Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a "historic victory over Iran" tonight and said that the country will never have nuclear weapons, world agencies reported.
After 12 days of war against Iran, Netanyahu said in a message to Israelis that his country had "destroyed Iran's nuclear project."
"We have destroyed the Iranian nuclear project. And if anyone in Iran tries to revive this project, we will act with the same determination, with the same intensity, to thwart any attempt. I repeat - Iran will never have nuclear weapons," Netanyahu said.
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Iranian President Masoud Pazakhstani announced tonight "the end of the 12-day war imposed by Israel," in a written message to the nation, carried by the IRNA news agency.
"Today, after the heroic resistance of our great nation, which is writing history with its determination, we are witnessing the establishment of a ceasefire and the end of this 12-day war, imposed by Israeli adventurism and provocations," Pezeshkiyan wrote.
The Iranian president added that during that period, "the world witnessed the power of a great Iran supported by its people."
"While the terrorist enemy undertook this aggressive war, the will and power of the Iranian people sealed its end," Pezeshkian said, describing it as "a historic punishment for Israel, whose image of invincibility has collapsed."
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the ceasefire between Israel and Iran, and expressed hope that a ceasefire would be achieved in other conflicts in the region.
"I welcome the announcement by (US) President Donald Trump of a ceasefire between Israel and Iran. I call on both countries to fully respect it. The fighting must stop," Guterres wrote on the X platform.
The UN Secretary-General expressed hope that "this ceasefire will be repeated in other conflicts in the region," alluding to the Gaza Strip.
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Iran has still not reopened its airspace, the media portal Young Journalists' Club reported, citing a statement from a spokesperson for the Ministry of Transport and Urban Development.
The spokesman, Reuters reports, stated that no decision has yet been made in this regard.
Flight tracking website Flightradar 24 reported earlier on X Network that Iranian airspace was open to international arrivals and departures to and from Tehran, with prior approval.
Iranian President Masoud Pazakhstani said Tehran would not violate the ceasefire agreement unless Israel did, the state-run Nur News agency reported.
US President Donald Trump earlier announced that a ceasefire agreement had been reached between Israel and Iran.
Tehran is ready to negotiate and defend the rights of the Iranian people at the negotiating table, Pezeshkian said, according to the Nur News agency, according to Reuters.
US President Donald Trump posted on the social network Truth Social a screenshot of a message sent to him by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, congratulating him on his "decisive action" in Iran and achieving agreement among all NATO allies to allocate at least 5 percent of their GDP to defense.
"Congratulations and thank you for your decisive action in Iran, it was truly extraordinary and something no one else dared to do. It makes us all safer," the message said, according to Reuters.
NATO officials confirmed that Rutte sent the message to Trump earlier Tuesday as Trump traveled to The Hague for a summit of NATO leaders.
"Tonight you are flying towards another great success in The Hague," Rute continued.
"You will achieve something that no American president has been able to achieve in decades. Europe will pay a large sum, as it should, and that will be your victory."
The Revolutionary Guards said it had arrested a European citizen who entered Iran as a tourist and then went to the southern province of Hormozgan to gather intelligence on sensitive and military sites, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.
Reuters reports that no details were given about the person's nationality.
The war that Israel launched against Iran on June 13 killed 610 civilians and injured more than 4.700, according to the Iranian Ministry of Health.
That report only includes civilian casualties, ministry spokesman Hossein Kermanpour said.
"Over the past 12 days, hospitals have been faced with extremely disturbing scenes," he wrote on the X platform.
The victims include 13 children, the youngest of whom was two months old, according to the Health Ministry, as well as five doctors or paramedics killed in Israeli attacks.
A previous report released on Saturday indicated more than 400 dead and 3.056 injured.
The Health Ministry said seven hospitals and nine ambulances were damaged in Israeli attacks.
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Iranian and Israeli media reported new Israeli airstrikes on Iran on Tuesday, despite US President Donald Trump saying Israel had halted them on his orders to preserve the ceasefire, Reuters reported.
Two explosions were heard in the Iranian capital, Tehran, the judicial news channel Mizan reported. Israeli military radio said Israel had struck an Iranian radar site near Tehran.
The attacks occurred minutes after Trump said Israel had halted the attack in response to his command.
"All planes will turn around and return home, with a friendly 'plane wave' to Iran. No one will be harmed, ceasefire is in effect!" Trump said in a post on the Truth Social network.
Trump has previously accused both Israel and Iran of violating the ceasefire, expressing particular frustration with Israel, which has announced new major attacks on Tehran.
"Israel. Don't drop those bombs. If you do, it's a major violation. Bring your pilots home, now!" Trump wrote on Truth Social shortly after leaving the White House for the NATO summit in The Hague.
