Top Security Body: MoU Between Iran, US to End War on All Fronts
The secretariat of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) confirmed Monday morning that Tehran and Washington have finalized the text of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on ending the war, bringing an immediate and permanent halt to military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon.
The SNSC secretariat said in a statement that the Islamic Republic, under the guidance of its martyred Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, the directives of the current Leader Ayatollah Seyed Mojtaba Khamenei, the unwavering support of the Iranian people, and the tireless efforts of the country’s armed forces, has completed a period of difficult and intensive negotiations.“Based on the approval of the Supreme National Security Council, the text of the memorandum of understanding regarding the end-of-war negotiations (Islamabad talks) between Iran and the United States was finalized on the evening of June 15,” the statement read.“Under the agreements reached, the war and military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon, are ended immediately and permanently. Furthermore, the naval blockade against Iran is terminated immediately and completely,” it added.
The United States and Israel unleashed a war against Iran in late February.Iran’s Armed Forces responded with 100 waves of retaliatory strikes under Operation True Promise 4, launching hundreds of ballistic and hypersonic missiles, as well as drones, against American military bases across West Asia and Israeli positions throughout the occupied territories.In early April, forty days into the war, an Islamabad-brokered ceasefire went into effect.
The SNSC secretariat also added in its statement that the MoU will be officially signed on Friday.Talks toward a final agreement will be postponed until after the other side has implemented its commitments under the memorandum, the secretariat said. The statement expressed gratitude to Pakistan and Qatar for their mediation endeavours.
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