• Full text of Iran’s National Security Council statement on ceasefire
  • First Hezbollah Statement
  • Second Hezbollah Statement
  • IRGC statement
  • Ghalibaf’s Statement on the Ceasefire violations
  • MES Analysis on who benefits most from the ceasefire

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Full text of Iran’s National Security Council statement on ceasefire

In the Name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful,

The enemy, in its cowardly, illegal, and criminal war against the Iranian nation, has suffered an undeniable, historical, and crushing defeat. By the grace of the pure and holy blood of the Martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution, His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Imam Khamenei (Peace be upon him), the prudent measures of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution and Commander-in-Chief, His Eminence Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei (May God protect him), and the struggle and bravery of the warriors of Islam on the fronts—especially the historical, lasting, and heroic presence of you, the dear nation, on the scene since the very first days of the war—Iran has achieved a massive victory and forced criminal America to accept its 10-point plan.

In this plan, America is fundamentally committed to guaranteeing non-aggression, the continuation of Iran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz, the acceptance of enrichment, the lifting of all primary and secondary sanctions, the termination of all resolutions of the Security Council and the Board of Governors, the payment of Iran’s damages, the withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from the region, and the cessation of war on all fronts, including against the heroic Islamic Resistance of Lebanon.

We congratulate all the people of Iran on this victory and emphasise that until the details of this victory are finalised, there remains a need for the steadfastness and prudence of officials and the maintenance of unity and solidarity among the Iranian people.

Islamic Iran, along with the brave mujahideen of the Resistance in Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, and occupied Palestine, has dealt blows to the enemy over the past 40 days that the global historical memory will never forget. Iran and the Axis of Resistance, as representatives of honour and humanity against the most savage enemies of mankind, have given them an unforgettable lesson after a historical battle.

They have so crushed their forces, facilities, infrastructure, and all their political, economic, technological, and military assets that the enemy is now plunged into collapse and desperation, seeing no path before it other than surrender to the will of the great nation of Iran and the honourable Axis of Resistance.

On the first day, when the criminal enemies of Iran began this oppressive war, they imagined they would succeed in complete military dominance over Iran in a short time and force Iran to surrender by creating political and social instability. They thought Iran’s missile and drone fire would be quickly extinguished and did not believe that Iran could deliver such a powerful response beyond its borders and across the entire region.

Global evil Zionism had convinced the ignorant President of America that this war would finish Iran, allowing them—after removing this last bastion of humanity and mankind—to comfortably commit any crime against anyone they wished from then on. They dreamed of partitioning dear Iran, plundering its oil and wealth, and ultimately leaving Iranians immersed in chaos, instability, and insecurity for many long years.

The brave warriors of Islam and their courageous allies in the Axis of Resistance, despite their hearts being wounded and torn by the martyrdom of their Imam, decided—relying on Almighty God and following the Lord and Master of Martyrs—to give these enemies a historical lesson once and for all. They chose to take revenge for all previous crimes and create conditions where the enemy would forever cast away the thought of aggression against dear Iran, fully tasting the flavour of humiliation and abasement before the great nation of Iran.

With this strategy and relying on the unprecedented political and social unity established within the country, Iran and the Resistance initiated one of the heaviest hybrid battles in history against America and the Zionist regime, achieving all the objectives designed for this conflict during this period.

Iran and the Resistance almost completely destroyed the American military machine in the region; they dealt crushing and profound blows to the vast infrastructure and facilities that the enemy had built and stationed around the region over the years for this war against Iran. In regional dimensions, they imposed extensive casualties on the criminal American army, and within the occupied territories, they delivered heavy and shattering blows to the enemy’s forces, infrastructure, facilities, and assets.

They so constrained the field on all fronts that not only were none of the enemy’s main objectives realised, but the enemy realised approximately 10 days after the start of the war that it would in no way have the capability to win this war. For this reason, it began attempting to establish contact with Iran and requesting a ceasefire through various channels and methods.

The honourable nation of Iran must know that, by the grace of their children’s struggle and their historic presence on the scene, the enemy has been pleading for over a month for the cessation of the fierce fire of Iran and the Resistance. However, the country’s officials—because it had been decided from the very beginning that the war would continue until objectives were achieved, including the enemy’s regret and desperation and the removal of long-term threats from the country—gave a negative response to all these requests, and the war continued until today, which is the fortieth day.

Furthermore, Iran has so far rejected several deadlines presented by the President of the United States and continues to emphasise that it grants no importance to any type of deadline from the enemy.

