Iran will not agree to a ceasefire with the United States and Israel but seeks a complete end to hostilities, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Japan's Kyodo news agency.
Iran is is seeking "not a ceasefire, but a complete, comprehensive and lasting end to the war," Araghchi said.
Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz - a key route for supplying oil and liquefied natural gas from the Persian Gulf countries to global markets - has actually stopped. As a result, fuel prices are rising in most countries around the world.