October 24, 2022 3:00pm by David Farrar

I agree with Golriz

The Green Party wants the Government to impose more sanctions and restrictions on Iran to support and help protect “the brave Iranian activists who are fighting to bring meaningful change in their country”.
Green Party foreign affairs spokesperson Golriz Ghahraman said the “women-led revolution in Iran is an historic struggle for women’s rights and democratic freedom”. …
ACT deputy Brooke van Velden questioned Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in the House on Tuesday on her statements on Iran.
“We have been raising the issue around women’s rights in Iran, for instance, in the Human Rights Council in 2021,” Ardern said.

I LOL at this. Raising Iran’s behaviour at the Human Rights Council is akin to complaining about sexual harassment to Harvey Weinstein.

Ghahraman said New Zealand should introduce legislation similar to the specific sanctioning of Russia, as the country does not have an autonomous sanction regime, or designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organisation.

That’s a great idea from Golriz. Hopefully the Greens can draft a bill to that end.