Iran's president says immediate cessation of US-Israeli aggression needed to end war

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday that there ⁠needs to be an "immediate cessation" of ⁠what he described as U.S.-Israeli ‌aggression to ​end the war and wider regional conflict, Iran's embassy in India said in an X post on Saturday.

Pezeshkian ​spoke with India's ⁠Prime Minister Narendra Modi by phone earlier in the day.

Pezeshkian told Modi that there should be ⁠guarantees ‌to prevent a recurrence of such "aggression" in the future. He ‌also called on the BRICS bloc of ⁠major emerging economies to play an independent role in ‌halting aggression against Iran.

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The ‌Iranian president proposed a regional ‌security framework comprising West Asian countries ‌to ensure peace without foreign interference, according to the country's embassy in India.

In ⁠a separate ⁠post on X earlier on Saturday, Modi said he condemned attacks on critical infrastructure in the Middle East in the discussion with Pezeshkian.

The Indian Prime Minister further ​reiterated the importance of safeguarding freedom ​of navigation and ​ensuring shipping lanes remain open and secure.