Iran’s representative to the 2019 UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Farideh Olad Qobad defended her regime's record on women's rights. She attacked America's "economic war" on Iran, and rebuked France’s "irresponsible use of its position at the United Nations Security Council to interfere in other countries’ affairs," calling on Paris to instead deal with the "widespread discontent" in its own country.