Further integration of Iran into Eurasian alliance - Iran joins SCO as full memb

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Patrushev and Shamkhani discussed continuous Russian-Iranian cooperation in the field of security.

Shamkhani also wrote on his Twitter account on Wednesday, "An hour ago, in a phone call with my friend and colleague Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Russian National Security Council, we examined the developments in Afghanistan, Syria and the Persian Gulf."

The secretary of the Supreme National Security Council stated, "Fortunately, the political obstacles to Iran's membership in the Shanghai agreement have been removed and Iran's membership will be finalized through technical formalities."

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is the continuation of Shanghai 5 Organization.

Shanghai 5 was a five-member organization founded in 1996 with primarily military and security objectives. Since then, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization has evolved, both in terms of increasing the number of members and in terms of the mechanism and scope of activities and goals.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Cooperation_Organisation

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/464001/Iran-to-join-Shanghai-Cooperation-Organization