April 30, 2021 Share
The United States has reiterated its concern about Iran’s poor human rights record in its first official comment on the Islamic republic’s election last week to the United Nations’ top legislative body on women’s rights. But it fell short of the explicit denunciation of the outcome that many rights advocates had hoped for.
The remarks, which were provided to VOA on Thursday and largely repeated later at a State Department briefing, mark the United States’ stand on the election of Iran to the U.N.’s Commission on the Status of Women.
In the April 20 secret ballot, 43 of the 54 nations in the U.N. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) elected Iran to the commission for a four-year term beginning next year. The commission is the U.N.’s main intergovernmental body dedicated to the “promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women.”
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April 24, 2021 Share
Iran’s election to the U.N.’s top women’s empowerment body this week despite having a poor record has drawn outrage from rights activists who criticized the Islamic republic’s treatment of women. The result of the secret ballot also has been met with silence from the U.S.
In Tuesday’s vote, 43 of the 54 nations in the U.N.’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) elected Iran to the Commission on the Status of Women for a four-year term beginning next year. The commission is the U.N.’s principal intergovernmental body dedicated to “the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women.”
US think tank accused Israel of sabotage at Natanz nuclear site
US think tank accused Israel of sabotage at Natanz nuclear site
Tehran, Apr 18 (Prensa Latina) A prominent member of the Atlantic Council, a US think tank, accused Israel of sabotage against Iran´s Natanz nuclear site.
Barbara Slavin, Director of Future of Iran Initiative in the Atlantic Council, in an interview with Mehr News Agency, said that ¨It´s pretty clear that Israel was responsible.¨
Israeli public media, however, cited intelligence sources who said the sabotage was the result of an Israeli regime´s cyber-attack.
Regarding the possibility of the United States becoming aware of the sabotage and Israel s reasons for doing so, she said: There is no evidence that the Biden administration knew of this attack in advance.