The letter states that Iran has never initiated a war and has resolutely repelled those who have attacked it, and that portraying Iran as a threat is not consistent with historical reality or present-day observable facts.
The President invites Americans to look beyond the machinery of misinformation and consider the realities of Iran and its people, and to choose between confrontation and engagement, which will shape the future for generations to come.
Lol okay? What part of their statement do you disagree with or find laughable?
You can call them an authorian state, but they presented no danger to the US and had zero plans to attack, they just wanted to be left alone. To be authorian, sure, but not to attack Americans.