{"id":2586292,"date":"2026-04-01T18:36:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T22:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-president-says-us-war-planting-seeds-of-resentment-in-letter\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T18:39:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T22:39:00","slug":"iran-president-says-us-war-planting-seeds-of-resentment-in-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-president-says-us-war-planting-seeds-of-resentment-in-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran president says US war planting &#8216;seeds of resentment&#8217; in letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firan-president-says-us-war-planting-seeds-of-resentment-in-letter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2586292&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian released a letter to Americans urging them to oppose the war, arguing that joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran\u2019s energy and industrial infrastructure would plant \u201cseeds of resentment\u201d and create lasting instability. The missive came as President Donald Trump prepared a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >high-profile speech<\/a> on the conflict, reiterating threats to target Iran\u2019s energy grid and other facilities if Tehran rejects a peace proposal. The Pentagon is reportedly investigating whether the U.S.was involved in deadly strikes on Iranian schools. The war began on Feb. 28 over concerns about Iran\u2019s nuclear program, with peace talks ongoing since around March 21; Iran has publicly criticized the talks, though the U.S. says officials privately view them with more openness. Pezeshkian accuses a \u201cmachinery of misinformation\u201d that has portrayed Iran as a threat to justify warfare, arguing the war serves political and economic interests rather than American or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-concerning-foreign-policy\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Concerning Foreign Policy\">global security<\/a>. the piece also notes the oil markets\u2019 reaction to four weeks of conflict and discusses the uncertainty over whether the fight will escalate to a ground invasion or remain limited, with the White House projecting a four-to-six-week duration.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Iran&rsquo;s president says US strikes plant &lsquo;seeds of resentment&rsquo; in letter to America<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2549745\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\">Iranian <\/a>President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday afternoon released a letter to Americans attempting to sway public opinion away from the war, just hours before President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> gives a high-profile speech on the conflict.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pezeshkian argued that joint U.S.-Israeli strikes against Iran&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4510221\/iran-us-israel-strike-desalination-plant-offline-strait-of-hormuz\/\">vital infrastructure<\/a>, &ldquo;including energy and industrial facilities,&rdquo; are planting &ldquo;seeds of resentment.&rdquo; Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4509075\/trump-threatens-obliteration-irans-energy-grid-new-deal-isnt-reached-new-regime\/\">vowed on Monday <\/a>to soon obliterate such infrastructure, including on Kharg Island, unless Iran agrees to the U.S. peace proposal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4512488\/us-diplomatic-relations-spain-fray-assisted-suicide-controversy\/\">US diplomatic relations with Spain continue to fray over assisted suicide controversy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4512129\/iran-mass-text-recruitment-drive-minors-join-security-force\/\">Iran launches mass text-based recruitment drive, including minors, to join targeted security forces<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4512064\/trump-says-leaving-paper-tiger-nato-beyond-reconsideration\/\">Trump says leaving &#8216;paper tiger&#8217; NATO is now &#8216;beyond reconsideration&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Such actions carry consequences that extend far beyond Iran&rsquo;s borders,&rdquo; Pezeshkian <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/drpezeshkian\/status\/2039418009052119190\/photo\/1\">wrote<\/a>, as the Pentagon investigates whether the U.S. was involved in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4509811\/us-military-possible-second-strike-civilian-target-iran\/\">deadly strikes<\/a> on Iranian schools. &ldquo;They generate instability, increase human and economic costs, and perpetuate cycles of tensions, planting seeds of resentment that will endure for years. This is not a demonstration of strength. It is a sign of strategic bewilderment and inability to achieve a sustainable solution.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pezeshkian&rsquo;s letter comes shortly after Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116329512466946656\">on Wednesday morning<\/a> said Iran&rsquo;s &ldquo;new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-address-to-the-nation-burning-questions-on-iran-the-strait-and-nato\/\" title=\"... address to the nation: Burning questions on Iran, the Strait, and NATO\">regime president&#038;rdquo<\/a>; had <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4512227\/trump-iran-new-regime-president-us-ceasefire\/\">requested a ceasefire<\/a>, which the country denied. Trump is set to deliver a closely watched speech to the United States on Wednesday evening,&nbsp;providing voters with &ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4511965\/trump-address-to-nation-iran-voters\/\">an important update on Iran<\/a>.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The war against Iran began on Feb. 28, when the U.S. stressed concerns about the regime&rsquo;s nuclear program and the hold the radicalized Islamic regime has over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meads-jen-psaki-blames-putin-for-high-cost-of-gas-ignores-price-hikes-in-2021\/\" title=\"MEADS: Jen Psaki Blames Putin For High Cost Of Gas, Ignores Price Hikes In 2021\">global oil supply<\/a>. The U.S. has been in peace talks with Iran <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4500079\/trump-iran-war-power-plants\/\">since roughly<\/a> March 21. Iranian officials have been publicly critical of talks, calling them &ldquo;fake.&rdquo; In private, they have been much more amenable to a deal, according to the U.S., as Tehran grapples with sweeping strikes that killed the country&rsquo;s supreme leader and crippled its military capability and missile arsenal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pezeshkian rebutted accusations that Iran poses a danger to humanity on Wednesday, crediting such a view to &ldquo;a machinery of misinformation&rdquo; that has &ldquo;invented&rdquo; fears, marking a betrayal of Trump&rsquo;s &ldquo;America First&rdquo; agenda.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Exactly which of the American people&rsquo;s interests are truly being served by this war. Was there any objective threat from Iran to justify such behavior?&rdquo; he wrote. &ldquo;Portraying Iran as a threat is neither consistent with historical reality nor with present-day observable facts. Such a perception is a product of political and economic whims of the powerful&mdash;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 exist, it is invented.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/4506983\/four-weeks-iran-conflict-what-has-happened-oil-markets\/\"><strong>FOUR WEEKS OF IRAN WAR: HERE&rsquo;S WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO OIL MARKETS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s Wednesday address to the nation follows his argument on Sunday that Iran is in a weakened position, making it vulnerable to an energy takeover. The U.S. has bombed 13,000 out of roughly 16,000 targets in Iran, and &ldquo;a deal could be made fairly quickly,&rdquo; Trump said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear whether the U.S. will attempt a ground invasion of Iran or keep the operation limited in scope. The war has stretched on for roughly four weeks. The White House has said the war is expected to last between four and six weeks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran: U.S. strikes sow resentment, says president<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2586293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pezeshkian.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3817,76989,3823,73799,76988],"class_list":["post-2586292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-diplomacy","tag-international-affairs-2","tag-iran","tag-middle-east-2","tag-us-relations-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pezeshkian.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2586292"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2586296,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586292\/revisions\/2586296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2586293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2586292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2586292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2586292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}