President Masoud Pezeshkian says the upcoming summit of the BRICS group of emerging economies provides a chance to strengthen multilateralism in international relations.

Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 16:00 GMT on September 1, 2026.

President Xi Jinping calls for greater respect for international law and sovereign equality, urging countries to reject double standards, foreign interference, bullying and “the law of the jungle.”

Tehran has called on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to take a firm stand against unilateralism.

At the 14th World Peace Conference in Beijing, discussions focused on global governance, security cooperation, and the establishment of alternative financial mechanisms to counteract the dominance of the US dollar system and evade international sanctions.

The Iranian ambassador and permanent representative to the UN raises the alarm at the threat posed by unilateralism and coercive measures to the current system of global governance.

As geopolitical tremors of the US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran continue to reshape global alliances, the BRICS bloc finds itself at a historic inflection point, says an analyst.