Following the landmark announcement of a two-week ceasefire with the United States, Iranian officials issued multiple statements in both Farsi and English.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi issued a statement on X, declaring: “If attacks against Iran are stopped, our powerful military will cease defensive operations.”
Araghchi said arrangements would be made to ensure safe passage of the country’s military through the Strait of Hormuz during the ceasefire period. He also said that Iran was considering the United States’ 15-point proposal, and that the United States had accepted the “broad outline” of Iran’s own 10-point proposal as the “basis for negotiations.”
Iran’s top security body, the Supreme Council for National Security, issued a more fiery statement confirming the ceasefire and describing the agreement as a victory.
“We bring the good news to the great nation of Iran that almost all the objectives of the war have been achieved and that your brave sons have brought the enemy to a state of historic powerlessness and permanent defeat,” the statement read.
The statement was obtained by CNN from an Iranian official and reported by several Iranian state media outlets.
A Security Council statement said talks between the United States and Iran would take place in Islamabad and unveiled key parts of Tehran’s 10-point plan. This included regulating passage through the Strait of Hormuz. A binding United Nations resolution to ensure an end to attacks against Iran and its regional proxies, the withdrawal of U.S. forces from the region, compensation to Iran, the lifting of international sanctions and unfreezing of assets, and a final peace agreement.
“Our hand remains on the trigger and we will respond with full force if the enemy makes the slightest mistake,” the council warned.
The Security Council statement, widely distributed in Farsi and English by Iranian state media, also said the United States had agreed in principle to accept Iran’s right to nuclear enrichment.
Background: Iran’s Supreme Council for National Security is the main body tasked with overseeing Iran’s national security interests and protecting the Islamic Revolution. It is stacked with high-ranking officials from the country’s security, military and administrative authorities.
