Iran denounces 'unilateralism' as it becomes full SCO member

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Iran said on Friday it had been accepted as the eighth full member of the organisation during its annual conference in Tajikistan's capital, Dushanbe.
51% : Iran had held observer status for the past 15 years.
51% : In a speech to the summit, newly elected Raisi predominantly emphasised his main stated foreign policy goal, which is to expand political, economic and cultural ties with countries across the region and protect Iran from unilateral punishments from the West.
48% : The president said nothing can stop Iran's "peaceful" nuclear activities, days after European powers again called on Iran to scale back its nuclear programme at the end of the latest conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
46% : Tehran, Iran - President Ebrahim Raisi has said Iran wants closer ties with its regional neighbours and rejected the United States's "unilateralism", as his country became a full member of the influential Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
45% : "Unfortunately, some countries believe they can turn diplomacy to their benefit through using tools of threats and pressure," he said in another veiled message to the US as Iran and other nuclear deal signatories are expected to head back to Vienna soon to resume talks on restoring the accord.
21% : Iran has been under harsh US sanctions since 2018, when former President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew his country from a 2015 nuclear deal signed between Iran and world powers.

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