September 19, 2023 6:07 pm

Israeli Ambassador Escorted out after Holding Picture of Mahsa Amini during Iranian President’s Speech

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Israeli ambassador to the U.N. Gilad Erdan holds a sign on the floor of the United Nations General Assembly before being led out of the hall by security officials as Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi began addressing the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, September 19, 2023.

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Israeli ambassador to the U.N. Gilad Erdan posted video of the protest he staged during Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi’s speech here, calling the situation a “new moral stain for the U.N.”

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Erdan was escorted out by U.N. security personnel, per another clip posted by Barak Ravid of Axios:

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Raisi had come to the U.N. unapologetic and more defiant than ever just after the first anniversary of Amini’s death. Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman, was murdered by Iran’s morality police on September 16 of last year.