Editorial - Homayoun Barkhor
By Homayoun Barkhor, English Desk Editor & Foreign Policy Analyst, Borna News Agency: The 18th BRICS summit in New Delhi showed that despite accounting for 40 percent of the global economy, the bloc — hampered by the absence of a shared identity, internal rivalries such as the tensions between Beijing and New Delhi, and conflicting security interests in crises like the Iran-US war — has still failed to convert its material and political capacity into a cohesive power bloc.
News ID: 6553
Publish Date: 2026/09/19
The 18th BRICS Summit and BRICS Plus meeting were held in New Delhi on September 11–12, 2026, hosted by India. Overshadowed by Middle Eastern conflicts, the war in Ukraine, energy crises, and global trade disruptions driven by US hegemony and unilateralism, the event emerged as one of the most critical political gatherings for the Global South.
News ID: 6518
Publish Date: 2026/09/13
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi stated that all member states of the BRICS group share a firm consensus on the imperative to strengthen national currencies and expand their use in intra-bloc trade, while the proposal for a unified currency remains under active evaluation.
News ID: 6510
Publish Date: 2026/09/12
BRICS leaders adopted the New Delhi Declaration 2026 by consensus on Saturday at the 18th BRICS Summit, addressing a wide range of global issues from unilateral sanctions and nuclear risks to global governance reform, trade, energy security, Palestine and the conflict in Ukraine.
News ID: 6507
Publish Date: 2026/09/12
The President, stating that sustainable security is achieved through respect for the sovereignty of countries, emphasized: No country should use its territory to threaten or attack another. The BRICS summit must stand against the normalization of attacks on civilian and critical infrastructure, and peaceful nuclear facilities must be immune from attack and threats of attack.
News ID: 6506
Publish Date: 2026/09/12
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi stated that the establishment of a unified currency among BRICS member states remains under review, emphasizing that all bloc nations agree on the need to strengthen national currencies for intra-group trade.
News ID: 6501
Publish Date: 2026/09/11
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stated on Friday that the Islamic Republic is prepared to serve as a strategic partner in energy, food, and transport supply chains for BRICS member states, calling on the bloc to transition from potential cooperation to operational economic integration.
News ID: 6499
Publish Date: 2026/09/11
Iranian Judiciary Chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei has called on BRICS members to uphold international law, saying Tehran seeks a global order in which no power considers itself above the law.
News ID: 6452
Publish Date: 2026/09/05
Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnasser Hemmati emphasized the necessity of creating a dedicated BRICS financial corridor and interconnecting the national payment networks of member states on the second day of BRICS financial meetings in India.
News ID: 6146
Publish Date: 2026/08/13
Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaser Hemmati called on BRICS member states to convert policy discussions into practical initiatives during the opening session of the BRICS Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting in Jaipur, India.
News ID: 6130
Publish Date: 2026/08/12
Iran will soon join the BRICS New Development Bank, Central Bank Governor Abdolnasser Hemmati said on Wednesday, calling the bank the most important achievement of the bloc's cooperation.
News ID: 6128
Publish Date: 2026/08/12
BRICS member states are exploring potential connectivity between their fast payment systems and central bank digital currencies, with options including both systems integration and digital currencies under discussion, Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra said on Tuesday.
News ID: 6116
Publish Date: 2026/08/11
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi stated that the contemporary world needs a strategic shift from merely managing crises to proactively managing opportunities, identifying four key pillars for this transition: Innovation, Resilience, Collaboration, and Sustainability.
News ID: 5371
Publish Date: 2026/05/14
The Russian Deputy Foreign Minister announced that Moscow, Beijing, and other partners are helping to create acceptable political conditions for negotiations between Iran and the United States.
News ID: 4128
Publish Date: 2026/02/14
The US is trying to take control of all international energy supply routes in an attempt to attain global economic dominance, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.
News ID: 4048
Publish Date: 2026/02/09
Masoud Pezeshkian, referring to the joint membership of Iran and Ethiopia in BRICS, stated: "BRICS can offer a new communicational model based on mutual respect for national sovereignty, territorial integrity, and the diverse cultures and civilizations of nations."
News ID: 2963
Publish Date: 2025/12/13
The 7th Meeting of the BRICS Working Group on Research Infrastructures and Mega-Science Projects kicked off in Tehran’s Azadi Hotel on Monday.
News ID: 2868
Publish Date: 2025/12/08
A cooperation agreement between the BRICS member states' capitals and metropolises was signed Monday in Moscow with participation pf senior city managers and parliamentary officials from the BRICS member countries.
News ID: 2027
Publish Date: 2025/10/27
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi says that BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) have laid grounds for the independent states to counter unilateralism.
News ID: 1892
Publish Date: 2025/10/20
India and Brazil have held discussions in New Delhi about ways to boost economic cooperation and bilateral investment.
News ID: 1617
Publish Date: 2025/10/08