TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said the country will remain committed to the ceasefire in fighting as long as the Zionist regime does not violate the truce.

If the Zionist regime does not violate the ceasefire, Iran will not do so, Pezeshkian said in a telephone conversation with the prime minister of Malaysia on Tuesday after a ceasefire put a halt to 12 days of Israeli aggression against Iran and to the Islamic Republics retaliatory missile strikes.

Pezeshkian said the Zionist regime and its supporters had hoped to create dissatisfaction among Iranians. However, the Iranian people demonstrated that, despite some problems, they remain united against enemy aggression.

The Israeli regime attacked Iran amid the indirect negotiations between Iran and the US in the mistaken belief that Tehran lacked the capacity to respond and would surrender within a few days, the president added.

The Zionist regime and its supporters also relied on inciting dissatisfaction and mobilizing the Iranian people, Pezeshkian added, his official website reported.

He also lashed out at the self-proclaimed advocates of human rights and civilization for observing the crimes of the Zionist regime against the Iranian scientists and ordinary people. When the Zionist regime failed to achieve its objectives, the US directly participated in anti-Iran crimes and, contrary to all international rules, attacked Iranian nuclear sites, the president said.

Pezeshkian also stressed that Iran regards all neighboring and regional countries as friends and brothers, and has always sought to deepen and strengthen relations and cooperation with them.

Iran was compelled to respond to the US crimes by attacking an American airbase in Qatar, the president said, noting that this does not mean Iran is in conflict with the Qatari government and people.