Leader of Yemen's Ansarullah movement Abdul-Malik al-Houthi says the United States agreed to a ceasefire with Iran “out of necessity”, stressing that Washington made the hard choice after the US-Israeli military coalition was defeated in in its war of aggression against the Islamic Republic.

Pakistani Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir met with Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Thursday morning.

Iran's parliament speaker says emergence of a potential ceasefire in Lebanon will be down to persistence struggle put up by Hezbollah and other members of the regional Axis of Resistance.

After Washington's ceasefire with Iran, Israel broke it on day 41, killing over 375 in Lebanon.

Israel has carried out new airstrikes on civilian targets and multiple towns in southern Lebanon, leaving several people killed and injured and resulting in widespread destruction.

Iran has kept the Strait of Hormuz open and diplomacy active as a fragile ceasefire holds amid the failure of the US 'naval blockade' in the strategic waterway.

As escalating US threats of naval blockade expose the fragility of the ongoing ceasefire, Iran asserts complete control over the Strait of Hormuz.