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December 4, 2014       Share:    

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/02/us-iran-israel-un-idUSKCN0JG2DN20141202?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

Israel, Iran Lock Horns at UN

(Reuters) Iran is seeking to become vice chair of a UN committee that decides accreditation of non-governmental organizations, a move that Israel on Tuesday compared to gangster Al Capone running the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Iran, the U.S. and Israel are all members of the 19-member committee. "Imagine if Iran ran this committee in the same way it runs its country - human rights activists would be detained, journalists would be tortured, and anyone with a social media account would find himself arrested on fabricated charges," said Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor.

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