“Declining imperialist powers” are desperately trying to reverse the shift toward multipolarity, Seyed Abbas Araghchi has said Published 14 May, 2026 17:42 Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi. © Ahmet Serdar Eser/Anadolu via Getty Images BRICS member states must join forces to counter the US´ growing Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said on Thursday. Speaking at the BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting in New Delhi, Araghchi said that while Iran has twice come under US-Israeli aggression over the past year, many other member countries of the economic group have also faced from Washington. he said. The group a fairer global order, in which the Global South plays a more prominent role, Araghchi argued. He warned that as they desperately attempt to reverse the trend toward multipolarity and preserve their hegemony. The Iranian official cited the increasingly unabashed engagement of Western powers in [and] While BRICS has to date largely positioned itself as an economic partnership, certain suggestions have been floated in recent months that point to potential security cooperation within the bloc. Soon after the start of the US-Israeli aggression against Iran, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called on fellow BRICS member South Africa to boost defense cooperation and reduce their reliance on foreign arms. During a meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in March, Lula warned that both countries could become vulnerable to “invasion.”
