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By Staff Writer<\/p>\n
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) turned down regime\u2019s membership application for the 12th consecutive year. This is while regime\u2019s papers had earlier reported that the approval of regime\u2019s membership request seemed to be certain this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cIran\u2019s membership in the SCO has been backed by other members. According to Russia\u2019s Sputnik, Russian president Vladimir Putin has said in his meeting with Iran\u2019s president Hassan Rouhani that Russia welcomes Iran\u2019s full membership in the SCO,\u201d writes state-run Javan newspaper on June 11, 2018.<\/p>\n
Pointing to Rouhani\u2019s meeting with leaders of SCO member states, Rouhani-linked Shargh newspaper on June 10, 2018, considers this as part of a \u2018look east policy\u2019, adopted by Rouhani and the regime to deal with the West\u2019s pressures.<\/p>\n
SCO membership mirage<\/p>\n
With the Shanghai Cooperation Organization held in the Chinese city of Qingdao officially over, it became clear that state media\u2019s earlier claims saying that the Iranian regime\u2019s SCO membership application will definitely be approved this year had been nothing but wishful thinking.<\/p>\n
Besides, it also indicates that regime\u2019s so-called \u2018look east policy\u2019 is only a mirage, as the SCO member states rejected regime\u2019s membership request for the 13th year in a row.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst of all, it should be pointed out that Putin\u2019s remarks on supporting Iran\u2019s SCO membership request are by no means credible as Putin has always been a liar of a diplomat,\u201d writes state-run Jahan-e-Sanat newspaper on June 11, 2018.
\u201cBesides, the speculations over Iran\u2019s permanent membership in the organization are quite unlikely and too far-fetched, as there\u2019s no bright prospect for Iran with regard to the SCO.\u201d<\/p>\n
Also in this regard, state-run \u201cIranian Diplomacy\u201d website on June 11, 2018, questions regime\u2019s \u2018look east policy\u2019 and its relying on Russia, emphasizing that \u201cregardless of whether it\u2019s been before or after the revolution, it\u2019s a proven fact that Iran has had a more straightforward relationship with the West, compared to its relations with the East. Iran won\u2019t be able to offset future sanctions or reduce their impacts by joining the SCO.\u201d<\/p>\n
Regime\u2019s former ambassador \u2018Afshar Soleimani\u2019 meanwhile believes that it would be impossible for Iran to join the SCO, since \u201cChina and Russia\u2019s relationships with the United States prevents Iran\u2019s permanent membership in the organization. So, the speculations over Iran\u2019s permanent membership in the organization should be ruled out as quite unlikely and too far-fetched.\u201d (State-run Iran newspaper, June 11, 2018)<\/p>\n
Also state-run Jahan-e-Sanat newspaper has pointed to the issue on June 11, writing \u201cdespite favorable conditions for Iran\u2019s joining the SCO, it looks like the SCO doors will remain closed to Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n
Disapproval of Iranian regime\u2019s SCO membership request: failure of regime\u2019s look east policy<\/p>\n
State media\u2019s distrust of Russia and the failure of regime\u2019s look east illusion of a policy are all based on the fact that Russia has always adjusted its policies and its relations with other world powers with regard to its national interests. That describes why Russia is not only unwilling to upgrade its relations with the Iranian regime, but it has always left it in the lurch in the nick of time, despite huge concessions the country has already received from the regime.<\/p>\n
An instance in this regard could be Russia\u2019s voting in favor of Security Council resolutions against regime\u2019s nuclear program, and also more recent one is Russian President Putin and Foreign Minister Lavrov\u2019s recent remarks, asserting that all foreign troops, including the ones belonging to the Iranian regime and its puppet Lebanese Hezbollah, have to leave Syria.<\/p>\n
When Russia with such a power and influence is unwilling to upgrade its relations with the Iranian regime for fear of endangering its ties with the West, then it\u2019s quite natural that other SCO member states are all the more unwilling to do so. Moreover, it\u2019s a reality that Russia can\u2019t take the West\u2019s place, neither economically, nor politically.<\/p>\n
State media\u2019s stances on Russia\u2019s policies and its abandoning the regime in crucial moments points to the fact that regime\u2019s so-called \u2018look east\u2019 policy is not going to bear any fruits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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