Consider the following statements about the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO): 1. One of the goals of SCO is to promote a new democratic, fair and rational international political and economic order. 2. Iran is a permanent member of SCO. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Both statements are correct. The SCO Charter explicitly mentions the promotion of a new democratic, fair and rational political and economic international order as one of its goals. Iran became the 9th permanent member of the SCO at the SCO summit held in July 2023, after years of being an observer state. The SCO now comprises China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India, Pakistan and Iran as permanent members.