UN WATCH
Walkout Urged: UN Human Rights Bodies to Host Two Iranian Regime Figures Back-to-Back
February 16, 2026

In back-to-back outrages that expose the depths of hypocrisy at the United Nations, the regime in Tehran is being given not one, but two prominent platforms at UN human rights bodies in Geneva—one week after the other. First, from February 16 to 20, 2026, the UN Human Rights Council’s Advisory Committee convenes its 34th session—with an Iranian regime official, Afsaneh Nadipour, taking her seat for the first time as a full member and contributing to discussions on “gender perspectives,” “democratic international order,” and “gender-based violence.” Then, one week later on February 24, 2026, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi—architect of the regime’s aggressive foreign policy and defender of its repressive apparatus—will take the floor to address the UN Human Rights Council itself, at the high-level opening of the 2026 session…UN Watch calls on democratic member states to walk out during both events — during Nadipour’s participation in the Advisory Committee sessions, and during Gharibabadi’s February 24 address — to send a clear message that the UN will not platform tyrants lecturing on human rights. READ MORE