Dhukaasa dhaabuun Iraaniif hiika maalii qabaata, itti aanee maaltu ta'a?

Guyyaa tokko dura, kan qopheessaa magaalaa Teehraan gaggeessaa jiru, Rippabliki Islaamaa, magaalattii keessatti walga'a daandii ummanniifi konkolaataan itti baayyatu tokko irratti baanarii baayyee guddaa tokko kaa'eera.

Baanariin kun akkas jechuun labsa: "Ulaan Hormuuz akkuma cufametti itti fufa."

Kun Hoganaa Waliigalaa Iraan haaraa Mojtaabaa Kameenii kan erga ji'a darbe bakka abbaa isaa ajjeefamee bu'ee ummata duratti mul'atee hin beekne agarsiisuuf jedhameera.

Baanariin kun erga waliigfaltee dhukaasa dhaabuurra gahameefi biyyi jaarsummaan US fi Iraan walitti fidde Paakistaan, akka Ulaan Hormuuz banamuuf gaafatteen booda kaafamuu qaba ture.

Iraan irra deddeebiin dhukaasa dhaabuu kan yeroof ta'e akka hin barbaadne kan dubbatte oo ta'u, waraanni Ameerikaafi Israa'el isheerratti banan akka guutummaan guutuutti dhaabbatu barbaaddi.

Warri mataa jabaatan gammadoo miti. Gabaasni Tehiraan irraa dhaga'aman akka agarsiisanitti, waliigaltee dhukaasa dhaabuurra gahamuu hordofee alaabaa US fi Israa'elitti abidda qabsiisanii gubaa turan.

Gareen milishoota Baasiij murtee kana mormuun halkan walakkaa gara ministeera dhimma alaatti duulan.

Saatii muraasaan booda, gulaalaan gaazexaa mataa jabaachuun beekamu Kayhan dhukaasa dhaabuuf waliigaluun, "diinotaaf kennaadha", sababiin isaa ammoo akka deebiyanii bayyaannatanii waraana kana itti fufan godha jechuun barreesse.

Kanneen mata-jabinaan beekaman dandeettii Iraan Ulaa Hormuuz cufuun biyyoota Galoo Galaanaa qarqara galaanaa qaban misaa'eliifi dirooniin gooluu danda'uusheettti

The hardliners had been emboldened by Iran's ability to close the strait and cause havoc in the littoral countries of the Gulf with its missiles and drones.

They maintained that Iran had the upper hand in the confrontation with the US and Israel and should have continued the war.

The decision to accept the request from Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, was made by the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), the country's highest decision-making body under the supreme leader and headed by moderate President Massoud Pezeshkian.

The SNSC declared that safe passage would be possible through the Strait of Hormuz for a period of two weeks in return for a ceasefire from the US and Israel, while the US and Iran engaged in talks.

Reports say China, a close ally of Iran, played a significant role in convincing Iran to agree to Pakistan's request.

Kanneen mata-jabinaan beekaman dandeettii Iraan Ulaa Hormuuz cufuun biyyoota Galoo Galaanaa qarqara galaanaa qaban misaa'eliifi dirooniin gooluu danda'uusheettti

Temporary relief?

But Iran has already suffered a great deal of destruction in the 40-day war.

More than 3,000 people have been killed, human rights activists say, and the US president had threatened further deaths and destruction on an even greater scale.

Even among the hardliners, it was becoming clear that a way out had to be found before Iran's critical infrastructure was further destroyed.

Only hours before the announcement of the ceasefire, the hardline Chief Justice, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, told Iranian state TV that Iran was seeking an end to the war while still maintaining an upper hand.

He was broadly repeating what former moderate Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had written a few days earlier in an article in the US publication Foreign Affairs.

The SNSC has portrayed the ceasefire agreement as a victory for Iran, calling on regime supporters to remain united.

There is also another departure from the hardline script: according to Iranian media, Iran's Speaker of Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, is to lead the Iranian delegation in talks with the US in Islamabad, directly negotiating with US Vice-President JD Vance.

Direct negotiations with the US had always been banned by the former Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an Israeli strike on his home at the outset of the war.

The direct contact appears to have been sanctioned by the new leader, his son, Mojtaba.

But the two sides - the US and Iran - remain far from a lasting peace.

The war could resume if the talks break down. That is a prospect some Iranians who supported the war, seeing it as a way to remove what they consider a vile regime, may be hoping for.

But for many others, the ceasefire offers much needed relief from the death and destruction around them.