BRICS summit may be the only place another Iran ceasefire can be built

What the report says

Al Jazeera says the BRICS summit in New Delhi on September 12 may be the most realistic venue for shaping another ceasefire around the Iran conflict, because several of the countries involved have kept working relationships with both sides. The article argues that members and partners of the bloc have helped broker earlier truces, while Washington has not played the central mediating role.

The piece describes a continuing escalation between Iran and the United States and its regional partners, with strikes, drone attacks and pressure on shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz. It says Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, is due in New Delhi alongside leaders including China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin, as well as representatives from the United Arab Emirates, which has also faced Iranian attacks.

The article points to China, Pakistan, Qatar, Oman, Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Egypt as part of the mediation machinery behind earlier ceasefire efforts. It also notes the economic stakes, including oil flows, inflation in Iran and the wider push by BRICS members to expand non-dollar payment links and financial connectivity.

Beyond the immediate fighting, the commentary frames the summit as important because it could test whether BRICS can offer practical cooperation on security, shipping and payments rather than only symbolic unity. The author says that would matter for regional stability and for countries in the Global South watching how sanctions, conflict and trade pressure interact.