Iran’s president says US strikes plant ‘seeds of resentment’ in letter to America

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday afternoon released a letter to Americans attempting to sway public opinion away from the war, just hours before President Donald Trump gives a high-profile speech on the conflict. 

Pezeshkian argued that joint U.S.-Israeli strikes against Iran’s vital infrastructure, “including energy and industrial facilities,” are planting “seeds of resentment.” Trump vowed on Monday to soon obliterate such infrastructure, including on Kharg Island, unless Iran agrees to the U.S. peace proposal.

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