Nationwide demonstrations took place in Iran on Monday to condemn what they called "riots supported by foreign forces" and oppose a series of interference actions by the United States and Israel.
Tens of thousands of pro-government Iranians gathered in the center of Tehran, waving national flags and chanting slogans against the United States and Israel. They said that the U.S. and Israel used terrorists to create unrests in Iran with the aim of weakening and splitting Iran while seeking their own interests.
"You (the U.S.) claimed that you stand with the people, but in Gaza Strip, you've really showed how you 'stand with the people', as you did in other countries. The people's blood is still on your hands. Your words are like jokes," said one Iranian resident.
"All the U.S. so-called 'negotiations' are frauds. They just want to make Iran unsafe and divided -- just like what they did in Syria and Iraq -- and seek their own interests," said another Iranian resident.
Iranians joining the demonstrations said that they will unite as one in resisting conspiracies and any form of aggression moves by the United States and Israel.
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei described the gatherings as a stern warning to U.S. politicians to "halt their deceitful actions and stop relying on their traitorous hirelings".
Iran's nationwide demonstrations oppose U.S., Israel interference
India is expected to advance the Global South agenda at the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on Saturday and Sunday, said a senior executive editor with Indian broadcaster NewsX World in an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN).
NewsX World Senior Executive Editor Megha Sharma said that building economic resilience is one of the priorities of India in implementing the chairmanship of BRICS this year.
The theme of the forthcoming BRICS Summit is "Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability."
"Building for resilience and innovation, for cooperation and sustainability, to push forward again the Global South agenda. Talking about innovation, we are talking about digital public infrastructure. This is something that India has pushed successively," said Sharma.
She said successful outcomes from the Summit could include progress in counter-terrorism cooperation and digital infrastructure construction.
"Counter-terrorism cooperation. There have been a lot of terrorist attacks that have taken place. Building digital infrastructure, digitally public infrastructure, whether it is about UPI (Unified Payment Interface) that India has been advocating and successfully implementing in countries in the subcontinent, in Southeast Asia and Africa as well," said Sharma.
Launched in 2009, BRICS has grown to 11 full member states and 10 partner countries representing major emerging markets and developing economies across the globe.
18th BRICS Summit to advance Global South agenda: news editor
