With Iran’s economy in crisis due to the war with the U.S., Iran’s membership in BRICS is a reprieve for the regime, and a blow to America: Ehsan Khandouzi, Iran’s Finance and Economic Affairs Minister, expressed hope for global engagement and for increased trade opportunities with BRICS countries, despite US sanctions. The China-led BRICS aims […]
Iran, China, Russia Plan Joint Naval Exercises in Gulf of Oman and Strait of Hormuz
Iran, China, and Russia have planned a joint naval exercise in the coming days, in the Gulf of Oman and Strait of Hormuz. “Upcoming Trilateral Naval Exercise by Iran, China, and Russia,” WANA News Agency, January 31, 2026: Press TV and Al Jazeera have reported that a joint naval exercise involving Iran, China, and Russia […]
NATO member Turkey to request membership in BRICS economic bloc spearheaded by Russia and China
“There is a belief in Ankara that it can do this ‘without a political cost that would be attached to this realignment.’” That is only because of the weakness and wrongheadedness of the Biden-Harris regime. Turkey should be expelled from NATO. But it will not be. “NATO member Turkey to request membership of Russia-led BRICS,” […]
Khamenei: US ‘left with no option but to withdraw from the region’ in changed ‘world order’ after Oct. 7
Many factors have combined recently to magnify the strength of Iran and its proxies — from Obama’s disastrous nuclear deal that only benefited Iran to the Islamic Republic’s current alliances with China and Russia, as well as its continuing to be underestimated and misunderstood by the West. The Iranian regime has been emboldened for years. The […]
Putin and Raisi discuss Iran’s full-scale involvement in BRICS
Iran is already influential within BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), and its influence is growing. According to an Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration report in May, Iran’s trade with BRICS member states between March 21, 2022-Feb. 19, 2023, worth $34.98 billion USD, “which excludes crude oil exports.” China was Iran’s main […]