Iran's President Masud Pezeshkian will attend the upcoming BRICS summit in Russia, state media cited Tehran's ambassador in Moscow as saying on September 15, amid tensions with the West over military cooperation between the two countries. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said last week that Russia had received ballistic missiles from Iran and cooperation between Moscow and Tehran threatened wider European security. The United States, Germany, Britain, and France imposed new sanctions on Iran. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said Tehran did not deliver any ballistic missiles to Russia and that sanctions imposed by the U.S. and the three European countries against Iran were not a solution. Iran's ambassador in Russia, Kazem Jalali, reportedly confirmed that Pezeshkian will attend the summit of the BRICS group of major emerging economies, scheduled to be held in Kazan, Russia, on October 22-24.
Iran's President To Attend BRICS Summit In Russia
Iranian President Masud Pezeshkian (file photo)