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The Economic Times
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FOUND: India hosts brics summit as iran war tests bloc unity - What They Never Told You

New Delhi: India will host the BRICS Leaders' Summit this weekend, seeking to lift the bloc's global profile ​even as the U.S.-led war on Iran splits its membership, with Tehran and Abu Dhabi on opposing sides of the conflict.

The September 12-13 summit in New Delhi comes more than six months after the U.S. and Israel launched attacks on Iran, a BRICS member since 2024. The conflict has led to a virtual shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's key choke points in the oil trade, pushing crude prices to over $100 a barrel.

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