Barak Ravid: Vance seriously participated in indirect negotiations with Iran in the last two weeks. Those efforts began two weeks ago, when Vance sent a letter to Mosen Razai offering direct negotiations. ◀ Vance also spoke almost daily with mediators involved in the Iran-US negotiations, including Qatar's prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, and Pakistan's army chief of staff, Asim Munir. Vance, through Qatari and Pakistani mediators, discussed the possibility of an expert-level technical meeting between Iran and the United States in the near future, although no date has yet been set.