Israel-Iran conflict, June 25 -- Israel on Wednesday designated the central bank of Iran as a 'terror organisation' even as the two countries appeared to take hold the ceasefire agreement with each other, a day after they signalled that the war had ended.

Israel defence minister said that the move was aimed at putting a halt on financing for Iran-backed militant groups.

Minister Israel Katz had "signed a special order designating Iran's central bank, two additional Iranian banks (and) an Iranian armed forces-affiliated company... as terror organisations", a statement from his office noted.

"Part of Israel's broader campaign against Iran", the move aimed "to target the heart of the Iranian regime's terror financing system, which funds, ...