US Vice President J. Dee Vance sent a letter to Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Razai in order to resume peace negotiations" according to the Wall Street Journal, the letter was sent at the behest of President Trump as the US administration considers resuming military strikes in Iran after next week's midterm elections. The main purpose of this step is to create a basis for future negotiations, and not to discuss specific terms of a peace agreement, the publication notes. Vance assesses whether there is enough common ground to "convince Trump to refrain from ordering a short but intense military campaign against Iran."

US Vice President J. Dee Vance sent a letter to Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Razai in order to resume peace negotiations" according to the Wall Street Journal, the letter was sent at the behest of President Trump as the US administration considers resuming military strikes in Iran after next week's midterm elections. The main purpose of this step is to create a basis for future negotiations, and not to discuss specific terms of a peace agreement, the publication notes. Vance assesses whether there is enough common ground to "convince Trump to refrain from ordering a short but intense military campaign against Iran."