Iran has no formal ceasefire agreement with Israel, but said it had ended military retaliatory strikes at 4 a.m.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said there was no formal ceasefire agreement between Iran and Israel.
He wrote about this in his publication on the X platform, CNN reports.
“As of now, there is no agreement on a ceasefire or a halt to military action,” Araghchi stressed.
He also clarified that Iran does not intend to continue retaliatory strikes if Israel ceases its actions before 4:00 a.m. Tehran time.
“As Iran has repeatedly stated: it was Israel that started the war against Iran, and not the other way around,” the minister emphasized.
Araghchi also added that “the final decision to end military actions will be made later.”
A few minutes after the first statement, Araghchi published a new message, confirming the end of the actions of Iranian forces: “The military operations of our powerful Armed Forces in response to the Israeli aggression continued until the last minute – until four in the morning. Together with the entire Iranian people, I thank our brave Armed Forces, who remain ready to defend our guiding country until the last drop of blood and responded to any attack of the enemy until the very last moment,” the head of the Iranian Foreign Ministry said.
The statement came amid a report by US President Donald Trump that Israel and Iran had allegedly agreed to a ceasefire. According to Trump, the ceasefire was to begin six hours after the end of military operations and last for 12 hours.
Earlier it was reported that on the night of June 22, the United States military attacked three nuclear facilities in Iran – in Fordow, Natanga and Isfahan.
We previously reported that on June 23, Iran fired 6 missiles at the American Al Udeid base located in Qatar .
