Iran's president suggests that diplomatic engagement possible in letter to American public

[tintinvotes]

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Source: NY Times

Saw this on Twitter, now Twitter is not working. Maybe Musk doesn't want Americans to see it?

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/world/middleeast/iran-president-pezeshkian-letter-diplomacy.html

[Bayard]

1. A cogent and well thought out letter,

As opposed to trump's illogical rants on social media.

“What Iran has done — and continues to do — is a measured response grounded in legitimate self-defense, and by no means an initiation of war or aggression,” said Mr. Pezeshkian.

I appreciate his saying he has nothing against Americans themselves. Am I unpatriotic?

[littlemissmartypants]

2. ❤️

[cynical_idealist]

3. someone over there has a bit of sense

best not to attack too many civilians and get the rest of the world mad enough to join with the US attacks

[in2herbs]

4. Twitter must still be broken. Can only read pg. 3. nt

[Ford_Prefect]

5. Guaranteed to make more sense than anything uttered by Donny Dubious tonight.

[Emile]

6. After an alert to the hosts, locking.

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