Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei made his first public statement on Thursday after the US announced a ceasefire to end Israel-Iran clashes.

He said that Iran achieved victory over Israel.

“With all that clamour, with all those claims, the Zionist regime, under the blows of the Islamic Republic, has almost collapsed and been crushed,” Khamenei said in a televised message to the Iranian people posted on his official X account.

“I offer my congratulations on the victory over the fallacious Zionist regime,” he added.

"The Zionist regime almost collapsed and was crushed under the strikes of the Islamic Republic," Khamenei said in a statement carried by state media.

Never surrender

He also said that Iran will 'never surrender' to the US and that the United States has "gained nothing" from its attacks during the conflict with Israel.

"It has gained nothing from this war," Khamenei said of Washington, adding, "The Islamic Republic won and in retaliation dealt a severe slap to the face of America, and that Trump is trying to hide the truth.”

"The American president indicated in one of his statements that Iran must surrender. Surrender! It is no longer a question of enrichment, nor of the nuclear industry, but of the surrender of Iran," said Khamenei in a televised speech.

"Such an event (surrender) will never happen. It will never happen."

Shortly after Iran's Supreme Leader finished his speech, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted the message with a picture of himself and Trump holding hands.

Netanyahu said he would continue to work with US President Donald Trump to "defeat our common enemies, free our hostages, and quickly expand the circle of peace".