Washington D.C. – Web Desk: Iranian negotiators sent a private message to Vice President JD Vance during the Lake Lucerne talks in late June, alleging that President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff were using their inside access to the negotiations for financial gain .
Iran’s Allegations
According to a report by Drop Site News, citing a senior Iranian official, Tehran warned Vance that Kushner and Witkoff were “abusing” the diplomatic process and more interested in “exploiting insider knowledge” of the talks to profit in financial markets than in reaching a deal . Iranian negotiators also expressed concern about information leaking from Kushner to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu .
The Message to Vance
The Iranians, who had previously raised similar concerns through mediators, established a direct channel to Vance because they viewed him as having a “more sober, professional, and realistic perspective” on the negotiations . The official said Tehran calculated that alleged profits from market manipulation related to the conflict had reached approximately $9 billion by June, with Iran requesting $4.5 billion be allocated to it .
US Denial
A US official firmly denied the allegations, stating: “A message of this nature was never conveyed to the Vice President or his team. Any insinuation that the other members of the president’s trusted negotiating team are operating under motives other than serving the president is false” . White House spokesperson Anna Kelly dismissed the report, calling it “Iranian propaganda” .
