As Tehran retaliates against its Gulf neighbours, the newly expanded bloc built for trade is discovering the limits of its own unity
3-MIN READ3-MIN ListenMaria SiowPublished: 2:03pm, 10 Mar 2026China condemned it. Russia condemned it. Brazil condemned it. Brics, as a bloc, has said nothing.More than a week after US and Israeli strikes killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and triggered the worst regional crisis in years, the grouping that positions itself as the collective voice of the Global South has yet to issue a single joint statement.The silence is not an oversight. It is the sound of a bloc whose expansion has outpaced its ability to speak as one, analysts say.
