TEHRAN(Basirat) Jun. 20: As US announced withdrawal from UN Human Rights Council on Tue., spokesman for the Secretary-General Stéphane Dujarric said Guterres "would have much preferred for the United States to remain in the Human Rights Council.”

TEHRAN(Basirat) June, 20: The United States withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday over what it called chronic bias against Israel and a Standing with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the State Department, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley slammed Russia, China, Cuba and Egypt for thwarting US efforts to reform the council, Reuters reported.