Iran ousted from UN women’s body over bloody crackdown

Twenty-nine of 54 members voted to expel country over regime's suppression of protests

Iran has been ousted from a UN body tasked with empowering women after world powers voted in favour of a motion submitted by the US, which said the Islamic Republic's membership was an ugly stain" on the group's credibility.

Activists and rights groups have said Tehran's role in the 45-member commission on the status of women was a farce, considering the regime's forces have beaten and killed women peacefully calling for gender equality.