The Brazilian president has deplored Israeli crimes against Palestinians in Gaza calling for global action to take action for an end of the genocidal war in the besieged strip.
On the sidelines of the 15th BRICS Summit, Dr Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi met with the President of Brazil, Mr Lula da Silva, during which while expressing his satisfaction with the re-election of Mr Da Silva as the President of Brazil, he emphasised the further development of the relations between the two countries and the deepening of cooperation.
The Brazilian Foreign Ministry said in a statement it is “following with consternation and concern the escalation of violence in the West Bank, which included the resumption of [Israeli] air strikes.”
The delegation asked "the new government to take the lead in Latin American and the Global South in recognising the regime imposed by Israel over the Palestinian people as apartheid in the UN General Assembly and Security Council."
These programs were carried out on different days of the 10-Day Dawn with the presence of military commanders of the Brazilian army, civil activists, representatives of religious communities, as well as journalists and representatives of the main Brazilian media.
Just one day after left-wing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office in January, Brazil has announced a fundamental shift in its diplomacy toward the Palestinian cause, where it has topped again at the forefront of Brazil's political scene, after years of absence due to Bolsonaro's pro-Israel policy.
Brazilian Justice Minister Flávio Dino said Monday that "about 1,500" people have been arrested since supporters of Brazil's far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro attacked government buildings in Brasília the previous day.
Brazilian author has slammed Israeli authorities over aggressive policies stressing resistance as the sole way to maintain honor for the oppressed Palestinian nation.
"Ali Bagheri Kani", Iran's deputy foreign minister for political affairs, met on Monday with Kenneth Nóbrega, Secretary of the Middle East, Europe and Africa of Brazil, who traveled to Tehran in the framework of holding the 11th round of political consultations between the two countries.
Reviewing the draft agreement on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Federal Republic of Brazil, the Iranian lawmakers approved the bill with 181 votes in favor, 2 against, and 6 abstentions out of the total of 221.
In a seminar on the development of relations with Brazil held on Sunday evening in the presence of business activists in Tehran, Gholamhossein Shafei stated: "Basic needs, corn, soybeans, sugar, meat, and coffee were the important part of our imports from Brazil."