According to an exclusive report by the Wall Street Journal, American and Middle Eastern officials, who did not want to be named, announced that Vice President J. Dee Vance, who has become the United States' chief negotiator on Iran, is considering a face-to-face meeting with a "senior Iranian security official" to end a war that has brought political costs to the Republican Party.
In recent days, Donald Trump told his senior advisers that he is not opposed to Vance resuming talks with Iran and delegated the necessary authority to him. However, US officials stressed that Vance's plan to meet directly with Iranian officials was still in its early stages. In October, Vance sent a letter to Mosan Razai, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, and the two countries are now discussing next steps through mediators. On the other hand, the head of the Turkish intelligence organization also announced the possibility of meeting Vance with Razai in Doha; This news was rejected by Tehran.
Vance's active role comes as the president's special envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, are now focusing more on the war between Russia and Ukraine. According to observers, accepting this position is a high political risk for Vance; Because the possible failure of the negotiations can make him a defeated figure, but in case of success, he is known as the savior of peace. However, the Wall Street Journal cited its sources as saying that Trump had recently expressed doubts about the June Vance-brokered MOU, although White House officials have officially denied it.