SAEDNEWS: In the wake of a ceasefire following nearly two weeks of hostilities, Iranian officials have credited an unprecedented wave of national unity among citizens, the military, and the state as the driving force behind what they call a major strategic setback for the United States and Israel.
According to Saed News, Ali Rabiei, Social Affairs Adviser to the President of Iran, declared on Tuesday that the retreat of "foreign enemies" was made possible by what he called a “grand social alliance”—a sweeping coalition of public solidarity, government coordination, and military resolve.
“The 12-day war, despite its bitterness, brought with it great lessons and achievements,” Rabiei wrote on his official social media page. “The ultimate goal of our enemies was to shrink the geopolitical stature of Iran. But this retreat could only come about through the cohesive alliance between the people, leadership, government, armed forces, and civil actors.”
Rabiei urged policymakers and society alike to recognize the value of what he termed a new “institutional and social capital,” asserting that this moment of unity should serve as a springboard for addressing major domestic and international challenges ahead.
Earlier this morning, Iranian state television read a statement titled “Ceasefire Imposed on the Zionist Enemy Following the Successful Basharat al-Fath Operation,” which framed Iran’s missile retaliation as a strategic success that forced a political and military climbdown from U.S. and Israeli leaders.
According to the statement, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched a devastating missile attack on the Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar—America’s key command center in the Persian Gulf—in response to joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on nuclear sites in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. The strike, carried out under the codename “Basharat al-Fath” and invoking the religious cry “Ya Aba Abdillah al-Hussain,” reportedly shattered the base's infrastructure and forced Washington to reconsider its military posture.
Hours after the strike, U.S. President Donald Trump issued a public appeal via Truth Social for a ceasefire, widely interpreted in Tehran as a signal of American weakness. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi echoed this sentiment in multiple posts on the platform X (formerly Twitter), stating: “It was the Israeli regime that started the war, not us. If they halt attacks by 4 a.m. today, we will also cease our responses.”
He added that Iran’s armed forces continued punishing Israel “until the last moment,” affirming the legitimacy of Tehran’s right to self-defense under international law. Araghchi publicly thanked the IRGC and Iran’s air defense forces for their “heroic and resolute” actions, emphasizing the coordinated military response as a decisive element in compelling foreign actors to seek a ceasefire.
In an earlier interview, senior official Mohammad Sadr of the Expediency Council argued that the real deterrent was not just military might—but national solidarity. “Washington and Tel Aviv hoped to provoke internal dissent through external pressure. But instead, they witnessed unprecedented unity—across political factions, intellectuals, and even critics of the regime. This national cohesion was a decisive blow to enemy calculations,” he said.
While the military front appears to have cooled, Iranian officials insist that diplomacy is now more critical than ever. They have urged rapid engagement with the United Nations, the Arab League, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, and regional states to consolidate the gains made on the battlefield.
The government has also called on all ministries and institutions to maintain full support for civilians, promising to shield the population from the economic and logistical fallout of war. “Every institution must now fulfill its responsibilities,” Rabiei wrote, “to ensure that the pressures of war do not burden the people any further.”
With ceasefire lines now tenuously in place and diplomacy reactivated in Geneva, Istanbul, and Moscow, the question of lasting peace hangs in the balance. But for now, Iranian leaders are portraying the war’s abrupt end not as the result of exhaustion—but of resilience.
