Trump confirms Pence-Iran contact for assistance, denies peace talks mandate

President Trump confirmed he allowed Vice President Pence to contact Iranian authorities for assistance, but explicitly denied tasking Pence with resuming peace talks. This marks a potential channel of communication between the US and Iran, though its scope is limited to assistance, not broader diplomacy. The denial suggests internal or external pressure against formal negotiations, leaving the nature and purpose of the contact partially unclear.

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