The order to halt the war with Israel was issued by Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei “after several pleas from the enemy," said Mahmoud Nabavian, the deputy chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee.
Sources earlier told Iran International that Khamenei was not involved in the approval of the ceasefire with Israel.
Decision-making regarding the truce was handled instead by Iran’s Supreme National Security Council and President Masoud Pezeshkian, who moved swiftly to respond to a ceasefire proposal from US President Donald Trump, the sources said.
