Iranian President writes to American people questioning U.S. policy priorities

Investing.com – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday issued an open letter to the American people, questioning the priorities of U.S. foreign policy and challenging the view of Iran as a regional threat.

The letter was released as President Trump was preparing to address the American people on Wednesday evening.

Pezeshkian’s letter traces U.S.-Iran tensions back to the 1953 coup and condemns the recent bombings of Iranian infrastructure. The Iranian president said that Iran has “no hostility toward other nations, including the American people,” and drew a distinction between the government and its citizens.

The letter says portraying Iran as a threat is meant to serve the “political and economic will of those in power,” as well as the need to “manufacture enemies to justify applying pressure, maintain military dominance, sustain the arms industry, and control strategic markets.”

Pezeshkian cited Iran’s domestic achievements since the Islamic Revolution, including raising the literacy rate from 30% to more than 90%, as well as expanding higher education and healthcare services. He described Iran’s military actions as a “measured response based on lawful self-defense,” rather than aggression.

The letter questions whether U.S. actions align with U.S. interests, and asks: “What purpose can be served by slaughtering innocent children, destroying facilities for cancer treatment drugs, or boasting about blasting a country back into the ‘Stone Age,’ besides further damaging America’s global standing?”

Pezeshkian implied that the United States is acting as “an agent for Israel,” with Israel “trying to divert global attention from its crimes against Palestinians.” He questioned whether Israel is aiming to “fight Iran using the money of the last remaining American soldier and the last dollar of American taxpayers’ money.”

At the end, the Iranian president questions whether “America First” is still a priority for the U.S. government, and urges Americans to “see the truth about Iran through the misinformation machine.”

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