Run command in new window of iTerm2

iterm.sh

#!/bin/bash

read -r -d '' script <<'EOF'
on run argv
tell application "iTerm"
    activate
    set newWindow to (create window with default profile)
        tell current session of newWindow
            set args to ""
            repeat with arg in argv
               set args to args & arg & " "
            end repeat
            write text args
        end tell
end tell
end run
EOF
echo "$script" | osascript ``-'' $@

iterm.sh "cd /usr && ls"