In open letter, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian urges Americans to see beyond ‘flood of distortions’ as war rages. Published On 1 Apr 20261 Apr 2026|Updated: an hour agoUpdated: an hour agoIranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has urged people in the United States to look beyond “a flood of distortions and manufactured narratives” and ask whose interests are being served by the US-Israeli war on Iran.In an open letter addressed to the US public and shared by Iran’s state-run broadcaster PressTV, Pezeshkian on Wednesday questioned whether President Donald Trump’s “America First” policy is “truly among the priorities of the US government today”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“Exactly which of the American people’s interests are truly being served by this war?” the Iranian leader wrote.“Does the massacre of innocent children, the destruction of cancer-treatment pharmaceutical facilities, or boasting about bombing a country ‘back to the stone ages’ serve any purpose other than further damaging the United States’ global standing?”Pezeshkian also rejected portrayals of Tehran as a threat, noting that Iran had twice been attacked while its negotiators were taking part in multilateral nuclear talks – once when Israel launched a 12-day war in June 2025, with the US briefly joining the campaign, and again at the end of February this year.“Attacking Iran’s vital infrastructure – including energy and industrial facilities – directly targets the Iranian people. Beyond constituting a war crime, such actions carry consequences that extend far beyond Iran’s borders,” he said.“They generate instability, increase human and economic costs, and perpetuate cycles of tension, planting seeds of resentment that will endure for years. This is not a demonstration of strength; it is a sign of strategic bewilderment and an inability to achieve a sustainable solution.” Advertisement The Iranian president’s letter comes just hours after Trump issued his latest threat against Tehran, writing on social media that the US would continue “blasting Iran into oblivion or, as they say, back to the Stone Ages!!!” unless the Strait of Hormuz is reopened.The US …
