Iran: ‘We Aren’t Seeking a Ceasefire’

Iran is not seeking a ceasefire in the war against the United States and Israel, the powerful Iranian parliament speaker said, adding that the “aggressor” should be punished.

“Certainly we aren’t seeking a ceasefire,” Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, a former top commander in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and key figure after the killing of former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, wrote in a X post. “We believe the aggressor must be punished and taught a lesson that will deter them from attacking Iran again,” he added.

“The Zionist regime has consistently perpetuated a vicious cycle of “war, negotiations, ceasefire, then war again” throughout its disgusting history. We will break this cycle.”