UNITED NATIONS (Dispatches) -- Eight countries that include Iran, Venezuela and Sudan have lost their right to vote at the United Nations because of unpaid dues, AFP claimed on Wednesday.
A total of 11 countries are behind in their payments, Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday in a letter to the General Assembly, it said. Last year Iran also lost its vote over unpaid dues. It said it could not pay even the minimum amount because of U.S. economic sanctions.