Ambassador says Iran has won, US "forced" to accept 10 ceasefire demands
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Iran’s Ambassador to Indonesia, Mohammad Boroujerdi, emphasised that his country has won after more than 40 days of war against the United States and Israel, with peace negotiations set to commence shortly in Islamabad, Pakistan.
The Ambassador assessed that this victory has forced the US to accept the 10-point framework of ceasefire demands submitted by Tehran as the basis for the forthcoming negotiations.
“Iran has succeeded in compelling America to accept the 10 conditions it requested. Iran has demonstrated to the world that the US, reluctantly, has accepted those terms,” Boroujerdi stated during the launch event of a commemorative book for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Jakarta on Saturday.
“Thanks be to Almighty Allah, for today, the Islamic Republic of Iran has achieved its victory. Islam has triumphed over its enemies,” the Iranian Ambassador added.
Boroujerdi noted that Iran had thwarted the US-Israel desire for a swift war, which they attempted by directly assassinating Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
However, the Ambassador said, Iran was able to counter the attacks launched by the two countries up to the 40th day.
He stated that Iran’s counterattacks had devastated 17 US-Israeli military bases and crippled the Zionist defence system. Iran also managed to launch counterstrikes on cities in Israel.
With Iran’s success in restraining itself from the continuous US-Israel attacks thus far, Iran proposed ten ceasefire conditions as a gesture of good faith to end the war.
According to the Iranian Ambassador, his side did not expect the US to accept the demands put forward by Iran.
Boroujerdi stressed that, in line with the conditions proposed by Tehran, the US must halt attacks against Iran and its allies.
Meanwhile, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi stated that the 10-point framework proposed by his side has been accepted as the basis for future negotiations with the United States, according to Iranian state media as reported by Anadolu news agency on Friday (10/4).
“Iran has always welcomed diplomacy and dialogue,” he said, while emphasising that negotiations must not serve as a pretext for new aggression.
He also rejected any ceasefire that would allow the opposing side to rearm itself.
The framework of the 10 conditions includes, among others, recognition of Iran’s right to enrich uranium, the lifting of US sanctions, the withdrawal of US forces from the Middle East, and the cessation of hostilities on all fronts, including in Lebanon.