Gazeta Wyborcza says the BRICS text condemns the US war with Iran; Digi24 says it urges "maximum restraint"

Two reports, two documents. Digi24, citing AFP, says the joint declaration adopted on Saturday, the summit's first day, urges the parties in the Middle East conflict to show "maximum restraint". Gazeta Wyborcza, citing Reuters, says the annual meeting of the 11-state bloc will end with a declaration condemning the war of the United States with Iran. The second is written in the future tense, before the text was out.

Outlet	On the war	Names the United States
Digi24, citing AFP	"maximum restraint", asked of the parties	No
Gazeta Wyborcza, citing Reuters	a declaration "condemning the US war with Iran"	Yes
TASS, Interfax, IRNA, Vedomosti, Espreso TV	nothing on the declaration and the war	No

What the rest set out. Six of the 11 reports say what the declaration contains: global economic governance as "a consistent BRICS priority", communications technology, the blockade of Cuba, artificial intelligence, China's 2027 chairmanship. None touches the Middle East. In the Cuba passage the blockade tightens with no state named as tightening it.

Not settled. No report we hold quotes the declaration's clause on the war. One carries the restraint wording, one predicts a condemnation, and nothing corroborates either. None quotes a leader or a country objecting to the text. Espreso TV alone carries Putin saying European troops in Ukraine would mean war with Russia, sourced to The Moscow Times — uncontradicted and unconfirmed by anything else we hold.

What this is about: a group of large non-Western economies met in India. The question is whether its joint text takes a side in the war between the United States and Iran.

How it got here - BRICS began in 2009 as a club of Brazil, Russia, India and China. South Africa joined in 2010. It was set up to give big emerging economies a voice outside Western-led bodies such as the G7, the IMF and the World Bank. - It grew in 2024 and 2025. Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, the United Arab Emirates and Indonesia joined. The reports describe it as an 11-state bloc. - BRICS decides by consensus. A declaration says only what every member accepts, so its wording shows where the members agree. - In June 2025, Israel and Iran fought an air war, and the United States struck Iranian nuclear sites. This month our coverage has followed fighting between the United States and Iran. That includes rival claims about shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow sea lane out of the Gulf, and a move to take the matter to the UN Security Council. Even the name is disputed: Gulf News reported Trump denying that it is a war.

The actors - Iran is a BRICS member at war with the United States. It wants the bloc on its side. - India holds the chair and hosts the summit. It has close ties to both Washington and Tehran. - Russia and China often use BRICS to push back against US power. Russia is also fighting in Ukraine, which it invaded in February 2022. - The UAE and Egypt are Gulf and Arab states with close security ties to the US.

What is at stake: if the text names the United States, a bloc that includes several US partners has taken Iran's side. If it only asks both sides for restraint, Iran got no more from its own bloc than a general call for calm.

Where it stands: the declaration was adopted on 12 September. China takes the chair in 2027. No report we hold quotes the clause on the war.

The story so far

Earlier stories The AI Times filed on this thread.

What is being argued about

What the New Delhi declaration says about the war between the United States and Iran
One account of the Middle East wording, and nothing to check it against
What the declaration is quoted on instead: economic governance, Cuba, technology, China's 2027 chair
Putin on European troops in Ukraine, carried by one report at second hand

One declaration, as the reports describe itSide by side

Outlet	What it says about the war	Quotes the document?
Digi24, citing AFP	The parties in the Middle East conflict are urged to show "maximum restraint". No party named.	Yes — the phrase, adopted Saturday
Gazeta Wyborcza, citing Reuters	The summit will end with a joint declaration condemning the war of the United States with Iran.	No — future tense, before adoption
TASS, four reports	Nothing. Economic governance, communications technology, Cuba, China's 2027 chair.	Yes — other paragraphs
Interfax	Nothing. Two paragraphs on artificial intelligence.	Yes — other paragraphs
IRNA	Nothing. India's deputy foreign minister on unilateralism.	No
Vedomosti	Nothing. Putin and Xi have not yet spoken substantively.	No

Each cell is what that report says the declaration contains. None quotes a clause that names the United States.

Sources

Digi24

Gazeta Wyborcza T TASS T TASS T TASS T TASS I Interfax

IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) V Vedomosti

Claims and verdicts

misleading The BRICS declaration adopted in New Delhi condemns the United States' war with Iran.

Gazeta Wyborcza, citing Reuters, wrote before adoption that the summit would end with a declaration condemning the US war with Iran; Digi24, citing AFP, reports the text adopted on Saturday instead urges the parties to show "maximum restraint". No report we hold quotes the declaration naming or condemning the United States.

