Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stated that Tehran will not surrender to oppression as U.S. and Israeli airstrikes intensify, delivering the remarks to regional leaders in New Delhi during the 18th BRICS Leaders Summit Latest, The Hindu.
Why it matters: The defiant rhetoric highlights deep regional divisions even as BRICS members reached a compromise on the New Delhi Declaration calling for maximum restraint The Hindu.
- Pezeshkian delivered the remarks on September 11, 2026, on the sidelines of the summit Latest.
- The 11-member bloc subsequently adopted a declaration urging calm in the West Asian conflict The Hindu.