Vance reaches out to Iran security chief in bid to restart peace talks, WSJ reports
The outreach seeks a framework for talks and would require nuclear discussions from the outset, officials said.
- On Wednesday, Vice President JD Vance sent a letter to Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, at President Donald Trump's direction to restart peace negotiations.
- Vance is assessing if Iran and the United States can find common ground to convince Trump to cancel a potential strike on Tehran planned after next week's midterm elections.
- Rezaei, a former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander from 1981 to 1997, is a close ally of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and viewed as one of Tehran's most influential hard-liners.
- Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that while Iran is open to diplomacy, the country requires "reliable, implementable, and irrevocable guarantees" from the United States to ensure peace.
- The Pentagon has increased military assets in the Middle East while Iran weighs a Qatar-led nuclear offer proposing United Nations inspectors access to bombed sites.
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US Vice President J.D. Vance has sent a letter to the head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, in an attempt to revive peace talks, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Thursday, citing unnamed US officials and other sources. Vance did so at the direction of President Donald Trump. Iran confirmed it had received the letter but has not yet responded.
Iran says it received Vance letter, crafting response
Tehran has received Vice President J.D. Vance's letter proposing new peace talks between the U.S. and Iran, according to the Islamic republic's media, amid reports that factions in Washington are angling to restart diplomacy.
Senior Iranian security source confirms JD Vance sent message to Supreme National Security Council chief Mohsen Rezaei, dismisses media speculation about contents
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