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As BRICS chair, condemn assaults on Iran: Tehran’s message to Delhi | India Information

3 min learnNew DelhiMar 14, 2026 04:10 AM IST

Tehran is learnt to have reached out to Delhi to take the lead in issuing a press release on behalf of the BRICS, at the moment chaired by India, condemning the US and Israeli strikes in opposition to Iran within the final two weeks.

This has put Delhi in a diplomatic pickle because it has stayed away from taking sides within the ongoing battle.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken to leaders of the nations within the area focused by Iran, condemned the assaults and thanked them for taking care of the Indian group “in these troublesome instances”.

On Thursday night time, Modi spoke to Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian and expressed “deep concern over the escalation of tensions and the lack of civilian lives in addition to harm to civilian infrastructure”.

In a submit on X following the telephone name, Modi stated he “urged for dialogue and diplomacy” and “reiterated India’s dedication to peace and stability”.

Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar additionally spoke to his Iranian counterpart Seyed Abbas Araghchi Thursday night time – their fourth dialog for the reason that outbreak of hostilities on February 28. In a submit on X Friday, Jaishankar stated they “mentioned bilateral issues as additionally BRICS associated points”.

The BRICS grouping has Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (the unique 5), together with Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Indonesia. Saudi Arabia and the UAE, which host US bases and personnel, have been focused by Iranian missiles and drones. The truth that all three nations are within the BRICS has made diplomatic navigation troublesome for India.

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India, which holds the rotational presidency of the grouping for 2026, is anticipated to host the summit of BRICS leaders later this 12 months.

A readout by the Iranian authorities in Persian stated Araghchi “briefed” Jaishankar on the state of affairs arising from the “aggressions and crimes dedicated” by the US and Israel’s “Zionist regime” in opposition to Iran and its “penalties on the steadiness and safety of the area and the world”. He emphasised the “agency will” of the  Iranian authorities, folks and armed forces to train the “reputable proper to self-defence in opposition to the aggressors”.

Araghchi, the Iranian readout acknowledged, emphasised the necessity for worldwide and regional boards and organisations to “condemn army aggression in opposition to Iran”. Underlining the “significance of the position and place of BRICS” as a discussion board for creating multilateral cooperation, he thought-about it essential for this establishment to play a “constructive position” on the “present juncture to assist the steadiness and safety of the area and the world”.

In line with the Iranian readout of the telephone name, Jaishankar, whereas saying India’s readiness to develop bilateral and multilateral cooperation in regional and worldwide boards, additionally emphasised the significance of “discovering a approach to strengthen stability and sustainable safety within the area as a collective want”.

Shubhajit Roy

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Shubhajit Roy, Diplomatic Editor at The Indian Specific, has been a journalist for greater than 25 years now. Roy joined The Indian Specific in October 2003 and has been reporting on international affairs for greater than 17 years now. Based mostly in Delhi, he has additionally led the Nationwide authorities and political bureau at The Indian Specific in Delhi — a crew of reporters who cowl the nationwide authorities and politics for the newspaper. He has obtained the Ramnath Goenka Journalism award for Excellence in Journalism ‘2016. He obtained this award for his protection of the Holey Bakery assault in Dhaka and its aftermath. He additionally obtained the IIMCAA Award for the Journalist of the Yr, 2022, (Jury’s particular point out) for his protection of the autumn of Kabul in August 2021 — he was one of many few Indian journalists in Kabul and the one mainstream newspaper to have coated the Taliban’s seize of energy in mid-August, 2021. … Learn Extra

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