On March 24, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President Jay Dee Vance were participating in negotiations with Iran.
During an Oval Office briefing, the president stated: “We are currently negotiating (with Iran). They [special envoys Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner] are doing this together with Marco and J.D.”
Trump also claimed that the Iranian side had agreed not to seek nuclear weapons.
On March 23, Trump announced a temporary suspension of U.S. military strikes on Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure amid talks between Washington and Tehran. He further asserted that the United States and Iran had held two days of productive negotiations to resolve the conflict.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry strongly denied these reports on March 23, stating that peace initiatives originate exclusively from Middle Eastern countries and that Trump’s statements were an attempt to “buy time” for a military operation.
An Israeli official reported on March 23 that the United States plans to announce the end of military operations against Iran on April 9, which would enable President Trump to visit Israel on its Independence Day to receive an award.
