Iran’s president slams U.S. ‘aggression’ in letter aimed at American people
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian looks on as he attends a press conference with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (not pictured), in Tehran, Iran. February 19, 2025.
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in a letter Wednesday addressed to the American people, defended his country’s actions in the war against the U.S. and Israel as “legitimate self-defense” while slamming the “delusions of a foreign aggressor.”
“The Iranian people harbor no enmity toward other nations, including the people of America, Europe, or neighboring countries,” Pezeshkian said in the letter, published by Iranian state media ahead of a scheduled address by President Donald Trump.
The leader framed the U.S. for unjust aggression and intervention against Iran spanning decades and argued the current war is damaging America’s “global standing.”
He also accused the U.S. of being a “proxy for Israel” and encouraged Americans to question their government’s claims about Iran.
— Kevin Breuninger