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Iran has observer status in the organisation, and applied for full membership on 24 March 2008.[37] However, because it was under sanctions levied by >the United Nations at the time, it was blocked from admission as a new member. The SCO stated that any country under UN sanctions could not be admitted.[38] After the UN sanctions were lifted, Chinese president Xi Jinping announced its support for Iran's full membership in SCO during a state visit to Iran in January 2016.