‘We are not your enemy’: Iran President Pezeshkian’s open letter to Americans after Trump speech | World News

3 min readApr 2, 2026 11:43 AM Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian has now taken the Trump way, addressing Americans directly. At the outset of the Middle East war, Trump directly addressed Iranians and said: “This is the single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their country.” In a similar move, Pezeshkian delivered a message that challenges the narrative of war just hours around a major address Donald Trump.
The letter, released amid escalating conflict, carries a clear and repeated line: Iran is not the enemy of ordinary Americans.
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In the rare direct communication to Americans, Pezeshkian insed that “the Iranian people harbour no enmity” toward Americans. That framing was central to the strategy. Rather than engaging the White House, Tehran is attempting to speak straight to the American public.
The timing underscores the intent. The letter was released just as Trump doubled down on his hardline position in a national address, claiming that the US military had decimated Iran and would soon launch a strike that would send Iran to the “Stone Age”.
Iran ‘threat’ manufactured: Pezeshkian
Pezeshkian’s message sought to challenge Trump’s narrative that Iran is finished. In the letter, the Iran President questioned whether the war actually serves American interests, asking if continued military action benefits citizens or merely sustains geopolitical ambitions. The Iranian president also took a potshot at Trump’s “America First” doctrine, suggesting it is being undermined prolonged conflict.
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At the heart of the letter was the broader accusation that the image of Iran as a “threat” is manufactured to justify military pressure and maintain global dominance. “Portraying Iran as a threat is neither consent with horical reality nor with present-day observable facts,” Pezeshkian wrote.
He added: “Such a perception is the product of political and economic whims of the powerful—the need to manufacture an enemy in order to justify pressure, maintain military dominance, sustain the arms industry, and control strategic markets. In such an environment, if a threat does not ex, it is invented.”
The Israel factor
Perhaps the most politically charged section of the letter is Pezeshkian’s claim that the United States is acting as a “proxy” for Israel. He suggested that American lives and taxpayer money are being drawn into a conflict that primarily serves another country’s strategic interests.
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At the same time, the letter warns that continued confrontation will only deepen instability and prolong suffering; not just in the region, but globally.
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