Iran Calls For Forming International Coalition Against Israel With Nigeria

Iranian official calls for forming international coalition against Israel at NY UN meeting

Iran’s Vice President for Women and Family Affairs, Ansieh Khazali, has called to form an international coalition against Israel, Iranian-state-backed Mehr News Agency reported on Saturday.

Khazali’s comments came in a meeting with Nigeria’s Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye in New York.

The two were in New York to attend the 68th annual meeting of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.

While discussing the war in Gaza, Khazali said that Iran was concerned over the hunger and the increasing number of dead and injured, Gazan women and children in particular.

Khazali and Kennedy-Ohanenya also raised additional issues related to women, family, the environment, and corruption.

Khazali is known to have advocated for the marriage of children in defiance of human rights critics who see the practice as sexual exploitation and abuse of young girls, according to an IranWire analysis by Roghayeh Rezaei.

The Iranian and Nigerian officials stressed the need to expand economic cooperation between the two countries.

The UN Commission on Status of Women is the UN’s largest annual gathering on gender equality and women’s empowerment. It will be held at the UN headquarters and run for 12 days, with representatives from member states in attendance.