Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian has launched a direct appeal to the American public, accusing the United States of committing war crimes in Iran and questioning who will tell Donald Trump that his war policy is harming both Iranians and America’s own global standing. Pezeshkian framed his message as an open letter to US citizens, arguing that strikes on Iran’s energy, industrial, and civilian infrastructure directly target ordinary Iranians and violate international law.
Core accusations in Pezeshkian’s letter
In the letter, posted on his social‑media channels and later summarized by state media, Pezeshkian alleges that US‑led airstrikes have destroyed key facilities, including energy infrastructure, cancer‑treatment‑related pharmaceutical sites, and other industrial hubs, causing “unbearable suffering” for the Iranian people. He calls such actions not merely “war crimes” but also strategically self‑damaging, saying they spread instability, deepen regional resentment, and erode Washington’s soft power far beyond Iran’s borders.
Appeal to US public and global institutions
Pezeshkian insists Iran still prefers negotiation over war, saying Tehran pursued and upheld its side of past deals, while the US withdrew, escalated, and then launched attacks “in the midst of negotiations.” He urges Americans to reject what he calls “propaganda” about Iran and pressures the United Nations and international bodies to investigate the alleged war crimes, a line Tehran has also pushed at the Security Council and the UN General Assembly. The tone is both combative and performative: a calibrated mix of nationalist defiance and a bid to win global‑opinion‑war points by framing the US‑Israel campaign as legally and morally indefensible
