Iran's President to attend BRICS summit in Russia

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian meets Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani (not pictured) at the government palace in Baghdad, Iraq, September 11, 2024. EPA-EFE/AHMED JALIL/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian will attend the upcoming BRICS summit in Russia, state media cited Tehran's ambassador in Moscow as saying on Sunday, amid tensions with the West over military cooperation between the two countries.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that Russia had received ballistic missiles from Iran and was likely to use them in Ukraine within weeks. Cooperation between Moscow and Tehran threatened wider European security, he said.