Iran, following a virtual summit last week where Chinese President Xi Jinping joined Russian President Vladimir Putin and other BRICS leaders, announced they would like to join BRICS themselves. The move, while an obvious cheap political ploy to divert from the G7 meeting going on over the weekend underscores the so-called outcast triad of Iran, China and Russia. The three nations have been largely labeled as outcasts for various reasons by the majority of the civilized world. The term BRIC … Continue reading “Iran Applies to Join China and Russia in BRICS”