US Vice-President JD Vance and Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.
\n\nUS Vice-President JD Vance has opened a direct channel to one of Iran's most influential hardliners in an attempt to revive peace negotiations, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal, even as President Donald Trump threatens to resume military strikes in the coming weeks.
\n\nVance sent a letter to Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council and a former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), to test whether Washington and Tehran could agree on a framework for negotiations, the report said.
\n\nThe letter was sent at Trump's direction, according to a person familiar with the matter cited by the newspaper, and the president was aware of the initiative.
\n\nTrump, however, denied instructing Vance to initiate peace talks with Iran, saying the vice-president's contact concerned medical supplies. "Iran needs help with medical supplies. Basically, it's getting supplies in to help people that are not well," Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews when asked whether he had directed Vance to begin negotiations.
\n\nThe outreach is aimed at determining whether diplomacy can prevent another round of fighting. However, discussions have yet to…
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