Hyderabad, July 16 -- Iran privately warned US Vice President JD Vance that President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and special envoy Steve Witkoff were exploiting their access to nuclear talks for personal financial gain, according to a report by investigative outlet Drop Site News.

The White House has rejected the claim outright, calling it false and accusing the outlet of acting as a mouthpiece for Tehran.

Citing a senior Iranian official, Drop Site reported that Tehran's negotiators used a back channel to reach Vance during the US-Iran talks in Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, in late June. The message, conveyed through an intermediary, alleged that Kushner and Witkoff were more focused on using inside knowledge of the negotiati...