iran, through the United Nations, which has been a central conflict in the recent uprising in Iran.\u00a0 Remember, Democrats voted FOR Iran to have this <strong>leadership:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmmaWatson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EmmaWatson<\/a> when Iran was elected to join Commission on the Status of Women, Iranians warned <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UN_Women?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UN_Women<\/a> of the regime\u2019s awful track record of violating women&#39;s rights. The killing of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MahsaAmini?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MahsaAmini<\/a> &amp; others. Plz be our voice to revoke Islamic Republic\u2019s membership.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0645\u0647\u0633\u0627_\u0627\u0645\u06cc\u0646\u06cc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Masih Alinejad \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f (@AlinejadMasih) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlinejadMasih\/status\/1574062233407328256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Point: Democrats who support Joe Biden&#8217;s administration are being accused of ignoring the pleas of the Iranian people, who were always dissatisfied with leader Ibrahim Raisi over his massive crime against humanity in 1988 in Iran.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Remember this is the leader who is behind the recent violence that the left are virtue signaling they care about.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For over a year, we have known Raisi was working with the White House -without repercussions for his crimes against humanity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Flashback:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jen Psaki seemed to suggest that the US is only planning on holding Raisi accountable for new HR violations in the future,&#8221;M. Hanif Jazayeri, a news editor for Iran, told me in Jan 2021 when I followed up with him about what is happening in Iran at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The current conflict in Iran centers around Ibrahim Raisi the newly President-Elect of Iran. His campaign was protested heavily by the people and activists in Iran leading up to the election and those protests were ignored by the Democrats who blindly support corrupt US politicians.<\/p>\n<p>And NOW THIS:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranian women are cutting their hair and burning headscarves to protest their country&#39;s morality laws, following the death of Mahsa Amini.<\/p>\n<p>Iran&#39;s President Raisi commented on the unrest, saying protesters should be &quot;confronted decisively.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GFSS7cEW31\">pic.twitter.com\/GFSS7cEW31<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DW News (@dwnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews\/status\/1573866629867241472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>We had been warned the violence would happen under Raisi- and Democrats ignored it:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">&#8220;Iran&#8217;s state TV official translator deliberately cuts out sensitive parts of foreign reporter&#8217;s question to Ebrahim Raisi on his role in the <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/1988Massacre?src=hashtag_click\">#1988Massacre<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">, including <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amnesty\">@amnesty<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">&#8216;s call for him to be investigated for &#8220;crimes against humanity,&#8221;M. Hanif Jazayeri reported on Twitter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">White House <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PressSec<\/a>: US will hold Ebrahim Raisi accountable for &quot;violations of human rights on his watch GOING FORWARD&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The people of Iran hope\/expect the Biden Admin to hold Raisi accountable for committing crimes against humanity during the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/1988Massacre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#1988Massacre<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RaisiMassMurderer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RaisiMassMurderer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UpPJv6H1a5\">pic.twitter.com\/UpPJv6H1a5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; M. Hanif Jazayeri (@HanifJazayeri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HanifJazayeri\/status\/1407071275055472640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Even though the people wanted him to be investigated for crimes against humanity, the Biden administration embraced Raisi and has said publically that they will look over his past abuses.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The people of Iran certainly expect the US administration to lead the international community into holding Ebrahim Raisi accountable for perpetrating crimes against humanity. Mass murderers like Raisi should not enjoy impunity. In any case, the 1988 massacre is an ongoing crime against humanity. People are put in prison and face torture only for demanding justice, while the regime also continues to destroy the mass graves of the victims. The families deserve to have closure, through an international Commission of Inquiry,&#8221; Jazayeri told me.<\/p>\n<p>Jazayeri continued to post evidence that the UN should investigate the character of Raisi.