Vance writes to Iran's Rezaei as US readies new strike after midterms

Vice President JD Vance, at President Trump's direction, has sent a letter to Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, to revive talks, according to the Wall Street Journal. The approach comes as Washington reportedly warns Gulf allies of a short, intense campaign after the November midterms and sends another Patriot battery to Israel, while Iran denies receiving a new Qatari draft and refuses to move on the nuclear issue. Reports of preparations for renewed US-Israeli strikes point to a possible widening of a regional war centred on Israel's most direct adversary, though no new attack has yet been ordered.