BRICS countries pledge to deepen ties with Iran

TEHRAN- As Iran is officially invited to join BRICS, President Xi Jinping of China and the other BRICS leaders indicated their openness to accelerate cooperation with Iran in a number of fields.

Iran officially invited to join BRICS

TEHRAN – On Thursday, Iran was officially invited to join BRICS, the group of emerging economies.

Raisi to depart for South Africa to attend BRICS summit

TEHRAN- Ebrahim Raisi, the President of Iran, will depart Tehran for Johannesburg on Wednesday to attend the BRICS summit.

Putin, Raisi discuss cooperation on regional and international affairs

TEHRAN – President Vladimir Putin of Russia and President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran have discussed cooperation on regional and international affairs in a phone call, the Kremlin press service said in a statement on Thursday.

South African leader says Pretoria fully backs Iran's inclusion in BRICS 

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian arrived in Tehran on Friday morning, concluding a visit to South Africa where he met the country’s high-level officials in Pretoria.

Iran’s BRICS membership a matter of time: Russia

TEHRAN – Sergei Ryabkov, the deputy foreign minister of Russia, has said that the time will come for Iran to become a member of the BRICS group of emerging countries. 

Iran top security official meets foreign counterparts in South Africa

TEHRAN – Ali Akbar Ahmadian, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, met in South Africa with his counterparts from the “Friends of BRICS” group of countries. 

Chinese envoy says Beijing backs Iran’s bid to join BRICS

TEHRAN- Chang Hua, China’s ambassador to Tehran, has emphasized Beijing’s support for Iran’s aspirations to join the BRICS economic alliance that includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.

Participation in SCO, BRICS shows that isolating Iran has failed: FM

TEHRAN- Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian says the Islamic Republic’s active participation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the BRICS group of nations demonstrates that the policy of isolating Iran has failed.

Iran can be a reliable partner for BRICS: Amir Abdollahian

CAPE Town, South Africa– “The Islamic Republic of Iran, along with other like-minded and interested countries, can be a reliable partner for BRICS in future,” Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian told the Friends of BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, on Friday.

Iran FM meets counterparts in South Africa

Abdollahian meets Saudi, UAE, Comoran, Gabonese, South African, Brazilian and Indian FMs

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian concluded a visit to South Africa where he met with a number of foreign counterparts, whose countries are either member to BRICS or are called Friends of BRICS.

BRICS welcomes Iran’s membership: FM

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian told a press conference in Cape Town, South Africa, on Friday that BRICS has welcomed Iran’s membership in the bloc.

Amir Abdollahian says Iran’s goals are greatly aligned with BRICS

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – As Iran aspires to join BRICS, its foreign minister said on Friday that the Islamic Republic can be “reliable partner” of the bloc and that its objectives are greatly “aligned” with those of group that mainly seeks to promote multilateralism and partnership, the Tehran Times journalist reports from Cape town.

By Ali Karbalaei

BRICS on standby for new world order

TEHRAN - The new emerging global markets are to kick off their annual summit, and many countries are keen to join.

By Mehran Shamsuddin 

The harbinger of new world order

TEHRAN – After more than four decades, Iran’s tireless efforts to break Western monopoly have come to fruition as many rising powers are wriggling free from the postwar Western-dominated world order.

China voices support for Iran’s territorial integrity

TEHRAN – A senior Chinese official who is in Tehran for talks on a long-term cooperation plan with Iran has expressed support for Iran’s territorial integrity following a controversial joint statement issued by China and Iran’s Arab neighbors.

Xi calls ties with Iran strategic, backs Iran’s membership in BRICS

TEHRAN – The Chinese president on Friday praised Iran’s independent position toward international developments and called the relations between Beijing and Tehran “strategic”.

“The potential of the Iranian economy is huge”

More value will be added to BRICS if Iran joins: commentary

TEHRAN - In an article published on July 13, al-Monitor says “more value will be added to BRICS” in case Iran joins the economic bloc.

"BRICS membership could be Raisi’s biggest post-regional foreign policy achievement"

TEHRAN — Abdollah Sohrabi, assistant to the Iranian foreign minister, has told Iran’s state radio that if Iran’s membership request to the BRICS secretariat is accepted, then this will mark the most important post-regional achievement of President Ebrahim Raisi in his foreign policy.