Pezeshkian Says Israel Miscalculated in 12-Day War, Forcing Ceasefire

Iran marked the first anniversary of the 12-day war that began on June 13, 2025, with President Masoud Pezeshkian saying the Israeli regime miscalculated by assuming that attacks on senior military figures and strategic facilities would weaken Iran and destabilize the Islamic Republic.

Pezeshkian said the resistance shown by the Iranian people, together with Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei and the preparedness of the Armed Forces, prevented those goals and “eventually compelled the adversary to accept a ceasefire.”

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In Tehran, IRNA reported that Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Iranians would remain steadfast for the country’s “ultimate success and dignity,” writing that “we will stand to the last breath for the pride and final victory of our beloved Iran.”

Al Jazeera said Iranian cities were hosting commemorations for dozens of senior military commanders killed between 13 to 24 June 2025, including Mohammad Bagheri, Hossein Salami, and Ali Akbar Hajizadeh, as American and Iranian officials engaged in last-minute negotiations to end a more recent conflict.

As negotiations continued, Il Sole 24 ORE said Trump insisted that “The agreement with Iran will be signed on Sunday the 14th,” while Tehran denied it, and it described plans for a virtual signing in Geneva involving Vance and Ghalibaf.

CNN was cited by Il Sole 24 ORE for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps denial that Iran would sign an agreement with the United States “tomorrow,” with the IRGC criticizing Trump’s “unusual insistence” on signing the agreement on that very day.

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In Tehran, Al Jazeera quoted Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi saying, “The negotiations did not lead to war, resistance led to war,” describing how Iran refused US demands after the 12-day war such as “zero nuclear enrichment taking place on Iranian soil.”

Al Jazeera also reported that Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson said a US-Iran memorandum of understanding could happen in the “coming days,” while Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said an interim agreement with Donald Trump may be finalised in the next 24 hours.

The anniversary coverage tied Iran’s commemorations to the stakes of the next diplomatic phase, with Al Jazeera saying Tehran and Washington signalled that a deal to shift a rocky 60-day ceasefire to a more comprehensive peace and cooperation agreement is close.

“ANI |Updated:Jun 13, 2026 23:53IST Tehran [Iran], June 13 (ANI): Iranian authorities have announced the schedule for the farewell, procession and burial ceremonies of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, while Iran's top negotiator and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf marked the anniversary of last year's 12-day war by mourning those killed in the conflict and vowing to continue resisting pressure from the United States and Israel”

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Al Jazeera said the uncertainty included the potential for Israel to sabotage the talks, while it also listed points of contention among hardliners over whether Iran will receive frozen overseas funds, the status of the Strait of Hormuz, and the future of Iran’s nuclear programme.

PressTV reported that Judiciary Chief Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejei wrote that “We must protect this national solidarity and not allow ill-wishers to infiltrate the united ranks of the Iranian nation,” and it quoted him saying, “we have absolutely no trust in the Americans.”

In Vienna, IRNA said the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran called the US and Israeli aggression a betrayal of diplomacy and international law and stressed that “justice, although delayed, will ultimately be realized.”