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Hillel Neuer@HillelNeuer · Feb 15, 2026

.@EmmanuelMacron @Keir_Starmer @_FriedrichMerz We urge you: as soon as this IRGC mouthpiece begins to speak at the…

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The author calls on European leaders (Macron, Starmer, Merz) to walk out when an IRGC representative speaks at the UN Human Rights Council, citing precedents of walkouts during Ahmadinejad's 2009 Holocaust denial speech and Lavrov's 2022 address following Russia's Ukraine invasion.

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    .@EmmanuelMacron @Keir_Starmer @_FriedrichMerz We urge you: as soon as this IRGC mouthpiece begins to speak at the UNHRC, your diplomats must walk out. There is precedent: You walked out at the UNHRC on Ahmadinejad in April 2009, and on Russia's Lavrov in March 2022. Video: 🧵🔽

    Hillel Neuer@HillelNeuer · Feb 14, 2026

    SHAME: U.N. Human Rights Council to host TWO reps of murderous Regime in Iran. 📍 Feb. 16: Afsaneh Nadipour starts new term on UNHRC Advisory Committee, addressing women's rights. 📍Feb. 24: Deputy FM Kazem Gharibabadi now to speak at UNHRC opening. All diplomats must walk out.

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    2/ A staged walkout by EU states would not be unprecedented. On April 20, 2009, two dozen European Union member states—including Britain, France, Denmark, and Finland—walked out in protest as Iran Regime President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spewed Holocaust denial at the UN in Geneva.

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    3/ On March 1, 2022, 40 countries—including EU member states, the UK, Japan, and other allied nations—staged a coordinated walkout during a pre-recorded address by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. These precedents demonstrate that democratic nations have not hesitated to deny a symbolic platform at UN forums in Geneva to representatives of regimes engaged in egregious violations of international law.