The Secretariat of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), located in Beijing, China, announced on the 1st that, in light of Iran declaring a national mourning for the supreme leader Khamenei's death due to an attack and expressing condolences for the victims of recent unfortunate incidents, the SCO Secretariat has lowered its flag to half-mast.
The United States and Israel launched large-scale military operations against Iran last weekend, resulting in Khamenei's death in an attack.
The SCO Secretariat is the permanent executive body of the SCO. Iran is one of the SCO member states.
The SCO has 10 official member states, 2 observer states, and 14 dialogue partners.
The founding members are China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. In 2017, India and Pakistan joined. In 2023, Iran joined. In 2024, Belarus joined, bringing the number of SCO member states to 10.