UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY · 2025-12-18
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
A/RES/80/222 · Adopted 18 December 2025
Press Iran to address human-rights abuses and cooperate with UN investigators.
Corrected edition: the country selections were rechecked against the official recorded vote. The resolution welcomes UN reports and presses Iran to address human-rights concerns and engage with international monitoring. It was adopted on 18 December 2025 by 78 to 27, with 64 abstentions. This game selects eight explicit country votes and does not assign motives to them.
Overall recorded result
- For
- 78
- Against
- 27
- Abstain
- 64
These are totals for the full recorded vote. The country table below shows only the eight countries in our puzzle dataset. An absent country is not counted as abstaining.
Selected countries at a glance
For the eight countries in our puzzle dataset:
- FOR: United Kingdom, United States, France
- AGAINST: Iran, China, Russia
- ABSTAIN: Brazil, South Africa
Eight recorded country votes
These eight countries are the selected Eight Votes challenge, not the complete UN voting roster. The vote alone does not establish a government’s motive or its position on the broader subject.
| Country | Recorded vote |
|---|---|
| Brazil | ABSTAIN |
| China | AGAINST |
| France | FOR |
| Iran | AGAINST |
| Russia | AGAINST |
| South Africa | ABSTAIN |
| United Kingdom | FOR |
| United States | FOR |
Source and context
UN recorded plenary vote ↗ (external source)
Resolution A/RES/80/222 ↗ (external source)
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