Checked against 2 sources:

Gazeta Wyborcza

Digi24

unverified The declaration adopted on the summit's first day urges the parties in the Middle East conflict to show maximum restraint.

Only Digi24, via AFP, carries this passage; TASS and Interfax quote the same declaration on economic governance, Cuba, technology and artificial intelligence without touching the Middle East wording. One account is not corroboration.

Checked against 4 sources:

Digi24 T TASS T TASS I Interfax

unverified Putin said that sending a European military contingent into Ukraine would mean war with Russia.

Espreso TV alone carries the quote, itself sourced to The Moscow Times rather than to its own reporter at the BRICS business forum. No other report we hold on the summit mentions the remark, and none contradicts it.

Checked against 1 source:

E Espreso TV

Who wrote it

R Robert Stefanicki Gazeta Wyborcza

What the bias passes found in their reporting

Headline asserts what the body attributes Iran named as acting, flat, in the headline; the body says details are still arriving×1

What a headline claims the body does not carry a condemnation of the United States, in the future tense, sourced to an agency×1

What is stated versus expected a condemnation reported in the future tense, before the text×1

Who is named as acting headline asserts Iran as the actor with no source attached×1

Claims we checked that rest on their reporting

1 misleading1 unverified

From 54 reports we hold under this byline, at Gazeta Wyborcza. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →

М Марія Дроб'язко Espreso TV

What the bias passes found in their reporting

Actor named Russia is named as the actor in the shift to combat use.×1

Anonymous sourcing The whole account rests on diplomats who are not named×1

Are the hurt counted the dead are neither counted nor named; the injured are 'dozens'×1

A second, unreconciled figure a different amount appears at the end, and no report explains how it relates to the first×1

Claims we checked that rest on their reporting

1 misleading6 disputed24 unverified11 true

From 483 reports we hold under this byline, at Espreso TV. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →

S Sebastian Eduard Digi24

What the bias passes found in their reporting

A judgement of the Union quoted in the headline the premier's verdict on the Union printed as the headline claim×1

Cause attributed to one politician blame on the Union and on oil companies carried as the premier's words×1

Cause kept inside the attribution three causes, all as the Slovak prime minister's account; no reply from any EU body×1

What it leads with leads on another outlet's question about a third country, not on the offer×1

Claims we checked that rest on their reporting

1 misleading3 unverified1 true

From 410 reports we hold under this byline, at Digi24. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →

А Ася Султанова Vedomosti

What the bias passes found in their reporting

Headline claim unattributed A national interception total is stated flat with no source in the headline and no body text×1

Official voice only The figure for voters abroad comes from the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman alone×1

Omission the headline names the emergency and the attacker; there is no body text×1

Stated flat A daily total of drones downed is stated flat in the headline, with no source.×1

Claims we checked that rest on their reporting

2 misleading2 disputed4 unverified1 true

From 328 reports we hold under this byline, at Vedomosti. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →

The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting. · 7 reports we hold carry no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

T TASS — state-controlled

BRICS to seek reform of institutions of global economic governance

Quotes the document on institutions: "Reform of global economic governance remains a consistent BRICS priority."

NEW DELHI, September 12. /TASS/. Reforming the system of global economic governance is one of BRICS’ priorities, member states said in the New Delhi Declaration adopted at the group’s 18th summit. "With the growing share of emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) in global output and growth, reform of global economic governance remains a consistent BRICS priority," the document reads. "We will continue to strengthen coordination among BRICS members to make international financial institutions more representative, transparent and accountable," the leaders added. They reiterated "the u

Which measure was chosen: the summit measured as economic governance, quoting the document directly — “"Reform of global economic governance remains a consistent BRICS priority," the document reads”

Read it at TASS → https://tass.com/world/2186759

T TASS — state-controlled

BRICS countries to expand cooperation in information, communication technologies

Adds the communications-technology clause with its qualifier — "respecting sovereignty and national security of each country".

NEW DELHI, September 12. /TASS/. BRICS nations plan to expand cooperation in the field of information and communication technologies, according to the New Delhi Declaration adopted at the group’s 18th summit. "We recognize the transformative impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) as a key driver of socio-economic growth and digital transformation in BRICS countries and reaffirm our commitment to further strengthening collaboration in this regard, based on each country's national priorities and international commitments," the document said. The leaders also reaffirmed their

Read it at TASS → https://tass.com/world/2186757

IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) — state-controlled

معاون وزیر امور خارجه هند: یکجانبه گرایی ناقض حقوق بین الملل است

The only report carrying an Indian official: the deputy foreign minister calling unilateralism a breach of international law.

