U.S. Officials Believed Israel Was Plotting to Kill Iranian Negotiators

Any Israeli attempt to kill Abbas Araghchi, the foreign minister, or Mohammad Ghalibaf, the Parliament speaker, would have derailed peace talks, American officials feared.Abbas Araghchi, left, with Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, traveled to Switzerland in June for a second in-person meeting with Vice President JD Vance and the American delegation.