{"id":18028,"date":"2021-08-13T12:44:09","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T12:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=18028"},"modified":"2021-08-13T12:44:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T12:44:09","slug":"is-irans-long-quest-to-join-the-china-led-sco-nearly-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=18028","title":{"rendered":"Is Iran\u2019s long quest to join the China-led SCO nearly over?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostSanctions-hit Iran has claimed that it is on the verge of full membership of a China-led security grouping, with the country\u2019s new security chief saying it is now only a question of formalities.Diplomatic analysts said if that were the case it would amount to international recognition of Iran in the face of opposition from the United States.Ali Shamkhani, secretary general of Iran\u2019s Supreme National Security Council, said on Twitter on Wednesday that Iran\u2019s years-long efforts to join the\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3145008\/irans-long-quest-join-china-led-sco-nearly-over?utm_source=rss_feed\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostSanctions-hit Iran has claimed that it is on the verge of full membership of a China-led security grouping, with the country\u2019s new security chief&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":18029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18028"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}