Vance offers to meet ex-IRGC chief Rezaei as Pentagon reportedly readies new strike

US Vice President JD Vance has reportedly offered to meet Mohsen Rezaei, a former Revolutionary Guards commander that US intelligence believes is in regular contact with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. The report says the two spoke in recent days after the American letter arrived, while the Pentagon is also preparing a new attack on Iran. The parallel tracks of back-channel diplomacy and military planning show the confrontation between Washington and Tehran remains unresolved and could move toward wider regional war, though the report is limited to a headline and no talks have been confirmed.