TEHRAN -- Several major Iranian student bodies rage against a U.S.-led bid to have Iran suspended from a UN women rights commission, inviting commission members instead to travel to the Islamic Republic and personally observe “the reality” about women’s lofty position within the Iranian society.
The student bodies made the plea in a statement ahead of a vote, proposed by the United States, to have Iran suspended from the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women over, what Western countries and media outlets describe as, “mistreatment” of women in the Islamic Republic.
“Unfortunately, we have been bearing witness for years to international institutions’ contradictory approach towards various issues,” the statement read.
It cited the Western media hype that has surrounded the death of an Iranian woman, named as Mahsa Amini, in September, and the commission’s double-standard attitude towards the tragic incident, “which has been proven on the basis of documents and evidence” to have not been caused through any fault of the Iranian law enforcement forces.
The student bodies then took the commission to task for not paying attention to the brutal treatment of women elsewhere in the world, including the United States, where, according to The Washington Post, a woman is killed every week by law enforcement.
“Does anyone question the statistics on the number of women, who are killed by the American police?” the statement further asked.
The bodies also questioned why the Israeli regime maintains its position on the Commission, despite its ongoing carnage of Palestinian women and children.
“The image that is portrayed by the media of women’s situation in the Islamic Republic contradicts the truth. The image of women’s rights in Iran is subjected to media terrorism,” the statement notes.
“We do not allow the truth to be sacrificed,” the student bodies said in the statement, adding, “We invite you to travel to Iran ...in order to come face to face with the reality of the Iranian society.”