War: ceasefire: Iran says doubts about Israel

Iran said on Sunday that it has “serious doubts” on the respect by Israel of the ceasefire in force since June 24 after 12 days of war between the two enemy countries.

Israel sparked hostilities on June 13, on June 13 bombing in Iran who killed the main military officials of the country as well as scientists linked to the Iranian nuclear program.

Israel says it has acted in order to prevent Iran from having the atomic bomb, a fiercely rejected ambition by the Iranian power, which nevertheless claims a right to civil nuclear in particular to produce energy.

The Israeli attack occurred when Iran was engaged in talks on this subject with the United States, allies of Israel.

“We did not trigger the war but we responded to the attacker of all our strength,” said the chief of staff of the armed forces, Abdolrahim Moussavi, according to words referring to Israel and reported on Sunday by state television.

After 12 days of reciprocal bombing, a ceasefire between Iran and Israel entered into force on Tuesday.

“We have serious doubts about respecting (these) commitments (by Israel), including the ceasefire, and we are ready for a strong response,” added Mr. Moussavi during a telephone interview with the Saudi Defense Minister, Prince Khaled Ben Salmane.

The United States, which joined the Israeli offensive, bombed three nuclear sites in Iran on the night of June 21 to 22.

US President Donald Trump said the United States would “undoubtedly” new strikes if Iran enriched uranium at levels allowing him to make nuclear weapons.

According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (AIEA), Iran is the only state not endowed with nuclear weapons to enrich uranium at a high level (60%), well beyond the limit of 3.67% set by the agreement concluded in 2015 with the major powers, of which the United States unilaterally retired in 2018.

To make a bomb, the enrichment must be pushed up to 90%, always according to the IAEA.

Israel, which maintains ambiguity on its own possession of the atomic weapon, holds 90 nuclear warheads, according to the International Peace Research Institute of Stockholm (SIPRI).

According to the Iranian Ministry of Health, at least 627 people were killed and around 4,900 injured during the 12 days of war against Israel.

Iranian reprisals to Israel left 28 people dead, according to Israeli authorities.

During the war, Iran arrested several dozen men presented as spies in the pay of Israel and seized equipment, including drones and weapons.

The Iranian Parliament voted on Sunday the ban on the use of means of communication without authorization including the internet by satellite of the American Starlink, owned by Elon Musk, reported the official news agency Irna.

Israel had notably targeted civil infrastructure.

An attack on Monday against Evine prison in Tehran thus killed 71, according to a report released on Sunday by the Iranian judicial power.

Opponents and foreign or binational prisoners, including French, were detained in this ultra secure penitentiary center, located in the north of Tehran, at the time of the Israeli strikes.

The Nobel Peace Prize, Narges Mohammadi, has notably been incarcerated there for many years.

On Tuesday, Iranian authorities announced that they had “transferred” an indefinite number of prisoners to other penal establishments.

The French Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, detained for three years in Evine, “would not have been affected”, according to the chief of French diplomacy, Jean-Noël Barrot, who judged “unacceptable” the Israeli strike.

Professor of 40 -year -old letters, Cécile Kohler, from eastern France, and her companion Jacques Paris, 72, retired professor of mathematics, were arrested on May 7, 2022 on the last day of a tourist trip to Iran.

They have since been accused of “espionage”, an allegation that their entourage rejects.

The French authorities consider them “state hostages”.