J. Dee Vance, at Trump's behest, sent a letter to Mohsen Razai, the secretary of Iran's National Security Council, to make efforts to resume peace talks. The purpose of the operation is to prevent a possible new US attack on Iran after next week's midterm elections. The talks focused more on a framework for negotiations than on a concrete peace proposal, with Washington demanding nuclear concessions and Tehran asking for immediate economic aid./Wall Street Journal.