Vice President Kamala Harris vowed on Wednesday that the United States would work to remove Iran from a UN body on women’s rights as she hailed the “courage” of the women-led protests against the clerical state.

Harris said the United States would work with other nations to oust Iran from the UN Women’s Rights Commission, whose members are elected for four-year terms.

“Iran has shown its unfitness to serve on this commission by denying women’s rights and brutalizing its own people,” Harris said in a statement.

“Iran’s mere presence discredits the integrity of its membership and the work to advance its mandate,” she said.

Iran is witnessing some of the most significant protests since the 1979 Islamic Revolution following the September 16 death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman arrested by the notorious “morality police,” which enforces strict rules on women’s dress .

“I say again to everyone who is protesting: we see you and we hear you. I am inspired by your bravery, as are people around the world,” Harris said.

The United States and European allies have imposed a series of sanctions on Iran over the protests and have worked to restore internet access cut off by the authorities.

The nations in the Women’s Commission are elected by the UN Economic and Social Council, whose members are in turn elected by the General Assembly.

Iran, ruled by Shia Muslim clerics, was elected to a term ending in 2026. The United States is serving until next year.

Other nations on the panel include Afghanistan, although the country is not represented at the United Nations by the Taliban, which stormed back to power last year, barring women from government jobs and banning girls from secondary education.