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BRICS tells the Middle East to cool it, with Iran signing on
Iran put its name to a call for restraint in New Delhi, alongside the countries its drones have been hitting.
In brief
Iran put its name to a call for restraint in New Delhi, alongside the countries its drones have been hitting. The BRICS statement is less a peace plan than a show of bloc strength: Iran, Russia and China framing restraint on their own terms while the US tightens the screws. Originally reported by New York Post.
Iran signs a restraint call
At a BRICS meeting in New Delhi hosted by Narendra Modi, Iran joined Russia, China and others in a joint statement urging an end to escalating war in the Middle East.
“We express deep concern over the continued escalation of tensions in Middle East/West Asia”
Signed by countries Iran hit
Among the 11 members signing were the UAE, home to a US air base and hit by Iranian drones and missiles, and Saudi Arabia, which shut its East-West pipeline Friday after strikes by Iran-backed Iraqi militias set it on fire.
Washington turns the screws
The conference landed as the US ramps up economic pressure, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent promising an "economic D-Day" to cripple anyone still trading with Tehran.
Supply chains and Hormuz
The statement also called for protecting civilians, state sovereignty and global supply chains, even as the US and Tehran clash over the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for the world's energy trade.
We do not want to be bullied
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attended and hit back at Washington from New Delhi, while the statement raised "serious concerns" about rising global tariffs.
“They want to bully us, and we do not want to be bullied.”
Putin mocks the G7
Putin bragged that BRICS produced over 40% of world GDP versus the G7's 29%. The real G7 number is about 44% of GDP, 28% by purchasing power parity. Xi's visit was his first to India in seven years.
“I don't know why they call it the Group of Seven”
What it means
The BRICS statement is less a peace plan than a show of bloc strength: Iran, Russia and China framing restraint on their own terms while the US tightens the screws.
