Pezeshkian: US, Israel Are 'Real Terrorists' at BRICS — SkimNews
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- Pezeshkian told India Today at the BRICS Summit that the US and Israel started the war without international recognition, claiming they "martyred" Iran's leader, military commanders, scientists, and students and bombarded infrastructure.
- Iran has emerged "more united, not weaker" six months into the conflict, Pezeshkian said, framing BRICS as a genuine path toward a multipolar world.
- Chabahar port was pitched to India as a crossroads connecting south-north and west-east and reviving the Silk Road; Pezeshkian confirmed the topic came up in his 45-minute bilateral with PM Narendra Modi and said existing Indian investments there are "underway."
- Pezeshkian denied any problem with the UAE, blaming US military bases in neighboring countries for enabling attacks on Iran and accusing Washington of selling weapons to the region to pit neighbors against each other.
- BRICS' New Development Bank was cited by Pezeshkian as a vehicle to reduce member states' dependence on the US dollar and counter what he called US "unilateralism" and sanctions power.
- Pezeshkian invited Indian businesses to invest in Iran despite US sanctions, dismissing them as "country-based" rather than international and saying "no country should be honoring them."
Why it matters: Pezeshkian's defiant framing at a major multilateral summit gives Iran a platform to reframe the conflict on its terms while courting continued Indian investment in Chabahar port, which he pitched as a revived Silk Road crossroads. His call for BRICS to weaken dependence on the US dollar signals that sanctions-hit members are coalescing around de-dollarization as concrete policy, not just rhetoric.
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