"I offer my congratulations on the victory over the fallacious Zionist regime," a message posted Thursday on Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's X account declared. Another post added the bold claim that Israel's government "was practically knocked out and crushed under the blows of the Islamic Republic.

Israel and Iran appear to be honoring the fragile ceasefire as it enters a third day as President Donald Trump plans a new round of peace talks with Tehran. In his first appearance since the airstrikes on his country's nuclear facilities,