Iran seeks negotiated end to war, president says

An Iranian official described hostilities between the United States and Iran, the first since late July, as a 'limited and contained confrontation'. The official's remarks were reported by The West Australian. The Iranian president, in separate statements, emphasized the need for a negotiated end to the war, according to both The West Australian and the Australian Associated Press. The two sources provided consistent accounts of the Iranian position, though no direct statements from the U.S. side were included in the excerpts.