US President Joe Biden vowed on Thursday to “liberate” Iran and said protesters working against the country’s government would soon be able to free themselves.
“Don’t worry, we will liberate Iran. They will break free very soon,” Biden said during a sweeping campaign speech in California, as dozens of protesters gathered outside holding banners in support of the Iranian protesters.
Biden did not expand on his observations or specify what additional actions he would take during observations at MiraCosta College near San Diego.
The White House National Security Council did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Seven weeks of demonstrations in Iran were triggered by the death of a 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini, in the custody of the Iranian moral police.
The protests sparked by Amini’s death on 16 September showed the defiance of many young Iranians to challenge clerical leadership, overcoming the fear that smothered dissent after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
The United States said Wednesday it will seek to remove Iran from the 45-member UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) due to the government’s denial of women’s rights and brutal crackdown on protests.
Iran is just beginning a four-year term on the commission, which meets annually in March and aims to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment.
Source: CNN Brasil
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