Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said that several countries, including China and Russia, have contacted Tehran to discuss a possible ceasefire. In an interview with Iran’s state news agency ISNA, he stated that Iran also supports a ceasefire but insists that any agreement must include a guarantee that the United States will permanently halt its attacks.

The statement follows a joint US-Israel strike on Iran on February 28, which reportedly killed more than 1,200 people, including Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Since the attack, regional tensions have sharply escalated, with Iran launching drone and missile strikes against Israeli, Jordanian, Iraqi, and US military bases in Gulf countries.

The ongoing exchanges have heightened instability across the Middle East, and Tehran’s condition for a ceasefire suggests that diplomatic efforts remain uncertain amid continuing hostilities.