دهلی نو - ایرنا - معاون وزیر امور خارجه هند یکجانبه گرایی را ناقض حقوق بین‌الملل اعلام و تقویت چندجانبه گرایی را خواست کشورهای عضو بریکس اعلام کرد.

Whose voice is quoted: one deputy minister's position given as the headline finding — “معاون وزیر امور خارجه هند یکجانبه گرایی را ناقض حقوق بین‌الملل اعلام و تقویت چندجانبه گرایی را خواست کشورهای عضو بریکس اعلام کرد.”

Read it at IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) → https://www.irna.ir/news/86262021/%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%88…

T TASS — state-controlled

BRICS calls for ending economic blockade of Cuba

Adds the Cuba passage, in which the blockade tightens and no state is named as tightening it.

NEW DELHI, September 12. /TASS/. BRICS nations called for ending economic, commercial and financial measures against Cuba in the New Delhi Declaration adopted at the group’s summit in India. "We reiterate the necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial measures against Cuba in accordance with UNGA Resolution," the document said. BRICS leaders expressed "deep concern on the situation relating to Cuba due to the tightening of unilateral blockade measures against the country, their adverse effects on the Cuban economy, energy supplies and the worrying humanitarian impact on the Cub

Whose wording is adopted: the declaration's own term for the measures carried unquoted in the headline — “BRICS leaders expressed deep concern on the situation relating to Cuba due to the tightening of unilateral blockade measures against the country”

Who is left with no actor named: the blockade tightens by itself; no state is named as tightening it — “BRICS leaders expressed deep concern on the situation relating to Cuba due to the tightening of unilateral blockade measures against the country”

Read it at TASS → https://tass.com/world/2186753

T TASS — state-controlled

BRICS business circles show interest in deepening cooperation, Putin says

Carries Putin at the business forum on "ambitious multilateral projects", with no marking of the speaker.

NEW DELHI, September 12. /TASS/. Business circles are showing interest in deepening economic cooperation between BRICS countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the group’s summit in India. "It’s encouraging that we see a keen interest in deepening cooperation between BRICS countries on the economic track from business circles. As you know, we talked about it at the plenary meeting of the Business Forum yesterday," he noted. "Entrepreneurs, members of the BRICS Business Council, have many different initiatives and proposals aimed at boosting practical cooperation. Ambitious multilate

Read it at TASS → https://tass.com/world/2186749

T TASS — state-controlled

BRICS nations extend full support to China for 2027 chairmanship — declaration

Adds that the declaration backs China for the 2027 chairmanship, which Xi Jinping had already announced.

NEW DELHI, September 12. /TASS/. BRICS nations have extended full support to China, which will hold the group’s chairmanship next year, according to the New Delhi Declaration adopted at the BRICS summit in India. "We extend full support to China for its BRICS Chairship in 2027 and the holding of the 19th BRICS Summit in China," the document said. Chinese President Xi Jinping announced earlier that his country would host the group’s next summit.

Read it at TASS → https://tass.com/world/2186747

I Interfax —

В БРИКС выступили за развитие ИИ-технологий, но с соблюдением безопасности пользователей

Quotes two artificial-intelligence paragraphs — growth, and risks to the development of all countries — and the war is absent.

В БРИКС выступили за развитие ИИ-технологий, но с соблюдением безопасности пользователей Москва. 12 сентября. INTERFAX.RU - Страны БРИКС признают возможности, предоставляемые сейчас искусственным интеллектом (ИИ), отмечая при этом необходимость поддержания и сохранения безопасности пользователей. "Мы понимаем, что искусственный интеллект предоставляет огромные возможности для экономического роста и постоянного развития, но при этом необходимо учитывать его общедоступность и безопасность", - говорится в тексте декларации, подписанной по итогам саммита БРИКС в Дели. "ИИ-технологии способствуют э

What is quoted: declaration text relayed with no outside voice on it — “Страны БРИКС признают возможности, предоставляемые сейчас искусственным интеллектом (ИИ), отмечая при этом необходимость поддержания и сохранения безопасности пользователей.”

Which measure was chosen: two paragraphs of the declaration on artificial intelligence; the war is absent — “"ИИ-технологии способствуют экономическому росту и благосостоянию, но при этом содержат риски для развития всех стран", - отмечается в документе.”

Read it at Interfax → https://www.interfax.ru/world/1115737

Gazeta Wyborcza — independent

BRICS na szczycie w Indiach szuka swojego miejsca "po właściwej stronie historii"

The only report that says the United States is condemned — in the future tense, before the text was adopted, and attributed to Reuters.

Według agencji Reuters, doroczne spotkanie przywódców 11-państwowego bloku zakończy się przyjęciem wspólnej deklaracji potępiającej wojnę USA z Iranem.

