Women and girls of Iran are leading the most significant challenge to the existence of the Islamic Republic of Iran in this century, according to veteran experts of Iran.
Their opposition to the theocratic state and its radical Islamic law requiring head coverings for women has drawn sharp criticism with respect to Tehran’s role on the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women.
The Geneva-based watchdog organization, UN Watch, said Iran’s clerical regime began in March its "four-year term on the U.N.’s top women’s rights body, having been elected last year with the votes of at least four Western states."
The U.N.’s Commission on the Status of Women is, according to its mission statement, the "principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women."
