UN picks Iran to judge women’s rights violations, helped by Irish Chair

The United Nations announced on March 13 that Iran will get a seat on the U.N. women’s rights committee which judges complaints alleging violations of women’s rights. No joke: the Islamic Republic of #Iran was just appointed to the @UN_Women's rights committee that judges complaints of women's rights violations. Yes, a day after the regime sentenced women's rights lawyer Nasrin Sotudeh to 38 years prison & 148 lashes. https://t.co/PPe20erKgV pic.twitter.com/c6bebPqy8j — Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) March 13, 2019 The appointment of Iran, a regime that tortures women’s…

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