US Vice President Vance Sends Letter to Iran Hard-Liner to Revive Peace Talks
JD Vance reached out to Iran’s Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei at President Trump’s direction to explore a negotiation framework.
KEY POINTS
- JD Vance sent a letter to Iran hard-liner Mohsen Rezaei to revive peace talks.
- The letter was sent at Donald Trump’s direction, according to a source cited by The Wall Street Journal.
- Trump denied ordering peace talks and said the communication concerned medical supplies.
- Rezaei said last week that Tehran will not negotiate until its fundamental requirements are satisfied.
- Vance has traveled abroad twice to confer with Iranian counterparts as lead negotiator.
US Vice President JD Vance has sent a letter to Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council and a former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in an effort to revive peace negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
The outreach was made at President Donald Trump’s direction, according to one person familiar with the matter cited by The Wall Street Journal, and the president remains fully informed about the initiative.
Trump, however, disputed reports that he instructed Vance to begin peace talks with Iran, saying instead that the vice president’s communication concerned medical supplies needed by people who are unwell.
The diplomatic move comes as Trump considers a short, intense new attack on Iran after the upcoming US midterm elections.
Vance has publicly supported the war while privately expressing reservations about prolonging it, and before Trump launched “Operation Epic Fury” in February he had advocated for stronger diplomacy.
Trump later named Vance lead negotiator, and the vice president traveled abroad twice to meet Iranian counterparts in pursuit of an agreement to end the conflict.
Rezaei stated last week that Tehran would refuse to negotiate with Washington until its fundamental requirements were met.
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