Iran has been elected to two top positions in the U.N. in a move rejected by the U.S. and its Western allies as 'absurd' amid its litany of security violations.
to two major roles in the U.N.'s top body last week drew immediate objection from the U.S. and Israel, which condemned the moves as"absurd."
Tehran on Thursday was selected to sit as vice president on the General Committee for the 78th session, which will begin in September, as well as rapporteur for the General Assembly’s committee on disarmament and international security. International allies like the U.S. and Israel flatly rejected the appointments and immediately sought to distance themselves from the decision to place Iran – which has come under international condemnation for its continued nuclear development, human rights violations andIran, along with 15 other nations, was elected to join the five permanent members of the Security Council – China, France, Russia, the U.K. and the U.S. – as the assembly’s annual vice presidents.
But Tehran’s election as a vice president was not the only appointment that caused concern last week.
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