Iranian Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad says Iran remains ready to play an active and constructive role in strengthening energy cooperation among BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) members to ensure secure and affordable energy supplies, IRNA reports.

Addressing the 11th BRICS energy ministers’ meeting at Gurugram in Haryana, India, Paknejad has described US-Israeli attacks on Iran’s oil, gas, refining and petrochemical infrastructure as a blind war against global energy security, saying they had caused damage to facilities, casualties among oil industry workers, environmental consequences, disruptions to supply chains and economic hardship for thousands of families in the Persian Gulf region.

He has warned that the consequences of such actions have contributed to energy market instability, rising raw material prices, and increased living costs worldwide, stressing that such attacks constitute a clear violation of international law and the United Nations Charter.