# JD Vance letter may offer last chance to avert fresh conflict between US and Iran

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-10-29T19:32:24+00:00
- Category: Local
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/29/jd-vance-letter-may-offer-last-chance-to-avert-fresh-conflict-between-us-and-iran
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/jd-vance-letter-may-offer-last-chance-to-avert-fresh-conflict-between--f4ac41/

US vice-president writes to top Iranian security official in sign Washington has not abandoned diplomacy Lingering hopes of averting a major new conflagration between Iran and the US soon after Tuesday’s midterm elections could rest on Iran’s response to a personal letter from the US vice-president, JD Vance, offering to restart diplomacy. The letter, written after predominantly Qatari mediation,

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