West Asia conflict: Under what conditions would Iran agree to a ceasefire?

In Focus by The Hindu · Mar 21, 2026 · 37m

The war in West Asia has now entered its fourth week. US and Israel have continued their aerial bombings of Iran, and Iran’s retaliatory attacks on Israel and the GCC countries are ongoing.

This is a war of choice for US and Israel, but a war of survival for Iran. So far, much of the commentary on the conflict has been coming from Western sources – and even in India, it’s largely been from the perspective of energy security – India’s and everyone else’s.

In this podcast, we try and understand the conflict at the level of the people, the situation, the mood, and the thinking within Iran – as…