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• Under India’s chairmanship, the expanded bloc has remained silent

• Pezeshkian, Araghchi urge Indian counterparts to spearhead a ‘strong and constructive’ intervention

• New Delhi caught in a diplomatic bind amid domestic LPG crisis; balances pro-Israel comments with its ‘friend of Iran’ status

NEW DELHI: Iran’s top leaders have urged their Indian counterparts to activate the BRICS to play a “strong and constructive role” in the escalating war with the US and Israel, according to Iranian government readouts of recent telephone conversations.