Iran urges BRICS nations to condemn US-Israeli war aggression

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi also accused the UAE of direct involvement in military operations against Iran.Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has called on fellow BRICS nations to condemn what he called violations of international law by the United States and Israel, as the war in the Middle East and the related fuel crisis dominate the two-day gathering in the Indian capital, New Delhi.Araghchi accused the United Arab Emirates, a US ally, on Thursday of direct involvement in military operations against Iran, in a rare moment when Iranian and Emirati officials have been in the same room since the US and Israel’s war on Iran began at the end of February.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Why is South Africa upset about Iran joining BRICS naval drills?list 2 of 3BRICS wargames: Why they matter, why India opted outlist 3 of 3South Africa defends BRICS naval drills as ‘essential’ amid tensionsend of listAraghchi said Iran was a “victim of illegal expansionism and warmongering”. He urged BRICS+ nations – a grouping comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran and the UAE – to resist “Western hegemony and the sense of impunity that the US believes it is entitled to”.“Iran therefore calls upon BRICS member states and all responsible members of the international community to explicitly condemn violations of international law by the United States and Israel,” he said.Later, Araghchi told the gathering that the UAE was “directly involved in the aggression against my country”, the Iranian semi-official Mehr news agency reported.In response to the US and Israeli attacks on Iran, Tehran launched strikes on US military sites and assets in Gulf States, including the UAE.It was not immediately clear how or whether the UAE and other nations attending the BRICS+ meeting had responded to Araghchi’s remarks.