The way Brics responds to the US and Israel’s war on Iran, a permanent member, will have repercussions for how the group is perceived and understood - not only by its own members, but the whole world going forward, analysts have told Middle East Eye.

And so far, the signs are far from encouraging.

With more than three days since Israel killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as well as more than 550 others - including at least 165 children - the bloc, touted as a leader of the Global South, is nowhere to be found.

Iran, a permanent member of the grouping of 11 countries, joined Brics in 2024, when it comprised only the core members Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.

Whereas every member of the original core - besides India - has released individual statements either condemning or raising concerns about the killing of Khamenei, the bloc itself has yet to utter a word as a collective.

“Modi was basically in Israel, hugging Netanyahu and making it very clear that, seemingly, there’s a much stronger solidarity or kinship between these two leaders, and this is going to extend officially into the respective bilateral relations, officially,” Priyal Singh, a senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) in Pretoria, told MEE.

Singh said that India’s closeness to Israel, as well as Iran’s retaliatory attacks on the UAE, in particular, has likely made it even harder for Brics to reach a place of consensus.