New Delhi, June 19 -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei on Thursday (June 18) said he had approved the Iran-US deal to end the Middle East war despite holding a "different view" on the memorandum of understanding.

"In principle, I had a different view (about the memorandum of understanding), but I issued my permission due to the commitment that the honourable (Iranian) president. gave me," he said in a message read on state television.

He added that the commitment was aimed at protecting "the rights of the Iranian nation and the Resistance Front."

The remarks mark Khamenei's first response to the agreement signed between US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to end the conflict that escalated ...