Iran was expelled from the UN Commission on the Status of Women Wednesday.
The vote was held as Iran faces mass protests over its treatment of women following the death of Mahsa Amini,, a young Kurdish woman who was arrested by Iran's morality police in September.
29 countries voted in favor of expelling Iran at the vote at the UN's Economic and Social Council. Eight countries voted against the measure, and 16 abstained.
The countries which voted to keep Iran on the commission are Bolivia, China, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Russia and Zimbabwe.
Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan spoke at a special meeting in the UN's Economic and Social Council before the vote.
Ambassador Erdan compared the Ayatollah regime in Iran to the Nazi regime, "This resolution must receive the support of all of us, and whoever doesn't support it is complicit in the oppression and murder of women...The regime in Iran represents the embodiment of evil, just as Hitler’s Nazi regime represented the embodiment of evil."
Ambassador Erdan added, "Seeing as the international community refused to take action against the suffering of the Iranian people, the Iranian people decided to take their futures into their own hands. We Israelis salute their bravery and view ourselves as true allies of the Iranian people. Yet what have we, the family of nations, done to support their cause? Where is our courage? Have we taken swift and severe action? Have we all made it clear that if the regime continues to execute protesters the international community will act against it? No, no, and no. It’s truly a disgrace.
"I urge all to vote in favor of this resolution. I truly hope that this is merely the international community’s first move towards the liberation of the Iranian people."
US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said following the vote: "Today we came together at the United Nations and stood with Iranian women, Iranian girls, and the Iranian people.
"Following the death of Mahsa Amini, tens of thousands of Iranians said enough is enough. The people have taken to the streets and made their voices heard. They are standing for women, for life, and for freedom.
"The Iranian government has responded with brutality and with violence. And you have to ask, why would they want to be on a commission that protects women? The government and its security forces have shot and killed civilians. They’ve tortured and disappeared protestors. They’ve executed people in custody. And yet they want to be on the CSW. Please.
"The United States has long stood for gender equality and basic human rights. We had to act. Iranian women have clearly called for us, here at the United Nations, to remove Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women. It was a sensible request. Iran’s membership directly undermines the commission’s work. Its membership was a stain on our credibility.
"Today, we removed that stain," Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield said.