
Iran to join Russia, China-led group in bid to dodge Western sanctions: report
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi attended a summit in Uzbekistan as he seeks to strengthen ties with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and finalize its membership bid.
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Iran on Thursday signed a memorandum of obligations to join the group, which meets this week in Uzbekistan, Reuters reported. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi attended the event, during which he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Raisi pledged that Iran will never recognize sanctions against Russia and will instead move to strengthen ties between the two countries, the semi-official and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-linked Tasnim News Agency reported. He also claimed that the lack of progress on agreeing to a new nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, "proved" to the world that the U.S. is "incapable" of negotiating.