Iranian president says in letter that Iran harbors no enmity towards ordinary Americans

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a visit to the shrine of the leader of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in southern Tehran, Iran, January 31, 2026. Iran's Presidential website/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS

April ⁠1 (Reuters) - Iranian ⁠President Masoud Pezeshkian ‌said in a letter addressed ​to the ⁠American people ⁠that his country ⁠harbors ‌no enmity ⁠towards ordinary Americans, ​Press ‌TV reported on ⁠Wednesday.

He ​said in his ⁠letter that portraying ​Iran as a threat was "neither ⁠consistent with historical reality nor with ​present-day ⁠observable facts."

(Reporting by ​Menna ‌Alaa El-Din; ​Editing by Chris Reese)