Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has written a five-page letter to the American people, which will be presented to the U.S. media in New York on Wednesday, local Fars News Agency reported.

Ahmadinejad decided to write the letter to the American people to further discuss the points raised during his September visit to New York, where he attended the 61st annual session of the UN General Assembly, a source privy to the Presidential Office told Fars.

"After writing the letter, the president yesterday decided to publicize it today," the source was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

According to the source, Ahmadinejad's letter is due to be presented to the U.S. media via Iran's mission at the United Nations in New York.

The Persian version of the text will be released in Iran after the English version is publicized in the United States.

Ahmadinejad has so far sent open letters to U.S. President George W. Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, but this one is his first to a foreign nation, said Fars.

Source: Xinhua