We now give tidings to the great nation of Iran that almost all war objectives have been realized and your brave children have driven the enemy to a historic helplessness and a lasting defeat. Iran’s historic decision, backed by the unified support of the entire nation, is to continue this battle for as long as necessary until its massive achievements are consolidated and new security and political equations are created in the region based on the acceptance of the power and sovereignty of Iran and the Resistance.

In this regard, and according to the prudence of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, His Eminence Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei (May God protect him), and the approval of the Supreme National Security Council—and considering Iran and the Resistance’s upper hand in the battlefield, the enemy’s inability to carry out its threats despite all claims, and the formal acceptance of all the rightful demands of the Iranian people—it was decided that negotiations be held in Islamabad to finalise the details. This is so that within a maximum of 15 days, with the finalisation of details, Iran’s victory on the field shall also be consolidated in political negotiations.

To this end, while rejecting all plans presented by the enemy, Iran drafted a 10-point plan and presented it to the American side via the country of Pakistan. It emphasized fundamental points such as controlled passage through the Strait of Hormuz in coordination with Iran’s armed forces (which grants Iran a unique economic and geopolitical position), the necessity of ending the war against all components of the Axis of Resistance (which signifies a historic defeat for the aggression of the child-killing Israeli regime), the withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from all bases and deployment points in the region, the establishment of a secure transit protocol in the Strait of Hormuz such that it guarantees Iranian dominance according to the agreed protocol, the full payment of Iran’s damages according to estimates, the removal of all primary and secondary sanctions and resolutions of the Board of Governors and the Security Council, the release of all blocked Iranian properties and assets abroad, and finally, the approval of all these items in a binding Security Council resolution. It is worth noting that the approval of this resolution will turn all these agreements into binding international law and will create an important diplomatic victory for the nation of Iran.

Now, the honourable Prime Minister of Pakistan has informed Iran that the American side, despite all outward threats, has accepted these principles as the basis for negotiations and has surrendered to the will of the Iranian nation. Accordingly, at the highest level, it has been decided that Iran will engage in negotiations in Islamabad with the American side for a period of two weeks, based solely on these principles. It is emphasised that this does not mean the end of the war; Iran will only accept the termination of the war once the details—given the acceptance of Iran’s preferred principles in the 10-point plan—are finalised in the negotiations.

These negotiations will begin in Islamabad on Friday, April 10 (21 Farvardin), with complete distrust of the American side, and Iran will allocate two weeks for these talks. This timeframe is extendable by mutual agreement. It is essential that during this period, complete national unity be maintained and victory celebrations continue with strength.

The current negotiations are national negotiations and a continuation of the battlefield; it is necessary for all people, elites, and political groups to trust and support this process, which is under the supervision of the Leader of the Revolution and the highest levels of the system, and to strictly avoid any divisive comments.

If the enemy’s surrender on the battlefield is transformed into a decisive political achievement in the negotiations, we will celebrate this massive historical victory together; otherwise, we will fight side-by-side on the battlefield until all the demands of the Iranian nation are met. Our hands are on the trigger, and the moment the slightest error is committed by the enemy, it will be responded to with full power.

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council

April 8, 2026

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First Hezbollah Statement after the Ceasefire

In the Name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

To the most honorable of people…

To the patient, steadfast, and sacrificing people of the Resistance…

To the people of the steadfast South, the proud Beqaa, and the dignified southern suburb…

We stand today on the threshold of a great historic victory, which will be realized thanks to the sacrifices of the fighters, the blood of the martyrs, and your unparalleled steadfastness and patience.

In these fateful moments, we call upon you to exercise further patience, steadfastness, and waiting, and not to head to the villages, towns, and targeted areas in the South, the Beqaa, and the southern suburb of Beirut before the final official announcement of the ceasefire in Lebanon is issued, because this treacherous and barbaric enemy, which seeks to escape from the image of its defeat, may resort to acts of treachery to create an illusory scene suggesting that it has achieved an accomplishment it could not obtain on the battlefield.

And God willing, you will soon return to your villages and homes standing tall, heads held high, proud, and victorious, as you have always been.

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Statement issued by Hezbollah regarding the massacres committed by the “israeli” enemy against safe civilians

In the Name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

With its blind hatred, customary criminality, and infinite brutality, which have become an inherent nature, the “israeli” enemy committed a series of mobile massacres today against safe civilians, targeting with dozens of brutal raids civilian areas in the Southern Suburb, the capital Beirut, Saida, the South, and the Bekaa, leaving hundreds of martyrs and wounded among children, women, and the elderly.

