Iran says it has 'serious doubts' that Israel will respect the ceasefire: 'We are ready for a response'

Iran said on Sunday that it has "serious doubts" that Israel will respect the ceasefire in place since last Tuesday, after 12 days of war.

"We did not provoke the war, but we responded to the aggressor with all our might," said the chief of staff of the armed forces, Abdolrahim Mousavi , referring to Israel.

"We have serious doubts about the respect for their commitments, including the ceasefire, and we are ready for a strong response," he added in a telephone interview with Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khaled bin Salman, according to Iranian television.

Israel triggered the conflict on June 13 with bombings in Iran that killed the country's top military commanders and several scientists linked to Iran's nuclear program.

Israel claims it acted to prevent Iran from acquiring the atomic bomb, a claim the country denies, although it claims the right to develop nuclear energy for power generation.

After 12 days of mutual bombing, a ceasefire went into effect on Tuesday.

The United States participated in the Israeli offensive by bombing three nuclear facilities in Iran on June 22.

In a letter to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, the Iranian government requested that the UN recognize that Israel and the United States were responsible for the conflict.

"We officially call on the Security Council to recognize the Israeli regime and the United States as the perpetrators of the act of aggression and to acknowledge their subsequent responsibility, including the payment of reparations and compensation," demanded Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi.

US President Donald Trump has warned that the United States will "without a doubt" bomb Iran again if the country enriches uranium to levels that allow it to make nuclear weapons.

According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran is the only non-nuclear-weapon state that enriches uranium at a high level (60%), well above the 3.67% limit set in the 2015 international agreement from which the United States unilaterally withdrew in 2018.

To make a bomb, the enrichment required is 90%, according to the IAEA.

Israel, which has never clarified whether it has atomic weapons, possesses 90 nuclear warheads, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

According to the Iranian Health Ministry, at least 627 people were killed and some 4,900 injured during the 12-day war against Israel.

Iranian retaliatory attacks against Israel left 28 dead, according to Israeli authorities.