U.S. Vice President JD Vance Sent Message to Senior Iranian Official; Iran Has Not Responded, Al Jazeera Reporter Says

What happened: A source confirmed to Al Jazeera reporter Nouraldin Aldagheer that U.S. Vice President JD Vance sent a message to a senior Iranian official, likely the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, and that Iran has not yet replied. Attribution and details: Aldagheer said the source stressed that speculation about the message’s contents is baseless and that details could be revealed later. Sources cited: Al Jazeera reporter Nouraldin Aldagheer (source: Shargh newspaper) and the official channel of Donya-e-Eqtesad newspaper (source: Donya-e-Eqtesad).