Iran's showdown with the U.S. risks exposing the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's inability to act coherently as it marks 25 years since its formation.
President Donald Trump’s intensifying economic campaign against Iran is testing the limits of the security grouping Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin have spent years expanding as a counterweight to U.S. power. The Chinese and Russian presidents will gather with their Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian, for the first time since the start of the U.S. and Israeli war against the Islamic Republic at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit that starts Monday in Kyrgyzstan. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also attend along with leaders from Central Asian states, Pakistan and Belarus.
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