Abbas Araghchi Tells BRICS New Delhi UAE Is Active Partner In Aggression Against Iran

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told the BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting in New Delhi that there is “no military solution” to issues involving Iran and said, “we will never bow to any pressure or threat.”

WANA News Agency said Araghchi responded to remarks by a representative of the United Arab Emirates by describing Abu Dhabi as an “active partner in the aggression” against Iran.

Al-Monitor

WANA News Agency also said Araghchi claimed the UAE initially refused to condemn attacks and later participated by providing military bases, airspace access, and intelligence facilities to the United States and Israel.

PressTV said Araghchi delivered the remarks as the two-day meeting was hosted by Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of India, and argued that “Imperial power in decline wants to turn back the clock.”

At the BRICS meeting, WANA News Agency said Araghchi told the Emirati official present, “Even your alliance with the Israelis failed to protect you.”

WANA News Agency said Araghchi claimed the UAE “chose to stand alongside the Israelis and the Americans” after he referred to the deaths of more than 170 schoolchildren in an attack on a school during the first day of the conflict.

BBC

NDTV reported Araghchi accused the United States and Israel of launching “brutal and unlawful aggression” against the Islamic Republic and said he vowed Iran would never surrender to imperial pressure.

NDTV also quoted Araghchi saying, “There is no such thing as a military solution to anything related to Iran,” while describing Iran as “the aggrieved, not the aggressor.”

Mehr News Agency said Araghchi told the BRICS meeting that “We Iranians never bow to any pressure or threat” and argued that Iran is “ready to pursue and defend diplomacy.”

“Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in New Delhi to take part in a meeting of BRICS foreign ministers, where he was received by Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, according to the minister'sTelegram channel”

Caliber.Az

Mehr News Agency also read Araghchi’s remarks that “As much as our powerful armed forces remain ready to exact devastating retribution on foreign aggressors,” Iran’s people are “peace-loving and do not seek war.”

Caliber.Az reported Araghchi said Iran is “ready to deliver a “devastating strike” if necessary” while insisting “We will never bow to pressure or threats.”

Mehr News Agency framed the stakes for BRICS as Araghchi said “the battle Iran has fought is in defense of all of us—of the new world that we are building together,” and urged BRICS members to step up work toward ending “this sense of entitlement.”