Well, it is a joke, just not in the traditional sense.
Via WFB:
The United Nations has selected Iran to serve in a senior role on its Committee on Disarmament and International Security, an international body that deals with major global security issues.
Iran announced on Wednesday that it had been selected by UN member states to serve as the disarmament committee’s rapporteur, according to reports. The position would put Iran in charge of reporting on the committee’s proceedings and actions.
The appointment was made shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the UN’s General Assembly to warn the world that Iran is only months away from having the capabilities to build a nuclear weapon.
The disarmament committee is chaired by Libya, an unstable country where weapons have freely flowed to al Qaeda fighters following the fall of former leader Muammar Gaddafi.