News- Middle East: The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has warned the international community to remain vigilant against the “deception and breach of commitments” by the Israeli regime, following the announcement of a ceasefire agreement in Gaza.

In a statement released on Thursday, the ministry reaffirmed Iran’s support for any initiative aimed at ending the genocidal war in Gaza, ensuring the withdrawal of occupying forces, facilitating the entry of humanitarian aid, freeing Palestinian prisoners, and restoring the fundamental rights of the Palestinian people.

The ministry highlighted Iran’s diplomatic efforts over the past two years through regional channels, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and the United Nations to pressure Israel and its supporters to stop the genocide and withdraw occupying forces from Gaza.

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, honoring the memory of the great martyrs of the resistance, emphasizes the responsibility of the international community to prevent the occupying regime from breaking its commitments and calls on all parties to remain vigilant and cautious against the deceit and bad faith of the Zionist regime."

The statement added that "ending the crimes and genocide in Gaza does not absolve states and competent international bodies of their shared legal, humanitarian, and ethical responsibility to pursue justice by identifying and prosecuting the commanders and perpetrators of war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip, with the aim of ending decades of impunity for the Zionist regime".

Meanwhile, Ali Akbar Velayati, advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, reacted to the recent Gaza ceasefire agreement, suggesting that the developments could signal broader regional implications.

“The beginning of the ceasefire in Gaza may be behind the scenes of the end of the ceasefire elsewhere,” he wrote on X on Thursday using the hashtags #Iraq, #Yemen, and #Lebanon.

The remarks come after on Thursday, Palestinian resistance movement Hamas announced reaching a deal during indirect negotiations with the Israeli regime, which is aimed ending Tel Aviv’s two-year-plus United States-backed war of genocide on the Gaza Strip based on a proposal forwarded by US President Donald Trump.

The agreement, the group said, “stipulates ending the war on Gaza, the withdrawal of the occupation from it, and the entry of aid” as well as exchange of the remaining Israeli captives in Gaza with Palestinian prisoners.

Despite responding to the proposal, the group has sternly cautioned about the potential of the regime’s reneging on what has been agreed upon, citing Tel Aviv’s betrayal of similar arrangements in 2023 and January this year.

Source: Press TV