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Source: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/22572/iran-truce
A Truce Doesn't End the War with Iran
(Gatestone Institute) Amir Taheri - While Iran and the U.S. are moving towards some form of truce, a truce will not end a war that Iran launched against the U.S. in 1979 when pro-Khomeini militants attacked and occupied the American Embassy in Tehran, which, under international law, was regarded as sovereign U.S. territory. Iran started its war against Israel in 1982 through proxies, at first with help from Syrian intelligence. The June 2025 12-day war solidified the state of war between the two nations, a position confirmed by the latest phase of the conflict that began almost 100 days ago. Though Israel was included in the various ceasefires that President Donald Trump has declared, almost always without securing Israel's consent, it is clear that Israel will not be a party to the truce mediated by half a dozen countries, notably Pakistan. This means that even if a truce is concluded between Tehran and Washington, it won't necessarily commit Israel to observing it. At the same time, Iran, as it is already threatening, intends to continue its war against Israel through Lebanese Hizbullah. On May 26, Tehran said $5 billion of any Iranian frozen assets that will be released under the truce will go to Hizbullah in Lebanon to "continue the resistance." After the first phase of the war, almost all U.S. bases in the region were evacuated and temporarily decommissioned. The aircraft carriers that Trump had assembled 1,000 km. from Iranian shores were mostly used as stage props, with Ben-Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv serving as the key aircraft carrier. The writer was executive editor-in-chief of the daily Kayhan in Iran from 1972 to 1979.