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All-front ceasefire essential to ending regional war

Mehr News17 October 2026, 18:30 UTCIran

EHRAN, Oct. 17 (MNA) – Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh says ending the war on all fronts is a key condition for peace, stressing that continued fighting in any part of the region would mean the war persists across the region.

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