Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi called on BRICS nations to condemn illegal aggression by the U.S. and Israel on Thursday [1].
The appeal comes as tensions escalate across West Asia, signaling Iran's effort to leverage the growing diplomatic influence of the Global South to isolate Western powers.
Araghchi made the remarks during high-level diplomatic meetings of BRICS foreign ministers in New Delhi, India [2]. He urged the member states and the wider international community to condemn what he described as violations of international law [1].
"We call on BRICS nations and the wider international community to unequivocally condemn the illegal aggression of the United States and Israel," Araghchi said [1].
The foreign minister said that Iran views the BRICS bloc as a symbol of an emerging global order [3]. This order, he said, is increasingly led by countries of the Global South seeking an alternative to traditional Western hegemony.
Araghchi addressed the nature of international diplomacy and the use of power to influence other nations. "Bullying belongs in the dustbin of history," he said [4].
Iran's outreach to the BRICS bloc is part of a broader strategy to prevent further escalation of conflict in the region [3]. By seeking a collective condemnation from these nations, Tehran aims to build a diplomatic front against the security policies of the U.S. and Israel in West Asia [3].
The meetings in New Delhi serve as a critical venue for the BRICS nations to coordinate their positions on global security and governance. Araghchi's insistence on a formal condemnation highlights the friction between the bloc's emerging members and the established Western legal and military framework [2].
“"We call on BRICS nations and the wider international community to unequivocally condemn the illegal aggression of the United States and Israel."”
Iran is attempting to shift the diplomatic battlefield from Western-led institutions to the BRICS bloc, where it finds more sympathetic partners in the Global South. By framing the conflict in West Asia as a matter of 'international law' and 'bullying,' Tehran is seeking to delegitimize U.S. and Israeli actions through a collective non-Western consensus, potentially altering the diplomatic pressure applied to Iran on the global stage.
