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The Wire · India · Doval hosts the BRICS security chiefs as India chairs the bloc in 2026
Surfaces the friction beneath the unity optics: China draws its own lessons from the US-Iran war while Iran presses BRICS to condemn 'state terrorism' — showing the bloc is not monolithic on the very security definitions the meeting was meant to align.
“At the BRICS NSA meet, China drew lessons from the Iran war while Tehran sought a collective stand on 'state terrorism'.”