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SHAME ON THE UN: Rewarding Iranian Oppressors While Abandoning the Iranian People — A Regime That Crushes Human Rights Has No Business Overseeing Them
Canada also owes the Iranian people answers.
The United Nations has once again exposed the staggering gap between its human rights rhetoric and its actions.
On November 11, 2026, the UN General Assembly elected the Islamic Republic occupying Iran to the Committee for Programme and Coordination, reportedly with 144 votes. This is the very committee that reviews UN programmes and makes recommendations on issues including human rights, gender equality, disarmament and counterterrorism.
Let that sink in.
The Islamic Republic is a regime with a long and documented record of executions, torture, political imprisonment, persecution of women and violent suppression of dissent. It targets religious minorities, people who have converted from Islam and members of the LGBT community. It denies women basic freedoms, imprisons and hangs protesters, silences journalists and punishes anyone who dares to challenge its authority.
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians have suffered the consequences of decades of repression, violence, imprisonment and forced displacement.
Women are beaten, arrested and threatened for refusing to submit to compulsory religious dress codes. Those who leave Islam risk persecution. LGBT Iranians face criminalisation and severe punishment, including the death penalty for certain same-sex sexual conduct. Political opponents are imprisoned, tortured and executed. Families are left grieving loved ones whose only offence was demanding freedom.
And this is the regime the United Nations has elected to a committee dealing with the very principles it systematically violates.
The hypocrisy is breathtaking.
But Canada deserves particular scrutiny.
Ottawa has publicly declared its opposition to Iran’s election, and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand stated that Canada voted against it in the General Assembly. That position is welcome. However, it does not erase Canada’s earlier failure to publicly object when Iran’s nomination was advanced by consensus at the UN Economic and Social Council in April.
Why did Canada not speak up then? Why was there no clear public objection when the opportunity arose to challenge this nomination before it reached the General Assembly?
A statement after the damage is done is not the same as leadership when it matters.
Canadians deserve answers. More importantly, the Iranian people deserve more than carefully worded diplomatic statements and political damage control.
Canada cannot present itself as a defender of human rights while failing to challenge a regime with such a record at every available opportunity.
The question is not whether Canada can issue another statement condemning Tehran. We have heard those statements before.
The question is whether Canada is prepared to act consistently with the principles it claims to defend.
The United Nations must also answer for its decision.
How can an organisation that claims to champion human rights give a regime accused of grave and systematic abuses a position of influence over its own programmes? What credibility remains when the very people whose rights the UN claims to protect are abandoned to diplomatic convenience?
To the UN: Human rights are not a public-relations slogan.
To Canada: Stop hiding behind diplomatic language. Explain your actions. Show consistency. Stand with the Iranian people, not merely with the words of your own statements.
Iranian women, political prisoners, religious minorities, converts from Islam, LGBT Iranians and every person who has risked their life for freedom deserve genuine international solidarity.
They deserve justice, not diplomatic accommodation. They deserve freedom, not another international platform for their oppressors.
The world must stand with the people of Iran — not reward the regime that holds them hostage.
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