Before boarding, Trump told reporters he was "not happy" with either side for violating the ceasefire, but especially with Israel, which he said launched massive strikes in response to a single rocket launch that may have been unintentional.
“I have to get Israel to calm down now,” Trump said as he left the White House.
Two explosions were heard in Tehran, the Iranian capital, on Monday, the judicial news outlet Mizan and the Sharq newspaper reported, after US President Donald Trump called on Israel not to bomb Iran following a ceasefire reached earlier in the day, Reuters reported.
United States President Donald Trump called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and asked him not to attack Iran, a journalist for the Axios website on the X network reported today, citing an Israeli official, Reuters reports.
Netanyahu told Trump that he was unable to call off the strike and that it was needed because Iran had violated the ceasefire, the Axios reporter said.
The attack would be significantly scaled down and would not hit a large number of targets, but only one, the report said.
US President Donald Trump accused both Israel and Iran of violating a ceasefire on Wednesday, hours after announcing it, expressing particular disappointment with Israel, which has announced new major attacks on Tehran, Reuters reports.
"Israel. Don't drop those bombs. If you do, it's a major violation. Bring your pilots home, now!" Trump wrote on Truth Social shortly after leaving the White House for the NATO summit in The Hague.
Before boarding, he told reporters he was "not happy" with either side for violating the ceasefire, especially Israel.
"I have to get Israel to calm down now. Israel, as soon as we made the deal, they came out and dropped a bunch of bombs, the likes of which I've never seen before, the largest amount we've ever seen," Trump said as he left the White House.
Iran and Israel have been fighting "for so long and so hard that they don't know what the hell they're doing," he said before turning away from the cameras and heading for his helicopter.
US President Donald Trump warned Israel on Monday not to drop bombs on Iran or it would violate a ceasefire he is trying to broker between the two countries, Reuters reported.
"Israel. Don't drop those bombs. If you do, it's a major violation. Bring your pilots home, now," Trump wrote in a social media post shortly after leaving the White House for the NATO summit in The Hague.
US President Donald Trump said today that both Israel and Iran had violated the ceasefire he announced a few hours earlier and that he was not happy with either country, especially Israel, Reuters reports.
Speaking to reporters before leaving for the NATO summit in The Hague, Trump said Israel "emptied itself" immediately after agreeing to the deal.
He also said that Iran no longer has nuclear capabilities.
The Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Abdolrahim Mousavi, has denied that any missiles have been fired at Israel in the past few hours, according to Iranian state media, the BBC reports.
This comes after earlier denials in state media, which stated that reports that Iran attacked Israel after the ceasefire began were false.
The Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says the military will "respond with force" to what he calls a "serious violation" by Iran, the BBC reports.
"Given the grave violation of the ceasefire by the Iranian regime, we will respond with force," Eyal Zamir was quoted as saying in a post on X published by the IDF.
Israel earlier said it had detected a missile launch from Iran. Iranian state media denied the accusation that Iran fired a missile at Israel after the ceasefire.
Iran's Supreme National Security Council has issued a statement "imposing a ceasefire" on Israel and its "terrorist supporters," the BBC reports.
The council warns that "any further aggression will be met with a decisive, firm and timely response from Iran."
In a statement, the Council praised the Iranian people for their "awareness, resilience and unity", saying that the "defeat of the enemy" was the result of "firm determination, strategic patience and the Iranians' refusal to accept humiliation or unilateral compromise". The statement also praised Iran and its forces for delivering "decisive and calculated blows" in retaliation for the attacks on Iran.
Iranian state media has responded to Israel's accusations, saying Iran denies reports that it fired a missile at Israel after the ceasefire came into effect, the BBC reports.
Shortly after Israel announced it had detected a missile launch from Iran, the far-right finance minister posted a brief statement on social media, the BBC reports.
"Tehran will shake," wrote Bezalel Smotrich, a key ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on the social network X.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Monday he had ordered the military to strike Tehran after Iran fired missiles in violation of a ceasefire that ended a 12-day war, Reuters reported.
"In light of Iran's flagrant violation of the ceasefire declared by the President of the United States - by launching rockets at Israel - and in accordance with the Israeli government's policy of responding forcefully to any violation, I have ordered the IDF (Israel Defense Forces)... to continue high-intensity operations targeting regime assets and terrorist infrastructure in Tehran," he said.
The Israeli military said it was working to shoot down Iranian missiles after detecting the launch.
Israel announced today that a ceasefire had come into effect after it achieved all the objectives of the bombing of Iran it launched on June 13. Iran confirmed that it would halt retaliation if the Israeli bombing stopped.
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