Iran advances de-dollarization among BRICS members to counter US dominance
Al Monitor-July14th2024
TERHAN — Iran renewed diplomatic efforts to ditch the US dollar from business interactions with its key partners, encouraging others to do so with the aim of weakening the US’ standing in global economic calculations.
Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, was in the Russian city of St. Petersburg to attend the 10th Parliamentary Forum of the BRICS group of nations. The economic alliance, which originally comprised Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, has seen several new additions, including Iran, whose ascension was made official in January.
In an address to the summit, covered by the ISNA News Agency, Ghalibaf