On April 8, 2026, the United States, Israel, and the Iranian regime agreed to a two-week ceasefire, temporarily halting a devastating regionwide war that erupted on February 28. The eleventh-hour agreement, brokered with the help of Pakistan as a key mediator, brings a brief pause to a conflict that has engulfed the Middle East.

Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), welcomed the halt to attacks on civilian infrastructure and laid out the Resistance’s perspective on the path to true regional stability.

The human toll of the war has been catastrophic. By late March, more than 1,900 people had been killed in Iran alone. Regionally, the conflict has displaced one million people in Lebanon—where more than 1,500 have........

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