BRICS meeting overshadowed by war on Iran
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“The US-Israeli war on Iran is overshadowing the BRICS meeting”
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Multiple sources confirm a conflict involving the US and Israel against Iran in 2026. Web search results explicitly mention the 'US-Israel war on Iran' casting a shadow on the BRICS meeting, and Wikipedia confirms coordinated Israeli-United States strikes on Iran in February 2026.
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— At around 12:53 p.m. on 28 February 2026, following the coordinated 2026 Israeli–United States strikes on Iran, the Islamic Republic of Iran launched a multiday series of missile and drone airstrikes …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iranian_strikes_on_the_Un…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iranian_strikes_on_the_Un…
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— BRICS is an intergovernmental organization comprising eleven countries: Brazil, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Its con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRICS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRICS
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— Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the no…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
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“foreign ministers of member countries meet to discuss the fallout from the conflict”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that BRICS foreign ministers convened in New Delhi to discuss the fallout and tensions resulting from the US-Israeli conflict with Iran.
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— Iran causes tensions among BRICS members. Indian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal had said in March that some BRICS members were directly involved in the conflict, making it "difficult fo…
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-896033
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-896033
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— Foreign ministers from BRICS countries convened in New Delhi amid continuing tensions following the US-Israeli conflict with Iran.
https://en.yenisafak.com/world/brics-ministers-gather-in-ind…
https://en.yenisafak.com/world/brics-ministers-gather-in-ind…
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— Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi called on fellow BRICS member states to condemn the US and Israel over what he called their “unlawful aggression” against Tehran. This meeting comes as the econo…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/14/iran-war-why-the-br…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/14/iran-war-why-the-br…
“the bloc, which now includes the UAE”
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Wikipedia and multiple cross-referenced news sources (Deutsche Welle, Daily Maverick) explicitly list the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as a member of the BRICS bloc.
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— At around 12:53 p.m. on 28 February 2026, following the coordinated 2026 Israeli–United States strikes on Iran, the Islamic Republic of Iran launched a multiday series of missile and drone airstrikes …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iranian_strikes_on_the_Un…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iranian_strikes_on_the_Un…
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— The United Arab Emirates is a high-income developing market economy (Open market economy), which also advocates for Islamic economics. Its economy is the 4th largest in the Middle East (after Turkey, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_Arab_Emi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_Arab_Emi…
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— The original member states of BRICS, an international organization of world economies, consisted of Brazil, Russia, India, and China. South Africa formally joined in 2010 and attended the 3rd BRICS su…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_BRICS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_BRICS
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“Iran’s foreign minister urged the bloc... to condemn the US and Israel for attacks on his country’s territory”
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Multiple sources, including Al Jazeera and Google News reports, confirm that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi urged BRICS members to condemn the US and Israel for their attacks on Iranian territory.
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— Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the no…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
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— BRICS is an intergovernmental organization comprising eleven countries: Brazil, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Its con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRICS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRICS
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— At around 12:53 p.m. on 28 February 2026, following the coordinated 2026 Israeli–United States strikes on Iran, the Islamic Republic of Iran launched a multiday series of missile and drone airstrikes …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iranian_strikes_on_the_Un…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iranian_strikes_on_the_Un…
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