IRGC appeals to US voters to change Trump administration

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has urged Americans to “wrest control back” from politicians, declaring in an open letter that the US government under President Donald Trump “must be changed”. The appeal comes five weeks before US midterm elections, according to Al Jazeera.

The letter accuses the administration of misleading the public about the war, Iran’s nuclear programme and control of the Strait of Hormuz. It also claims Iran has won the conflict and that the US failed to achieve its stated objectives. Those assertions are the IRGC’s; the supplied report does not independently establish them.

On Tuesday, IRGC spokesperson Hossein Mohebbi repeated the allegations, accusing Trump of lying to Americans. The White House had not responded to Al Jazeera’s request for comment by publication.

The dispute over Hormuz remains central to the conflict. Iran has restricted traffic through the strait and the US has imposed a blockade, the report says. Kpler data cited by Al Jazeera put oil exports through the waterway at about 13.2 million barrels a day over the past week, around 77 per cent of the pre-war level.

Iran denies seeking nuclear weapons and says its uranium enrichment is for civilian energy. Trump has cited the nuclear threat as a reason for launching the war.

US and Iranian officials spoke separately with mediators on Monday as efforts to end the war continued.