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iran\u2019s president Ebrahim Raisi watched as opponents were tortured<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thetimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheTimes<\/a> interviews survivors of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/1988Massacre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#1988Massacre<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Will democratic countries support a UN Commission of Inquiry into Raisi&#39;s crimes against humanity?<\/p>\n<p>CC: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCDOHumanRights?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FCDOHumanRights<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StateDRL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StateDRL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CanadaUN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CanadaUN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eu_eeas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@eu_eeas<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GermanyUN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GermanyUN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HXxvufKwc8\">pic.twitter.com\/HXxvufKwc8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; M. Hanif Jazayeri (@HanifJazayeri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HanifJazayeri\/status\/1407712285032955907?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to Iran media, events leading up to the 1988 :<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Following the 1979 revolution, Ruhollah Khomeini\u2019s regime continued to sink the country into a merciless religious dictatorship that spared neither women, nor students, nor minorities. In the same period, Khomeini\u2019s henchmen murdered 70 members and supporters of the MEK during peaceful rallies, meetings, and protests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">On June 20, 1981, the MEK tested the democratic environment a final time by launching a demonstration to remind the Khomeini regime of its responsibility to respect the fundamental freedoms of the Iranian people. In Tehran, more than 500,000 people attended the demonstration, which hadn\u2019t been publicly declared in advance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">In response, Khomeini ordered the Revolutionary Guards (<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/look-irans-revolutionary-guards\">IRGC<\/a>), his personal army, to open fire on the unarmed and peaceful protesters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">Therefore, June 20 is known in Iran as a turning point of the Iranian people\u2019s struggle for freedom that proved the regime is unable to reform and needs to be overthrown.<\/p>\n<p>WITNESS TO 1988<\/p>\n<p>A former political prisoner who survived the 1988 massacre in Iran had spoken out against the hardline president-elect.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I spoke to a former political prisoner and survivor of the the 1988 massacre in Iran for his thoughts on the hardline president-elect Ebrahim Raisi<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UOZAF8wdX6\">https:\/\/t.co\/UOZAF8wdX6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Taz Ali (@Taz_Ali_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Taz_Ali_\/status\/1407659610371133444?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>From her article:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ahmad Ebrahimi, 60, told <strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-inews-red-color\">me<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0that he came face-to-face with judge Ebrahim Raisi when he was an inmate in Tehran that year, when Raisi was one of four people on the prosecution committee responsible for the execution of thousands of political prisoners. The group was known as the \u201cdeath committee\u201d by opponents of the regime.<\/p>\n<p>Raisi, who is under US sanctions for human rights abuses,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/news\/world\/ebrahim-raisi-wins-landslide-iran-presidential-election-amid-low-turnout-1061598\">secured a landslide victory in\u00a0Iran\u2019s presidential election on Saturday<\/a>, which saw record low voter turnout of 48 per cent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>American Democrats voted at the UN to support the Iran regime in their pursuit of dominating Women&#8217;s Rights, shocking the world and sending Iran&#8217;s women plummeting the country into despair.<\/p>\n<p>Flashback to April 2021:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sky News host Rita Panahi says this is further evidence &#8220;the UN is a hopelessly corrupt clown operation&#8221; after Iran was elected to the United Nations&#8217; peak body on the status of women. &#8220;As we all know, women in Iran are treated like second-class citizens&#8230; they do not enjoy equal rights under the law and are even locked up and beaten by the state for refusing to wear the hijab,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So naturally, the UN has elected the Islamist regime to its peak women&#8217;s group. In fact, Iran has earned a four-year term on its Commission on the Status of Women, which is meant to be the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. &#8220;Though the ballot was secret, UN Watch has determined that at least four of the 15 EU and Western Group democracies voted for Iran.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AYjXuYXvE5Q?