An Israeli official told Axios that U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner had been speaking with the speaker of the Iranian parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.
President Trump did not name the Iranian he claimed they were talking to, saying he did not want to get him killed.
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