Iran was expelled from the UN Commission on the Status of Women on Wednesday after the United States called for its ouster over Tehran's “systematic oppression” of women and violent crackdown on street protests against the death of Jina Amini.

Twenty-nine members of the UN Economic and Social Council voted in favor of a resolution put forward by the US for the immediate termination of Iran from the commission for the remainder of its 2022-26 term. Eight members voted against the resolution, and 16 abstained.

The resolution, which the US proposed last month, expressed “serious concern” over Iran's actions since September “to continuously undermine and increasingly suppress the human rights of women and girls, including the right to freedom of expression and opinion, often with the use of excessive force,” in contradiction of the commission’s mandate, “as well as through the use of lethal force resulting in the deaths of peaceful protestors, including women and girls.”