Journalist Shlomo Shamir, writing for Maariv, reports that Trump envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are pursuing a normalization agreement between the United States and Iran, which would include a Trump visit to Tehran. The report follows weeks of speculation on a US-Iran diplomatic push.
Shlomo Shamir, a veteran journalist for Maariv, reported Tuesday evening that Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff—both senior Trump envoys—are working to broker a normalization deal between the United States and Iran. According to Shamir's report, the agreement would be capped by a historic visit by President Donald Trump to Tehran.
The report adds a concrete normative dimension to the weeks-long US-Iran diplomatic track that The Zioneer has extensively covered. Previous dispatches noted Vice President Vance promoting the deal on Fox News, and overnight talks in Switzerland involving Kushner, Vance, and the Qatari PM with Iranian representatives. Israeli officials and commentators have expressed growing frustration with what they see as a White House push for a deal at any cost, as Channel 14 reported earlier this month.
Shamir's report is based on unnamed sources and the scope of actual progress toward such normalization remains unverified. The potential Trump visit to Tehran—if realized—would represent an unprecedented reversal of decades of US-Iran hostility.
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