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>UN Watch is calling on U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield and EU states to condemn the UN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/press\/en\/2021\/ecosoc7040.doc.htm\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">election<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0Iran to a\u00a04-year\u00a0term on its\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unwomen.org\/en\/csw\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Commission on the Status of Women<\/a>, the \u201cprincipal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The vote yesterday by the UN\u2019s Economic and Social Council, reported first by UN Watch, sparked outrage among human rights activists. \u201cElecting the Islamic Republic of Iran to protect women\u2019s rights is like making an arsonist into the town fire chief,\u201d said Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, the Geneva-based human rights group. \u201cIt\u2019s absurd \u2014 and morally reprehensible. This is a black day for women\u2019s rights, and for all human rights,\u201d said Neuer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>At Least 4 EU &amp; Western Democracies Backed Iran<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Though the ballot was secret, UN Watch\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unwatch.org\/at-least-4-eu-western-democracies-voted-to-elect-iran-to-un-womens-rights-commission\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">has determined<\/a>\u00a0that at least four of the 15 EU and Western Group democracies on ECOSOC\u2014which include Australia, Austria, Canada, Finland, France, Latvia, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States\u2014voted for Iran.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Iranian Activists, Victims, Decry \u2018Surreal\u2019 Vote<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is surreal,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlinejadMasih\/status\/1385030512486531072\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">tweeted<\/a>\u00a0Iranian women\u2019s rights activist Masih Alinejad. \u201cA regime that treats women as second class citizens, jails them for not wearing the compulsory hijab, bans them from singing, bars them from stadiums and doesn\u2019t let them travel abroad without the permission of their husbands gets elected to the UN\u2019s top women\u2019s rights body.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At an event at the Swedish parliament, along with Dr. Javid Rahman, the UN special rapporteur, Masih Alinejad the founder of anti compulsory hijab movement in Iran, condemned the election of Islamic Republic of Iran to UN\u2019s commission on the status of women.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Yesterday in this event in Swedish parliament along with the UN special rapporteur, I condemned the UN\u2019s election of Islamic Republic of <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Iran<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> to its commission on the status of women. Please listen &amp; share the message of Iranian women\u2019s rights activists with your government,&#8221; Alinejad posted on Twitter.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sky News host Rita Panahi says this is further evidence &quot;the UN is a hopelessly corrupt clown operation&quot; after Iran was elected to the United Nations&#39; peak body on the status of women.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B1Ke6J6dUI\">https:\/\/t.co\/B1Ke6J6dUI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sky News Australia (@SkyNewsAust) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkyNewsAust\/status\/1385495501429084163?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Two Black American women led the Democrats on subjugating women around the world with their political authority,\u00a0 Linda Thomas Greenfiled and Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>The two Democrats welcomed the resources and money of Iran into the United States, and they have helped a murderous regime enslave Iranian women.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am honored, and beyond humbled, to have been sworn in today by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VP<\/a> Kamala Harris as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p>Diplomacy is back. Multilateralism is back. America is back. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IHWIwMIOew\">pic.twitter.com\/IHWIwMIOew<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield (@USAmbUN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USAmbUN\/status\/1364620239963639811?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>GREENFIELD IGNORED THIS LIST OF OFFENSES<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thread:<\/p>\n<p>In response to UN\u2019s decision to elects Iran to commission on women&#39;s rights. Below is a brief timeline of the steps taken by the regime to gradually deprive Iranian women of their rights: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qIeGTjl7dc\">pic.twitter.com\/qIeGTjl7dc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Borna\ud83c\udf0b (@Borna___) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Borna___\/status\/1385521139481468928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>February 26, 1979: Khomeini\u2019s office announced that the Family Protection Act was going to be repealed. February 27, 1979: The Women\u2019s Social Services Act was revoked<\/p>\n<p>February 28, 1979: Gender discrimination was extended to the sports arena and women\u2019s athletic tournaments were cancelled one after the other.<\/p>\n<p>March 2, 1979: Women were banned from judgeship. Hundreds of female judges and juristic interns were left in limbo.<\/p>\n<p>March 4, 1979: The right of divorce was granted exclusively to men, enabling them to unilaterally decide for divorce at any time of their liking.<\/p>\n<p>March 7, 1979: Khomeini issued a fatwa on the compulsory veil, obliging women who worked in government offices to cover their hair at work.<\/p>\n<p>May 22, 1979: The first time a woman was flogged in public.<\/p>\n<p>July 12, 1979: The first time three women were executed on the charge of committing vice.<\/p>\n<p>June 29, 1980: For the first time, two women were stoned to death in Kerman, southern Iran. The verdict was carried out even before the adoption in 1982 of the inhuman Retribution Law by the mullahs\u2019 parliament (Majlis).