‘Which interests being served by war?’ Iran’s Pezeshkian asks US public

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · Apr 01, 2026 · 713 words · By Al Jazeera Staff

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‘Which interests being served by war?’ Iran’s Pezeshkian asks US public In open letter, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian urges Americans to see beyond ‘flood of distortions’ as war rages.

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What happened

Why it matters

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has urged people in the United States to look beyond “a flood of distortions and manufactured narratives” and ask whose interests are being served by the US-Israeli war on Iran.

Common ground

In an open letter addressed to the US public and shared by Iran’s state-run broadcaster PressTV, Pezeshkian on Wednesday questioned whether President Donald Trump’s “America First” policy is “truly among the priorities of the US government today”.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

Follow-up questions

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Claim 1: “Pezeshkian questioned whether President Donald Trump’s 'America First' policy is 'truly among the priorities of the US government today'.”

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Claim 2: “Trump, for his part, is set to deliver a speech at 9pm local time in Washington, DC, on Wednesday (01:00 GMT on Thursday) to share what the White House said will be 'an important update on Iran'.”

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Claim 3: “Pezeshkian also stressed that Iran holds 'no enmity' towards other nations or the American people.”

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Claim 4: “Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem noted that the US and Iranian governments have been fighting a 'war of narratives' amid the deadly conflict.”

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Claim 5: “Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has urged people in the United States to look beyond 'a flood of distortions and manufactured narratives' and ask whose interests are being served by the US-Israeli war on Iran.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel started a war with surprise airstrikes on sites and cities across Iran, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several other Iranian officials …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Masoud Pezeshkian (born 29 September 1954) is an Iranian politician and former heart surgeon who has served as the ninth president of Iran since 2024. A member of the reformist faction, he is the olde…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Beginning on 28 February 2026, the governments of the United States under Donald Trump and Israel under Benjamin Netanyahu launched coordinated joint attacks on various sites in Iran, which started t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactions_to_the_2026_Iran_war

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Claim 6: “Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian urged people in the United States to look beyond 'a flood of distortions and manufactured narratives' and ask whose interests are being served by the US-Israeli war on Iran.”

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Claim 7: “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been pushing the US to attack Iran for decades while also seeking to derail diplomacy between Washington and Tehran, according to experts.”

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Claim 8: “The US president also said Iran’s 'new regime president' had requested a ceasefire to end the war – a claim Iranian officials denied.”

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cross reference SUPPORTS — A senior Iranian official has denied US President Donald Trump’s claim that Iran’s 'new regime president' has asked for a ceasefire
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/1/iran-denies-trumps-c…

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Claim 9: “Iran authorities await war ‘victory’ as supporters mark 1979 anniversary”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A referendum on creating an Islamic Republic was held in Iran on 30 and 31 March 1979. Political parties such as the National Democratic Front and the Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Interim Government of Iran (Persian: دولت موقت ايران, romanized: Dowlat-e Movaqat-e Irân) was the first government established in Iran after the Iranian Revolution. It was formed by the order of R…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Iranian Revolution, also known as the Islamic Revolution, culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. The revolution led to the replacement of the Imperial State of Iran by the Is…
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Claim 10: “Since the war began last month, the Israeli military has also claimed responsibility for several strikes against critical Iranian infrastructure, further escalating the conflict.”

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Claim 11: “Why Iran says its universities are being targeted”

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Claim 12: “Israel’s influence”

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Claim 13: “Pezeshkian rejected portrayals of Tehran as a threat, noting that Iran had twice been attacked while its negotiators were taking part in multilateral nuclear talks – once when Israel launched a 12-day war in June 2025, with the US briefly joining the campaign, and again at the end of February this year.”

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Claim 14: “Iran denies Trump’s claim Iranian president requested ceasefire”

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Claim 15: “The Iranian president’s letter comes just hours after Trump issued his latest threat against Tehran, writing on social media that the US would continue 'blasting Iran into oblivion or, as they say, back to the Stone Ages!!!' unless the Strait of Hormuz is reopened.”

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Claim 16: “Pezeshkian also questioned whether the Trump administration was 'manipulated' by the US’s top Middle East ally, Israel, in launching the war against Iran on February 28.”

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