Tehran, March 10 -- Iran has issued a defiant response to US President Donald Trump's claims regarding the conclusion of hostilities, asserting that it will be the sole authority to "determine" the end of military actions against American and Israeli targets.

In a strongly worded statement, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) rejected Washington's timeline for the conflict. The elite force maintained that the future of the region is now guided by Tehran's military strategy rather than US intervention.

"It is we who will determine the end of the war," the IRGC said in a statement. "The equations and future status of the region are now in the hands of our armed forces; American forces will not end the war."

The IRGC spokesper...