Iran Guard Urges Americans to Protest Trump Policies

On Sept. 29, 2026, Revolutionary Guard spokesman Gen. Hossein Mohebbi held a news conference in Tehran and read a “letter to the American people.” He said the war can end only if Washington admits defeat and withdraws. In later remarks to the Associated Press he urged Americans to take to the streets against Trump’s policies and to “revise their decision” about their leaders. He accused the United States of using Iran’s nuclear program as a ruse to “plunder Iran’s wealth” and turn Iran “back into a colony.” The same day the rial fell to more than 2.5 million per dollar, after a previous low of 2.2 million on Sept. 2; the war began in February. The message came weeks before the Nov. 3 midterms, with Republicans facing headwinds to keep Congress. Left-rated coverage stresses growing Republican calls to end the war, including Hinson’s “successful and immediate end” line and Thune’s unity-then-independence messages. Right-rated coverage stresses that Trump’s claimed endgame is incomplete without regime change, which the administration has not formally adopted as an objective. Trump has said the United States will win the still-ongoing war soon. What remains unresolved is how the conflict ends and whether U.S. policy shifts before the midterms.