This barbaric aggression, which represents at every turn clear war crimes and crimes of genocide by targeting crowded civilian places, markets, and commercial shops during peak hours, is nothing but a desperate attempt to take revenge on civilian citizens after the failure of all attempts to break this honorable people and subdue them. Our honorable people and the sons of the country have proven that the brutality of the aggression has only increased their steadfastness, firmness, and commitment to the choice of resistance, no matter what great sacrifices they offer.

This unbridled criminality is a clear expression of the disappointment suffered by the enemy after its catastrophic failure to achieve any of its goals and plans on various fronts, and after finding itself besieged by the reality of its defeat, unable and shackled from changing the equations imposed by the steadfastness of the peoples of Iran and Lebanon, and an expression of the state of collapse, confusion, and disarray that this crisis-ridden entity and its defeated army are living in due to the strikes of the fighters.

We confirm that the blood of the martyrs and the wounded will not go in vain, and that today’s massacres, like all brutal attacks and crimes, confirm our natural and legal right to resist the occupation and respond to its aggression, and will increase our determination to resist and confront in order to curb the enemy, defend our people and our homeland, and protect our security in the face of ongoing aggression.

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Communiqué No. 56 of Operation True Promise 4 of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Hours have not even passed since the ceasefire agreement, and the wolf-like zionist regime, whose inherent nature is predatory, and whose identity is inseparable from the killing of innocents, children, and women, has begun a brutal massacre in Beirut.

We severely warn the covenant-breaking America and its butcher zionist partner, that if the aggressions against dear Lebanon are not ended immediately, we will fulfill our duty and will give a regretful response to the evil aggressors in the region.

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MES Analysis: Does a 2-week ceasefire with Iran give the U.S. and Israel the ability to rebuild and reorganize?

1. First, it must be understood that interceptor stockpiles in both Israel and the Gulf states are critically low. Even if the U.S. wanted to replenish these stockpiles, they exist in such limited capacities that they would have to relocate some of their stockpiles located in other theatres (Asia / Europe / North America). Israel would get priority for this; the Gulf will likely be forced to fend for itself. Even if this is done, the existing U.S. stockpiles, especially THAAD interceptors, are so limited that production must be massively scaled up, which is both practically impossible and extremely costly in the short to medium term. 

2. If, as stated, the U.S. wanted to replenish the Israeli interceptor stockpiles, they could already do so during the war, logistics is not the issue; the ceasefire makes no difference. Military airbases in Israel are currently already operational and U.S. cargo aircrafts are going back and forth uninterrupted, even during the intense barrages fired from Iran. So the argument that a ceasefire would help Israel rearm is false. They could rearm now if they wanted to, but they don’t have the material.

3. In fact, during a temporary ceasefire, if the situation is handled properly, Iran would have a military advantage when it comes to rebuilding. A two weeks pause in the fighting would allow Iran to clear the entrances to its ballistic missile bases, putting several of them including those in the Western parts of the country back into operation, while simultaneously allowing the covert relocation and dispersal of drones and missiles to more remote and difficult to monitor parts of the country for use in further escalation. For example, drones from warehouses could be further dispersed to decentralized ‘launch alleys’ between mountains and valleys which are almost impossible to detect, allowing for sustained operations over a period of months. In short, this means that Iran could decide to resume the war after two weeks and launch much larger and coordinated waves of missiles and drones at the enemy.

4. During the pause in fighting, when negotiations take place, Iran’s position in these talks will be greatly strengthened compared to previous rounds. The threat of a military intervention is a card that has already been played, and the U.S. holds much less leverage over the situation than it did prior to the war, as military intervention has been tried and failed to achieve its objectives. Iran, on the other hand, has demonstrated that it can cripple the world’s oil supply by blocking the Strait of Hormuz, and this is a much more powerful card to play. 

5. A two week pause in the fighting would allow Iranian commanders and decision-makers to reorganize and recalibrate their plans. Also, if security conditions allow, and utmost safety measures are exercised, it would allow for the first televised appearance of the new Supreme Leader, which would project confidence domestically while legitimizing the continuity of the Islamic Republic’s leadership.

6. Within these two weeks, internal pressure against President Trump to hold off on further escalation against Iran would continue to mount, and the pressure for a diplomatic settlement would increase significantly compared to any point in the past.

7. While taking all of the above points into consideration, the ceasefire can only work in Iran’s advantage if the leadership goes into the talks with complete awareness of the enemy’s deceitful plans and the likelihood of betrayal, they must have complete distrust in the Americans, which is appropriate considering that both previous times Iran negotiated it was attacked. No gatherings of senior commanders should take place, leaders should avoid moving and becoming targets in assassinations, and overall they must not act naive.

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