Western critics of Iran including the US State Department are up in arms after Iran’s representative to the United Nations was chosen as the host for a Geneva-based meeting on human rights.
The move was a predictably anger-inducing decision given the extensive history of human rights abuse accusations laid at the feet of Iran’s government and its president, Ebrahim Raisi, who is personally alleged to have played a role in massacres of dissidents decades ago. It drew condemnation from many, including the US ambassador to the council who refused to participate altogether.
