Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Tuesday that Iran plans to join the BRICS group to participate in the creation of a multipolar world.

He explained that after joining the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Iran is “getting prepared to join” the BRICS group. The Iranian president was quoted as saying:

We condemn the unipolar world order which makes it possible for the United States and some three to four other countries to feel the rulers of the world.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said this week that the multipolarity trend will intensify and those who do not follow this trend “will lose.”