Iran Seeks BRICS Membership to Counter Western Hegemony, Promote Multipolar World, Says President Raisi

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has condemned the present unipolar world order, emphasizing that Iran plans to affix the BRICS group to assist create a multipolar world. “Iran needs to have constructive relations with all states on the idea of widespread pursuits,” he burdened.

Iran Condemns Unipolar World Order

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi mentioned on Tuesday that Iran plans to affix the BRICS group to take part within the creation of a multipolar world, Russian information outlet Tass reported, citing his interview with Lebanese tv channel Al Mayadeen.

He defined that after becoming a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Group (SCO), Iran is “getting ready to affix” the BRICS group. The Iranian president was quoted as saying:

We condemn the unipolar world order which makes it doable for america and a few three to 4 different nations to really feel the rulers of the world.

Russian President Vladimir Putin mentioned this week that the multipolarity pattern will intensify and people who don’t observe this pattern “will lose.”

The SCO was established in 2001 as a political, financial, and protection alliance; it’s the world’s largest regional group. Iran not too long ago grew to become the ninth full member of the SCO, becoming a member of China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. The group additionally has observer states (Afghanistan, Belarus, and Mongolia) in addition to dialogue companions (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia).

Noting that the U.S. “sought to isolate Iran and hinder its participation within the SCO, however failed,” President Raisi burdened that the SCO membership has introduced many advantages to Iran, together with elevated commerce and entry to new markets. Just lately, the group revealed its plan to maneuver away from the U.S. greenback and settle trades within the national currencies of its member nations.

As for the BRICS, Iranian Overseas Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh mentioned in June final yr that Iran had utilized to affix the financial bloc, which contains Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The group is pushing to expand global influence, and 19 countries have both filed an software to affix the BRICS or have expressed curiosity to affix.

The Iranian president said:

We’re extending a pleasant hand to any nation that desires to cooperate with us. Iran needs to have constructive relations with all states on the idea of widespread pursuits.

The BRICS nations have been ramping up their de-dollarization efforts and settling trades in nationwide currencies. The group can be working to create a new common currency that’s anticipated to be mentioned on the group’s subsequent leaders’ summit.

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