What is stated versus expected: a condemnation reported in the future tense, before the text — “doroczne spotkanie przywódców 11-państwowego bloku zakończy się przyjęciem wspólnej deklaracji potępiającej wojnę USA z Iranem”

What a headline claims the body does not carry: a condemnation of the United States, in the future tense, sourced to an agency — “Według agencji Reuters, doroczne spotkanie przywódców 11-państwowego bloku zakończy się przyjęciem wspólnej deklaracji potępiającej wojnę USA z Iranem.”

Read it at Gazeta Wyborcza → https://wyborcza.pl/7,75399,33020069,brics-na-szczycie-w-indiach-szuka-…

E Espreso TV —

Путін заявив, що введення європейського контингенту в Україну означатиме війну з Росією

The only report with Putin on Ukraine — European troops would mean "war with Russia" — sourced to The Moscow Times, and calling him a dictator in the report's own voice.

Про це він сказав на діловому форумі БРІКС у Нью-Делі, передає The Moscow Times."Зараз вони говорять про те, що думають про те, як би ввести війська на територію України. Це означає війну з Росією", — заявив Путін.За його словами, Європа нібито підштовхує свої країни до конфлікту з Росією і буцімто прагне переглянути підсумки Другої світової війни.Одразу після цього диктатор заявив, що Росія нібито "ніколи не погрожувала" європейцям, а сама загроза з боку Москви є вигадкою."Та немає такої загрози і не було ніколи. Ми не погрожуємо, не збираємося погрожувати європейським країнам", — сказав Путі

How hard the claim is stated: the speaker labelled and every claim marked as alleged — “Одразу після цього диктатор заявив, що Росія нібито "ніколи не погрожувала" європейцям”

How a head of state is named: labelled a dictator in the report's own voice, with his claims marked twice as supposed — “Одразу після цього диктатор заявив, що Росія нібито "ніколи не погрожувала" європейцям”

Read it at Espreso TV → https://espreso.tv/svit-putin-zayaviv-shcho-vvedennya-evropeyskogo-kont…

Digi24 — independent

Declarație comună a țărilor BRICS: „reţinere maximă” în conflictul din Orientul Mijlociu

The only report that gives the declaration's Middle East wording: the parties are urged to show "maximum restraint", and no party is named.

Declarație comună a țărilor BRICS: „reţinere maximă” în conflictul din Orientul Mijlociu Data actualizării: 12.09.2026 16:43 Data publicării: 12.09.2026 16:42 Putin, Modi și Xi palntează copaci la BRICS. Foto: Profimedia Urmărește Digi24 în Google Discover Adaugă Digi24 ca sursă preferată în Google Ţările forumului diplomatic BRICS au îndemnat părţile angajate în conflictul din Orientul Mijlociu să dea dovadă de „reţinere maximă”, într-o declaraţie comună adoptată sâmbătă în prima zi a summitului lor de la New Delhi, relatează AFP. „Ne exprimăm via noastră preocupare în faţa escaladării contin

Which measure was chosen: the declaration summed up as restraint, urged at both sides — “Ţările forumului diplomatic BRICS au îndemnat părţile angajate în conflictul din Orientul Mijlociu să dea dovadă de „reţinere maximă””

What the adopted text is said to say: the declaration urges restraint; no party is named and no war is condemned — “Ţările forumului diplomatic BRICS au îndemnat părţile angajate în conflictul din Orientul Mijlociu să dea dovadă de „reţinere maximă””

Read it at Digi24 → https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/externe/declaratie-comuna-a-tarilor-brics-r…

V Vedomosti —

Песков: Путин и Си Цзиньпин еще не разговаривали предметно

The only report on what did not happen in the room: Peskov says Putin and Xi have only greeted each other, and lists five bilateral meetings held instead.

Президент России Владимир Путин и председатель КНР Си Цзиньпин пока не разговаривали предметно на саммите БРИКС, они лишь приветствовали друга друга. Об этом «РИА Новости» заявил пресс-секретарь российского лидера Дмитрий Песков. При этом он отметил, что еще есть вечерние мероприятия. Саммит БРИКС проходит в Нью-Дели 12–13 сентября. На его полях Путин провел двусторонние встречи с президентом ЮАР Сирилом Рамафосой, президентом Египта Абделем Фаттахом ас-Сиси, премьер-министром Малайзии Анваром Ибрагимом, президентом Нового банка развития Дилмой Руссефф, премьер-министром Эфиопии Абийем Ахмедом

Read it at Vedomosti → https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/news/2026/09/12/1228365-putin-i-si

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