<\/p>\n<p>By the end of 1981, the gender-segregation was implemented in public transportations, recreation centers, seaside, and other public areas.<\/p>\n<p>According to Article 1041 of the Civil Code reformed and amended on November 5, 1991: Marriage of girls before 13 solar years and boys before 15 solar years is conditioned on the permission of the guardian on the condition that a qualified court deems it appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>According to Article 102 of the Punishment Law ratified in 1983, women who appear in public and in the streets without the religious veil are punished by 74 lashes of the whip.<\/p>\n<p>Article 8 of the mullahs\u2019 Constitution institutionalized the duty of \u201cpromoting virtue and forbidding vice.\u201d In the year 2010, the mullahs\u2019 president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, placed greater emphasis on this law by supplementing it by another bill.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010 another act was embraced to \u201cspread the culture of chastity and Hijab\u201d according to which at least 26 government agencies were instructed to carry out duties to enforce the compulsory veil on Iranian women.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, the regime implemented an extensive plan in all universities, designating gender quotas for admission of female students. According to this plan, girls were completely banned from applying for B.S. or B.A. in 77 fields of study.<\/p>\n<p>In mid-April 2013, Khamenei offered a plan to increase the country\u2019s population, by boosting the average birth rate. The mullahs\u2019 parliament followed suit and passed a legislation which openly placed further restrictions on women\u2019s employment and family rights.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, the mullahs\u2019 parliament passed two articles of a new bill which lent support to those who promote virtue and forbid from evil. The rest of the bill was adopted in 2016, which gave priority to the views of the mullahs\u2019 supreme leader and was readily implemented.<\/p>\n<p>More than 500 young women and girls were arrested and imprisoned for participating in the December 2017-January 2018 uprisings.<\/p>\n<p>On December 15, 2019, the Iranian Resistance announced that +1,500 people were killed by the security forces in the November protests. Then, on December 23, Reuters news agency confirmed from sources within the Iranian regime that 400 women and 17 youths were among those killed.<\/p>\n<p>Freedom-loving women &amp;amp; female students participated extensively in the protests in January 2020 against the downing of a Ukrainian passenger aircraft by IRGC missiles. Participants in the protests called for resignation of the supreme leader Ali Khamenei and for regime change.<\/p>\n<p>AMERICAN DEMOCRATS ARE ENABLING THEIR ABUSERS<\/p>\n<p>From a release:<br \/>\nUN Watch is calling on U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield and EU states to condemn the UN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/press\/en\/2021\/ecosoc7040.doc.htm\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">election<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0Iran to a\u00a04-year\u00a0term on its\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unwomen.org\/en\/csw\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Commission on the Status of Women<\/a>, the \u201cprincipal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The vote yesterday by the UN\u2019s Economic and Social Council, reported first by UN Watch, sparked outrage among human rights activists. \u201cElecting the Islamic Republic of Iran to protect women\u2019s rights is like making an arsonist into the town fire chief,\u201d said Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, the Geneva-based human rights group. \u201cIt\u2019s absurd \u2014 and morally reprehensible. This is a black day for women\u2019s rights, and for all human rights,\u201d said Neuer.<\/p>\n<p>At Least 4 EU And Western Democracies Backed Iran<\/p>\n<p>Though the ballot was secret, UN Watch\u00a0 that at least four of the 15 EU and Western Group democracies on ECOSOC\u2014which include Australia, Austria, Canada, Finland, France, Latvia, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States\u2014voted for Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian Activists, Victims, Decry \u2018Surreal\u2019 Vote<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is surreal,\u201d\u00a0 Iranian women\u2019s rights activist Masih Alinejad. \u201cA regime that treats women as second class citizens, jails them for not wearing the compulsory hijab, bans them from singing, bars them from stadiums and doesn\u2019t let them travel abroad without the permission of their husbands gets elected to the UN\u2019s top women\u2019s rights body.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At an event at the Swedish parliament, along with Dr. Javid Rahman, the UN special rapporteur, Masih Alinejad the founder of anti compulsory hijab movement in Iran, condemned the election of Islamic Republic of Iran to UN\u2019s commission on the status of women.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yesterday in this event in Swedish parliament along with the UN special rapporteur, I condemned the UN\u2019s election of Islamic Republic of Iran to its commission on the status of women.<br \/>Please listen &amp; share the message of Iranian women\u2019s rights activists with your government. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VcXGFfoTWy\">pic.twitter.com\/VcXGFfoTWy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Masih Alinejad \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f (@AlinejadMasih) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlinejadMasih\/status\/1385545480210456576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div 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