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At UN conference on sustainable development, I maintained that extraterritorial sanctions the US imposed on Iran—in violation of Security Council Resolution 2231—represent the greatest threat to the achievement of sustainable development goals of Iran and many of our neighbors.
Despite unlawful sanctions we've made significant progress in people’s empowerment & equality. 27% of faculty members, 50% of college students & 37% of medical doctors in Iran are now women: 60% increase in appointments, with goal that by 2020, 30% of decision makers are women.
In Iran:
~We've surpassed our intended mitigation of greenhouse gas emission.
~Literacy rate is now at 97%
~Effective training of disadvantaged groups, rural & nomad communities, & prisoners.
~Educational opportunities for refugees: 400,000 Afghan students attend our schools.
~We've surpassed our intended mitigation of greenhouse gas emission.
~Literacy rate is now at 97%
~Effective training of disadvantaged groups, rural & nomad communities, & prisoners.
~Educational opportunities for refugees: 400,000 Afghan students attend our schools.
