Dozens of children have died during the Iranian government’s crackdown on protests across the country, prompting some to urge the United Nations to kick Iran out of the global body.
“The time has come for the international community to side with the Iranian people, accept their will and recognize their right to resist and defend themselves,” the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) told Fox News Digital. “This can be done by closing the regime’s embassies and designating the Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist group, in order to hold the regime accountable and end their impunity.”
“The time has come to refer the file of the mullahs’ crimes to the United Nations Security Council and to take steps to expel this murderous regime from the UN,” the statement concludes.
The Iranian regime has failed to stop protests that have spread across the country over the past three months following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in police custody, reaching over 140 cities and towns. Reports indicate that at least 700 people have died as a result of the government crackdown, including dozens of children.
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UNICEF on Nov. 27 released a statement saying that as many as 50 children may have died in the protests, but that the number could be as high as 65. Iran has periodically denied any such actions.
Protesters in Iran protest in the streets.
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“The Islamic Republic of Iran is a party to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and has an obligation to respect, protect and fulfill children’s rights to life, privacy, freedom of thought and peaceful assembly,” the said. ‘UNICEF in a statement. statement last month.
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“UNICEF urges the authorities to respect the rights of all children to peaceful assembly as a fundamental guarantee, no matter who they are or where they are,” the statement added. “The best interests of children should be at the heart of government action, creating ways for children to safely claim their rights under all circumstances.”
A fire burns in the streets of Iran as protesters continue to chant.
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According to the NCRI, five of the victims are under the age of 10 and most of the victims are male. The largest number of child victims were from Zahedan. Most of the children died as a result of gunfire, but some were killed with baton blows or severe beatings by the security forces.
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Iran’s policies towards protesters, as well as its generally oppressive policies towards women, prompted the United Nations on Wednesday to oust the country from its seat on the Commission on the Status of Women.
Protesters gather around the burning rubble in the streets of Iran.
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The NCRI told Fox News Digital that the United Nations should go even further and expel Iran from the entire organization, referring to Article 6 of the UN Charter, which states that “a member of the United Nations who has consistently violated principles contained in this Charter may be expelled from the Organization by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the Security Council.”
UN Secretary-General António Guterres deferred comments on joining the organization itself, but “believes that all member states must respect their commitments enshrined in the charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,” said spokesman Stéphane Dujarric at Fox News Digital.
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Dujarric added that Guterres “endorsed” the UNICEF message on the issue of infant deaths in the protests, and “will continue to speak out on these issues”.
