Vance reaches out to Iran security chief in bid to restart peace talks, WSJ reports
The outreach seeks a framework for talks that could include sanctions relief and limited access to frozen funds, 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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Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. US Vice President JD Vance has opened a backchannel with a top Iranian security official to revive peace negotiations. The move comes as President Trump threatens potential military strikes and denies directing the talks, which follow stalled diplomatic efforts amid upcoming US midterm elections. World News | JD Vance Sends Letter to Iran Hard-liner in Bid to Revive Peace Talks as Trump Threa…
Is it actually an attempt to make peace or just the beginning of a large-scale attack? US-Vize Vance has written Mohsen Resaei, Iran's Chief of the Supreme National Security Council, a letter.
Vance reaches out to Iran hard-liner amid Trump's strike threat: Report
The letter, sent at Trump's direction, was intended to assess whether the two sides could agree on a framework for restarting negotiations, the newspaper reported, citing US officials and people familiar with the matter.
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