Iran warns JD Vance Trump envoys profited from talks

Iranian officials privately warned U.S. Vice President JD Vance in late June that two key figures in President Donald Trump's diplomatic team were undermining peace talks by allegedly exploiting inside information for financial gain and leaking to Israel, according to a senior Iranian official. The Trump administration has categorically denied the claims.

The message was reportedly conveyed through an intermediary during U.S.-Iran negotiations in Lake Lucerne, Switzerland. The Iranian official said Tehran warned that the continued involvement of Steve Witkoff, Trump's special envoy, and Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law, would jeopardize efforts to turn a June 17 framework agreement into a lasting deal. The official alleged the pair were more focused on using insider knowledge of the negotiations to profit in financial markets than on securing a diplomatic breakthrough.

Iran also expressed concern about repeated leaks of sensitive information from Kushner to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The official stated that even before formal talks began in Islamabad in April, Iran had sent multiple messages through Pakistani mediators warning about Witkoff's disruptive...