The U.N. General Assembly has given Iran a seat on the committee that reviews the world body’s programs and recommends its priorities, including those on women’s rights, human rights, and counterterrorism.

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From Breitbart:

The U.N. General Assembly ignored the Islamic Republic of Iran’s appalling record on human rights to appoint it to a key committee Wednesday tasked with determining the globalist body’s priorities on everything from women’s rights to counter terrorism.

The totalitarian Iranian regime received 144 votes in its favor via a secret-ballot election, according to the voting results, the Jerusalem Post reports.

From The Jerusalem Post:

During Wednesday’s session, Israel raised objections to what it described as a double standard in the treatment of Israeli candidates, accusing Arab groups of repeatedly subjecting them to politically motivated votes and calling the process a “waste of time and resources.”

The U.N.’s 54-member Economic and Social Council nominated Iran in April. Critics led by UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer spent months urging governments to force a vote and block the nomination. Before the vote, Neuer called it “a travesty of justice” and said Iran’s regime “massacred tens of thousands of people in January.” Once the result was announced, he wrote on X that the General Assembly had elected “the murderous Islamic Republic of Iran” to the main body shaping the U.N.’s priorities on women’s rights, human rights, disarmament and counterterrorism.

The Committee for Programme and Coordination reviews U.N. programs, assesses how well they are carried out and recommends priorities across the U.N. system. It doesn’t set policy on its own, but its recommendations help decide where the U.N. puts its attention and money. Iran’s new three-year term begins Jan. 1, 2027, and Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee condemned the decision, describing Iran as the world’s biggest exporter of terrorism. “The United Nations is morally bankrupt: no sane person can take it seriously,” the committee’s Republican majority said.

The vote comes as the United States tries to isolate Iran economically, and as the regime’s threats against American officials have intensified, including threats that forced Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and his family onto a military base. While Washington works to cut off the regime’s money, 144 nations voted to give it a voice in setting the U.N.’s priorities.

“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil” (Isaiah 5:20). Let’s pray that the regime’s brutality would be exposed before the nations, and that its seat on this committee would bring more scrutiny, not more legitimacy. Let’s pray for the women of Iran, for imprisoned dissidents, and for the persecuted church there, which keeps growing despite the regime’s efforts to crush it. Let’s pray for American and allied diplomats at the U.N. to speak the truth boldly, and for nations that stayed silent to find the courage to oppose evil. And let’s pray that the day will come soon when the Iranian people are free.

Share your prayers and scriptures for the people of Iran in the comments.

(Excerpts from Breitbart and The Jerusalem Post. Photo Credit: Mathias Reding from Unsplash)