Maryam Nayeb Yazdi
به زبان فارسی
PICTORY
LATEST MUSIC
SEARCH
Iran NOT Granted Seat on UN Women Board
10-Nov-2010
Link to news: //www.rferl.org/content/Iran_Fails_To_Win_Seat_On_UN_Women_Board/2216704.html
Iran has NOT been granted a seat on the UN women board....but Saudi Arabia has; even though Shirin Ebadi has said that Saudi Arabia's abuse of women is worse than Iran's. So, what has this taught us? The decisions made by the United Nations are based on pressures and politics and not on the logic of human rights.
| Recently by Maryam Nayeb Yazdi | Comments | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Share Iranian student activists' letter to Obama | - | Nov 11, 2011 |
| Peyman Aref & two other activists arrested during visit to Neda’s grave | 1 | Oct 30, 2011 |
| Why Does Zia Nabavi Have to Suffer? | 1 | Oct 29, 2011 |
RECENT COMMENTS
IRANIANS OF THE DAY
| Person | About | Day |
|---|---|---|
| نسرین ستوده: زندانی روز | Dec 04 | |
| Saeed Malekpour: Prisoner of the day | Lawyer says death sentence suspended | Dec 03 |
| Majid Tavakoli: Prisoner of the day | Iterview with mother | Dec 02 |
| احسان نراقی: جامعه شناس و نویسنده ۱۳۰۵-۱۳۹۱ | Dec 02 | |
| Nasrin Sotoudeh: Prisoner of the day | 46 days on hunger strike | Dec 01 |
| Nasrin Sotoudeh: Graffiti | In Barcelona | Nov 30 |
| گوهر عشقی: مادر ستار بهشتی | Nov 30 | |
| Abdollah Momeni: Prisoner of the day | Activist denied leave and family visits for 1.5 years | Nov 30 |
| محمد کلالی: یکی از حمله کنندگان به سفارت ایران در برلین | Nov 29 | |
| Habibollah Golparipour: Prisoner of the day | Kurdish Activist on Death Row | Nov 28 |
Good riddance to bad
by Perssimon on Wed Nov 10, 2010 08:15 PM PSTGood riddance to bad rubbish!
-Whatever you can coceive of, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it! -- Goethe
Didn't I Tell You?
by G. Rahmanian on Wed Nov 10, 2010 05:49 PM PSTThe whole UN is a worthless entity! Our dear president only likes New York!
Simorgh
by MOOSIRvaPIAZ on Wed Nov 10, 2010 05:18 PM PSTWhen a country as bad as Saudi Arabia gets a pass and Iran doesnt this gesture imidiately becomes political and will not worth much. They are playing politics with an issue that is human rights based. Yes, we care for Iran first but this will not have the effect it could have had the UN been more honest in their election process.
I Can Almost Hear
by G. Rahmanian on Wed Nov 10, 2010 05:06 PM PSTour dear president say:أينا خودشون از ما خواستن بريم. ما كه از اولشم باين مزخرفات علاقه نداشتيم. اصلاً حقوق بشر مال خره
Also
by G. Rahmanian on Wed Nov 10, 2010 05:01 PM PSTسنك بزرك علامت نزدنه It would be wonderful to have a world body full of intelligent people, but for the time being, as isolated as nations are, let's concentrate onour own problems. If the criticism of Saudi Arabia's human rights issues had been addressed in a separate contex and not as a counter-argument for Iran's failure to win a seat, I would have appreciated it better.
that's right mehrdad
by Cost-of-Progress on Wed Nov 10, 2010 04:52 PM PSTYet another reason to keep the anti nationalist islamist thugs in power in iran.
If you keep them scared, they'll buy more of your weapons......
____________
IRAN FIRST
____________
Well, don't forget that US needs to keep SA happy
by Bavafa on Wed Nov 10, 2010 04:45 PM PSTAfterall, we are going to seel $60B worth of man-killing machine to them.
Only one word comes to mind, disgrace
Mehrdad
Does anyone recall that fire incident in a Saudi Arabian girls'
by Hoshang Targol on Wed Nov 10, 2010 04:36 PM PSTschool with the girls running for their lives and the 'moral' police preventing them from escaping the fire, shutting the door on them and preventing them from exiting the school, because they had no proper coverage of their body and faces! behejab.
Wonder which one is worse: being stoned to death ( Islamic Republic) or being burned alive ( Saudi Arabia)?
Yes, Ms. Yazdi, it all depends on the balance of forces: if a community is well organized and has a healthy alliance with like-mided individuals, organizations and net-works, practically nothing is impossible!
Simorgh: AN INJURY TO ONE, IS AN INJURY TO ALL.
Dear Ms. Nayeb:
by G. Rahmanian on Wed Nov 10, 2010 04:26 PM PSTAs Iranians please let's focus on the harsher realities of life for women in Iran.For the last three decades the murderous regime in Tehran has used other issues such as liberating Jerusalem to consolidate its grip on power and perpetuate its oppressive existence!!! This is a great victory for Iranian women.Let's celebrate this victory and not spoil it by distracting our attention fromthe problems at hand!
You are too harsh on Saudis
by divaneh on Wed Nov 10, 2010 03:13 PM PSTI think they deserve it because they have made good progress in improving on women rights in their country. For example, women may not be able to drive in Saudi Arabia, but they are now allowed to sit in the car as passengers and it is no longer mandatory to put them in the boot.
Oh, shut up Ebadi. All I
by Simorgh5555 on Wed Nov 10, 2010 02:38 PM PSTOh, shut up Ebadi. All I care about is women being tortured in Iran for the time being. Let the Arabs sort their own problems out and we sort ours.