The United Nations has committed a fresh moral outrage, electing Iran as vice chair of the U.N. Charter Committee, just one month after Iran committed one of the worst crimes against humanity in history. Over a period of two days, on Jan. 8 and 9, Iran massacred thousands of its own people, with reports of up to 36,000 killed. In addition, Iran’s authoritarian regime has been a repeat offender in the human rights abuses arena for decades.

The job of the U.N. Charter Committee is to “examine suggestions and proposals regarding the Charter and the strengthening of the role of the United Nations with regard to the maintenance and consolidation of international peace and security, the development of cooperation among all nations and the promotion of the rules of international law.”

If this doesn’t make people realize the U.N. is a joke, nothing will.

The announcement drew fury from Israel and the U.S. Israel’s ambassador to the U.N., Danny Danon, took to X to issue a blistering condemnation.

“Iran was elected today as Vice-Chair of the UN Charter Committee, the body that is meant to uphold the principles of the UN Charter,” he wrote. “A regime that systematically violates the most basic principles of the UN cannot sit in a position that is focused on preserving those very principles. This is a moral absurdity, and the UN must stop legitimizing those who act against the goals of this institution.”

Israel’s representative to the committee also reacted, calling the Iranian regime “the world’s leading state sponsor and the largest proliferator of terrorism.”

He also said that Israel washes its hands of the whole affair.

“The State of Israel wishes to disassociate itself from any consensus-based action regarding the composition of the bureau and the election of the officers of the special committee on the Charter,” he said.

“For decades the Iranian regime has openly called for the annihilation of the State of Israel, a blatant violation of the U.N. Charter,” he added. “At the same time, it advances its nuclear and ballistic missiles program. It is a clear, blatant violation of the obligation under the UN charter and international law, posing a grave and imminent threat to regional and global peace and security.”

He raised the specter of Iran’s recent crimes against its own people, saying that Iran is “a state that systematically violates the charter and international law, undermines international peace and security, and massacres its own civilians cannot credibly serve on the bureau of a committee tasked with strengthening the very charter of the United Nations.”

“The fact that this decision is allowed to be passed without objection, or even without calling for a vote, speaks volumes,” he concluded.

Dorothy Patton, the American representative to the committee, also blasted the decision.

“The bureau selection further solidifies our longstanding concern that this committee continues to be a forum for politicized accusations, which we firmly reject, rather than serious, practical discussion,” she said.