Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian. File
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Iran on Wednesday (March 11, 2026), the twelfth day of the battle, set three situations for ending the battle, together with ensures towards future assaults even because the U.S. and Israel continued their air strikes within the nation.
“Speaking to leaders of Russia and Pakistan, I reaffirmed Iran’s dedication to peace within the area,” President Masoud Pezeshkian wrote in a social media put up. “The one method to finish this battle — ignited by the Zionist regime and U.S. — is recognising Iran’s professional rights, cost of reparations, and agency worldwide ensures towards future aggression,” he stated.
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Throughout nuclear talks forward of the battle, Iran had persistently argued that as a signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), nuclear enrichment is “a professional proper”. This was additionally the primary time a senior Iranian chief known as for reparations as a situation to finish the battle.
On Tuesday (March 10, 2026), the Kremlin stated Russian President Vladimir Putin talked to Mr. Pezeshkian and known as for “rapid de-escalation”. The Russian President reaffirmed his principled place in favour of a swift de-escalation of the battle and its decision by political means. Mr. Pezeshkian thanked Russia for its assist, notably for offering humanitarian help to Iran,” the Kremlin stated.
Because the U.S. and Israel started this battle on February 28, assassinating Iran’s Supreme Chief and several other different prime officers, Iran has maintained that it could not discuss to the U.S. and settle for a ceasefire.
On March 10, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, Speaker of Iran’s Parliament, stated Iran “believes the aggressor should be punished and taught a lesson that may deter them from attacking Iran once more”.
Mr. Ghalibaf, who, together with Safety Council Secretary Ali Larijani, has emerged as a defiant public faces of the federal government, added, “The Zionist regime has persistently perpetuated a vicious cycle of ‘battle, negotiations, ceasefire, then battle once more’ all through its disgusting historical past. We’ll break this cycle.”
U.S. President Donald on Wednesday (March 11, 2026) stated in an interview that he might finish the battle any time. “Virtually there may be nothing a lot left to strike,” he stated, whereas the U.S. and Israel continued to hold out air strikes in Iran.
In keeping with the Israeli Defence Forces, “intensive air strikes” have been carried out in Iran, hitting targets together with headquarters and command centres of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) air power; a compound at Imam Hossein College, the IRGC’s navy academy and ballistic missile storage and manufacturing websites and air defence missiles.
The IRGC stated it launched “decisive strikes towards hostile targets” all through the area. “The operation was designed to take care of steady and sustained fireplace over a five-hour interval,” it stated. The strikes have been carried out collectively with the fighters of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance motion, the Corps famous.
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