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Iran Urges BRICS to Condemn US-Israel Aggression

Is BRICS crumbling under its own contradictions or is its silence on Iran proof of strategic flexibility?

Published MAY 15

Iran Urges BRICS to Condemn US-Israel Aggression

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Above: Abbas Araghchi arrives for the opening of the BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting in New Delhi on May 14. Image credit: Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images

The Facts

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Thursday urged BRICS member states to condemn what he described as violations of international law by the United States and Israel, including their "illegal aggression" against Iran.
Republic World
Modern Diplomacy
Saudigazette
Araghchi also accused the UAE of being "directly involved in the aggression" against Iran, citing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's reported visit to the UAE during the war and alleged Emirati participation in strikes against Iran.
Dw.Com
Tasnim News Agency
Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, chairing the two-day BRICS Foreign Ministers' meet in New Delhi on Thursday and Friday, meanwhile called for "safe and unimpeded maritime flows" in the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea.
The Express Tribune
NDTV
Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which handles roughly a fifth of global oil shipments, has triggered one of the largest supply disruptions in recent history, with the U.S. imposing its own blockade of Iranian ports on April 13.
Daily Times PK
Arab News
Sharp divisions between Iran and the UAE have complicated efforts to produce a joint statement. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reportedly intervened to defuse heated exchanges between their two delegations.
Al Jazeera
NDTV
China was represented at the meeting by its Ambassador to India Xu Feihong rather than Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who was busy with U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to Beijing — the first by a sitting U.S. president in nearly a decade.
The National News
The Times of Israel

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The Spin

Narrative A

BRICS is crumbling under the weight of its own contradictions — Iran is getting bombed while the bloc can't even issue a joint statement. India's so-called strategic silence as chair is just paralysis dressed up as diplomacy. A group that can't defend its own members from military strikes has no business claiming to lead the Global South.

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Narrative B

BRICS was never meant to be a military alliance demanding lockstep foreign policy — it's a tool for leverage and optionality, and judging it by NATO-style consensus standards misses the point entirely. Diverging stances on Iran reflect real geopolitical complexity. Selective cooperation can still deliver meaningful gains.