Iran envoy: US does not deserve roles in UN Human Rights Council

A senior Iranian diplomat says the United States with its dark human rights record does not deserve roles in the Human Rights Council.

Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva Ali Bahreini made the statement in a post on his X account on Saturday in reaction to meddlesome remarks by the US ambassador against Tehran, which is set to chair the UN Human Rights Council Social Forum this November.

He attached a video clip to his post showing some cases of the US human right crimes, including the downing of an Iranian passenger plane by a US Navy guided-missile cruiser over the country’s territorial waters in the Persian Gulf, which martyred all 290 people on board.

The clip also showed the US discriminatory attitude to ethnic and religious minorities, the murder of George Floyd who was choked to death by a white police officer, anti-immigration policies and the miserable situation of refugees as well as the White House support for the terrorist groups.

The Iranian diplomat said the US regime is addicted to war that killed "over a thousand individuals by its police forces" every year.

However, Bahreini, added that Washington "continues to occupy undeservingly a seat in the UN Human Rights Council."

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