Shanghai Alliance SCO Gives ‘Go-Ahead’ to Iran’s Full Membership

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has approved documents for Iran’s full membership at the Eurasian political, economic, and security alliance at its 21st summit in Dushanbe. “Perfectly pleased to announce that the permanent membership document of the Islamic Republic of Iran was approved by the leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Dushanbe in the presence of our esteemed President,” Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian tweeted Friday. “This strategic membership has an important impact on the process of comprehensive cooperation between Iran in line with the policy of neighborhood with and pivot to Asia,” he added.  The decision came as…