JD Vance’s peace talks with Iran may have been blown up after a key figure helping plan the summit was wounded in US-Israeli airstrikes on Wednesday.
Kamal Kharazi, Iran’s former foreign minister, was injured when a residential building in Tehran was struck, according to the New York Times.
Kharazi, 81, is seen as a moderate and widely respected foreign policy figure within the regime.
Iranian state media said he had been overseeing engagement with Pakistani officials to help organize a meeting with Vance aimed at ending the war.
Iranian officials condemned the joint US-Israel strikes as an ‘attempt to derail diplomacy,’ even as Donald Trump insists he wants to wind down the conflict.
Vance has emerged as a key behind-the-scenes voice pushing for diplomacy, warning the President against any slide toward a full-scale ground invasion.
It is unclear what the military objective of the strike was or Kharazi’s exact condition.
The Daily Mail has contacted the Vice President’s office for comment.
Iranian state media said the official had been overseeing engagement with Pakistani officials to help organize a meeting with Vance aimed at ending the war
Kamal Kharazi, Iran’s former foreign minister, was injured when a residential building in Tehran was struck by an US-Israeli strike
Iranian officials condemned the joint US-Israel strikes as an ‘attempt to derail diplomacy,’ even as Donald Trump insists he wants to wind down the conflict
Trump said US diplomats were in ongoing peace discussions with a new group of Iranian regime officials who were ‘more reasonable’ than their predecessors
Trump said during an address to the nation on Wednesday evening that the US war against Iran was ‘nearing completion’ after four weeks of aerial and naval strikes.
The President did not offer an exact deadline but claimed the conflict would end ‘shortly’.
In the same speech, Trump vowed to send Iran ‘back to the Stone Ages’ via military strikes in the next two to three weeks.
Trump also said US diplomats were in ongoing peace discussions with a new group of Iranian regime officials who were ‘more reasonable’ than their predecessors.
However, Iranian officials have continuously denied engaging in serious peace talks with the US.
Trump vowed to strike civilian and energy infrastructure in Iran if regime officials did not agree to a peace deal.
Earlier this week, the President said he would bomb Iranian desalination plants, which experts say is a potential war crime.
Since the start of the war, oil and gas prices have surged nationwide, with Americans now paying around $4 a gallon on average.
The President claimed the Strait of Hormuz will open up ‘naturally’ and gas prices will ‘rapidly come back down’ once the war is over
Iran has retaliated by effectively shutting down the Strait of Hormuz, a critical chokepoint that carries roughly 20 percent of the world’s oil supply
Iranian leaders have continuously denied engaging in serious peace talks with the US
Following the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran has retaliated by effectively shutting down the Strait of Hormuz, a critical chokepoint that carries roughly 20 percent of the world’s oil supply.
Trump addressed concerns over growing energy prices but claimed during his speech last night that it was a ‘short-term’ situation.
The President then claimed the oil route will open up ‘naturally’ and gas prices will ‘rapidly come back down’ once the war is over.
Brent crude oil prices jumped nearly 5 percent to $105 per barrel amid fears the US was no closer to eliminating Iran’s stranglehold on the strait.
Futures tied to the Dow dropped 1 percent, the S&P 500 fell 1.1 percent and the Nasdaq slid 1.4 percent.
