We are not seeking a ceasefire at all, Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf noted on X.

“We [i.e. Iran] believe that we should ‘hit the aggressor in the teeth’ so that it learns a lesson and never even thinks about launching aggression against our beloved Iran again. The Zionist regime [i.e. Israel] sees its shameful existence in perpetuating the ‘war-negotiations-ceasefire and then war again’ chain to consolidate its rule. We will break this chain,” Ghalibaf added.