Iran signs memorandum on joining Shanghai Cooperation Organisation – TASS

Above, Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, right, and his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi during their meeting in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. (Foreign Ministry of Uzbekistan via AP)

• Iran was previously an observer member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

MOSCOW: Iran on Thursday signed a memorandum on joining the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported.
Founded in 2001, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization is a security bloc comprising Russia, China, India, Pakistan and a number of post-Soviet states. Iran was previously an observer member.