India, July 16 -- Iranian negotiators reportedly sent a private message to US vice president JD Vance during indirect talks in Switzerland late June. The text warned that President Donald Trump's Special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner could jeopardise efforts to turn the June 17 MoU into a lasting deal, a senior Iranian official told Drop Site, an investigative news outlet.

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The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, claimed Tehran conveyed the message through an intermediary after earlier attempts to raise similar concerns through mediators, reported Drop Site.

Iran allegedly told Vance that Witkoff and Kushner were more focu...