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Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian reached out directly to Americans through a written message, declaring that his nation does not hold hostility toward everyday US citizens, according to Wednesday reports from Press TV.<\/p>

In his correspondence to the American public, Pezeshkian challenged depictions of Iran as a dangerous nation, stating that such characterizations are “neither consistent with historical reality nor with present-day observable facts.”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian wrote directly to the American public, stating his country does not hold animosity toward ordinary US citizens. The Iranian leader also disputed characterizations of Iran as a threat to the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":45854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1775071426315.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-bVB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54395,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/irans-president-challenges-trumps-authority-on-nuclear-policy\/","url_meta":{"origin":45855,"position":0},"title":"Iran’s President Challenges Trump’s Authority on Nuclear Policy","author":"Admin","date":"April 19, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian questioned Donald Trump's authority to restrict Iran's nuclear capabilities during comments reported Sunday. 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