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The Islamic Republic of Iran, an authoritarian regime systematically violating women’s rights and suppressing fundamental freedoms, has been nominated to the U.N. Committee for Program and Coordination, a body that shapes global policy on human rights, disarmament, and terrorism prevention. It is a failure of legal and institutional responsibility. States that backed this nomination, including the UK, Spain, Canada, France, Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Australia, Switzerland, Austria, and Finland, are bound by international human rights commitments they are now actively undermining. The UN continues to be delegitimized by its own actions. If it doesn’t reform itself from within, it’s time to consider how to replace it.