TEHRAN- The speaker of the Parliament left Teran for St. Petersburg, Russia, to attend the BRICS general assembly as the head of the Iranian parliamentary delegation.

According to Mehr News, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of Iran’s Parliament, departed to St. Petersburg, Russia, on Wednesday to attend the meeting of the BRICS parliamentary heads on the topic of “the role of Parliaments in strengthening multilateralism for fair global development and security.”

Seyyed Shamsuddin Hosseini, the head of the parliamentary economic committee, Ebrahim Rezaei, the head of the Iran-Russia parliamentary friendship group, Seyyed Ruhollah Mousavi, the parliamentary representative of Lourdegan and Khanmirza, Shahin Jahanigiri, the parliamentary representative of Orumiyeh, and Mehdi Safari, economic advisor and the deputy foreign minister for economic diplomacy, will accompany the speaker of the Parliament. This is the first presence of a senior Iranian official in the BRICS international assembly after Iran's official membership acceptance.

BRICS is an international group led by emerging economic powers including China, India, Russia, Brazil, and South Africa, which, due to having about half of the world's population and about 40% of the world's economic capacity, human resources, and energy, have a high potential to influence the global economy.

The BRICS summit in Johannesburg was held at the beginning of September 2023, and the membership of five countries- the Islamic Republic of Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Ethiopia- was accepted. These countries became official members of this group from the beginning of the year 2024.