Iran named a blocker. The blocker has not publicly answered.

Thursday's paper said Araghchi had turned the UAE into the BRICS-statement obstacle, after Iranian officials accused a neighboring BRICS member of obstructing a joint line on Iran. Friday's update is narrower and cleaner: no verified UAE denial, explanation, or counter-accusation surfaced in the public record.

That absence matters because the same diplomatic week has produced much more concrete Hormuz paperwork. Reuters-linked reporting carried by Internazionale said Iran was allowing some Chinese vessels through the strait after Chinese requests and under Iranian management. [1] AGBI described the Persian Gulf Strait Authority's ship-approval form, transit tolls, and vetting regime. [2] Those are operational documents. The UAE file is still a named accusation without an answer.

For mainstream coverage, that can look like a non-story. For the channel map, it is a data point. Iran is trying to make Abu Dhabi the reason BRICS could not speak with one voice. Abu Dhabi's silence lets that Iranian frame sit in the room unchallenged.

The question is not whether Iran is fair. The question is whether the UAE wants the accusation corrected on the record. As of Friday, it has not done so.

-- PRIYA SHARMA, Delhi