Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) called on Americans to vote against President Donald Trump in next month’s midterm elections, urging them to press for a change in US policy towards Tehran and to accept an offer of “peaceful coexistence”.
In a 25-page letter dated Tuesday, IRGC spokesperson Gen. Hossein Mohebbi made the request as the conflict between Iran and the United States, together with Israel, entered its seventh month after hostilities began in late February. A copy of the letter was obtained by The Times of Israel.
IRGC Tells Voters To Reject Trump
Mohebbi argued that US voters “empower” the government through their ballots, claiming that election results allow leaders to act as they choose. He also suggested that US politicians often win support through “deception and false promises”, adding that voters could instead change the government’s composition by selecting leaders he described as qualified.
The letter further said the United States is a “great nation”, but warned that allowing what it described as “vulgar and immoral” figures to steer US politics and policy would further “humiliate and undermine” the country. It also accused politicians of offering to buy votes with payments, citing $5,000, and urged Americans to “take back control”.
Call For Street Protests
Mohebbi later told the Associated Press that Americans should take to the streets to rally against the Trump administration and denounce policies he characterised as “warmongering”.
He also accused the US of trying to “turn Iran back into a colony” by focusing on Tehran’s nuclear programme. Iranian officials have long said their nuclear work is for peaceful purposes.
Iran Receives US Reply On Peace Plan
Separately, Iranian officials said on Wednesday that Tehran had received an official response from Washington to its seven-day peace proposal, which Trump rejected on Saturday.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi presented the latest response to President Masoud Pezeshkian during a Cabinet meeting, according to a posting on X by government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani.
Pezeshkian said Iran would “make every effort” to bring the agreement to fruition and would stand up for the rights of the Iranian people, the AP reported. He added that the agreement should now follow a “win-win strategy”.
Midterms Focus On War And Fuel Prices
The Iran-related conflict has become a central issue ahead of the midterms. Democratic candidates have criticised the administration for drawing the US into another Middle East conflict, while Republicans have called for a swift end to the hostilities, citing soaring gas prices.
Those prices have been linked by Republicans to Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Trump and other administration officials previously said the confrontation would last days or weeks following the first strikes on February 28.
Public concern among voters about high fuel prices and the conflict’s unpopularity has largely been dismissed by the administration. In April, Trump said he did not take into account Americans’ financial hardships when deciding how to proceed on Iran.
At a rally earlier this month in North Carolina for Republican Senate hopeful Michael Whatley, Trump said rising gas prices were “a very inexpensive price to pay” in the confrontation with Iran. He later said the energy costs would decline, describing the reversal in terms of “rocket ships in reverse”.
On Wednesday, the national average price for petrol dipped slightly to $4.43, after being closer to $4.50 earlier in the week, according to AAA.
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30 September 2026
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