Seyed Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian Foreign Minister said on social media that no agreement had been reached on a ceasefire, though the country will comply once Israel stops its attacks on Iran.
“As Iran has repeatedly made clear: Israel launched war on Iran, not the other way around,” Araghchi said in a post on X Monday night. “As of now, there is NO ‘agreement’ on any ceasefire or cessation of military operations.
“However, provided that the Israeli regime stops its illegal aggression against the Iranian people no later than 4 am Tehran time, we have no intention to continue our response afterwards,” he continued. “The final decision on the cessation of our military operations will be made later.”
He later posted, “The military operations of our powerful Armed Forces to punish Israel for its aggression continued until the very last minute, at 4am.”
“Together with all Iranians, I thank our brave Armed Forces who remain ready to defend our dear country until their last drop of blood, and who responded to any attack by the enemy until the very last minute,” Araghchi said.
The foreign minister’s announcement comes nearly two hours after President Donald Trump announced that a ceasefire agreement had been reached between Israel and Iran, though the former only agreed to a ceasefire as long as Iran stopped launching attacks on them.
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