Iran ‘unconquerable,’ Araghchi says at BRICS ministers meeting

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Iran will never surrender despite war-mongering pressure, stressing unity, sovereignty, and diplomacy during the BRICS foreign ministers meeting.

Al Mayadeen

Iran will never surrender despite being a victim of war-mongering, and its people have grown stronger and more united under pressure, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Thursday.

Speaking during a BRICS foreign ministers meeting on Thursday, Araghchi said that Iran “was a victim of war-mongering, but it has not and will not surrender,” stressing that the Iranian people had “stood courageously to confront the enemies’ conspiracies, achieve justice and independence, and defend their sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

Araghchi said it must be “clear to everyone that Iran is unconquerable,” adding that the country becomes “stronger and more united” under pressure. He stated that Tehran is “prepared to fight with all our strength in defense of freedom and our land,” while also remaining “equally prepared to pursue and protect diplomacy.”

Araghchi calls for cooperation in face of hegemony

The Iranian foreign minister said Iran’s position in the US-Israeli war on Iran was “in defense of all members and in defense of a new world we are in the process of building.” While expressing appreciation for BRICS support, he said it is necessary “to end America’s sense of superiority and impunity” and called for cooperation in “confronting hegemony.”

He also accused Western countries of ignoring “genocides, violations of state sovereignty, and open piracy in international waters,” attributing this to a “false sense of superiority.”

Araghchi urged BRICS members to condemn violations of international law by the United States and “Israel”, and called for efforts to prevent the politicization of international institutions and to “end the impunity of violators of the UN Charter.”

Iran takes center-stage at BRICS Foreign Ministers’ summit

Araghchi arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday evening, marking his first visit to India since the outbreak of the US-Israeli war on Iran on February 28. The war and its cascading energy crisis are expected to overshadow the formal BRICS agenda of multilateral reform and Global South cooperation.

Ahead of the summit, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi framed Tehran’s BRICS membership as a “strategic choice to strengthen genuine multilateralism.” He argued the grouping could serve as a platform for independent trade frameworks and deeper financial ties among member states.

Gharibabadi added that BRICS offers a mechanism to reduce dependence on what he called US-imposed “discriminatory and unilateral mechanisms.” He presented Iran’s energy resources, transport networks, and geographic position as direct contributions to the bloc’s goals on regional connectivity and economic resilience.

Iran is one of eleven BRICS member states, alongside Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and the UAE. The two-day meeting opened Thursday at New Delhi’s Bharat Mandapam convention centre, chaired by Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, South Africa’s Ronald Lamola, and Brazil’s Mauro Vieira are also attending. China sent its ambassador to India rather than Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who remained in Beijing for US President Donald Trump’s state visit.