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Iran’s FM: Tehran has not requested ceasefire, end to war must be definitive
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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi looks on after he delivered a speech during a session of the United Nations Conference on Disarmament, on the sideline of a second round of US-Iranian talks with Washington in Geneva, on February 17, 2026. (Valentin Flauraud / AFP)
Iran has not requested a ceasefire, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says, according to the semi-official Students News Network, and wants to ensure that any end to the war with Israel and the US is definitive.
Araghchi says that the Strait of Hormuz is only closed to “enemies and those supporting their aggression.”
A foreign ministry spokesperson adds that states not party to the war have been able to transit their vessels through the strait with coordination and permission from Iran’s armed forces.
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