Vance sends message to Tehran as Iran weighs Qatari-brokered draft deal

Tehran has received a message from US Vice President JD Vance and is studying a Qatari-brokered draft agreement while insisting on its seven conditions.

• Iran's semi-official Tasnim agency reported Thursday that Tehran received Vance's message, has not responded, and insists Washington meet seven conditions.
• The Wall Street Journal reported Vance sent a letter to Iran's security chief Mohsen Rezaei seeking to revive negotiations.
• An official told Reuters that Qatari mediators handed Tehran a draft agreement on Sunday with a seven-day timeline for reciprocal confidence-building steps.
• Rezaei confirmed enriched nuclear materials will remain inside Iran.
• Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Thursday that any progress depends on Tehran's seven conditions being met.
• Qatar is proposing a deal under which Iran would host UN inspectors in exchange for easing some US sanctions.
• Mediators warned Iran that accepting the proposals may be the only way to avoid large-scale attacks after the US midterm elections.
• Vance's letter proposes Iran export its highly enriched uranium stockpile in exchange for US sanctions relief and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
• Tehran is reluctant to give irreversible nuclear commitments for reversible US steps, with China discussed as a possible third-party guarantor.
• Some US senators have described the military option as 'insane' and warned of devastating escalation.