section_path: Reception/Iran
section_name: Iran
paragraph_text: Iran
  
  Iran's admission as a member in 2023 has been touted by the country as a "strategic success". Sayyid Ebrahim Raisolsadati, as president stated, "the global confidence in the effectiveness of BRICS is increasing". Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian stated that Iran's membership will help in strengthening the multilateralism of BRICS.