10月29日——美国总统唐纳德·特朗普表示，副总统JD·万斯与伊朗的接触是为了帮助该国获取医疗物资，此前美国媒体报道称万斯曾致信德黑兰最高安全官员，旨在重启和平谈判。
Oct 29 - US President Donald Trump said that Vice President JD Vance's outreach to Iran was about helping the country get medical supplies, after US media reported Vance had written to Tehran's top security official to revive peace talks.
伊朗半官方塔斯尼姆通讯社周四报道，德黑兰已收到万斯的信函，但尚未作出回应。
Tehran has received a letter from Vance but it has not responded to it yet, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Thursday.
《华尔街日报》和《纽约时报》周三援引美国官员和知情人士的话报道，万斯向伊朗最高国家安全委员会秘书穆赫辛·礼萨伊发送信函，试图重启和平谈判。路透社无法立即核实这些报道。
Vance sent the letter to Iranian Security Council chief Mohsen Rezaei in a bid to revive peace negotiations, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing US officials and people familiar with the matter. Reuters could not immediately verify the reports.
《华尔街日报》报道称，万斯是在特朗普的指示下发送该信函的。当记者周三晚些时候询问特朗普是否指示万斯联系伊朗以重启和平谈判时，特朗普回答：“没有。”“这事是他们需要医疗物资和各种东西的帮助。他（万斯）征求了我的意见。我说，如果你想这么做，那也可以。基本上就是把物资送进去，帮助那些身体不适的人，”特朗普对记者说。
The Wall Street Journal reported that Vance sent the letter at Trump's direction. When asked by reporters later on Wednesday if he directed Vance to reach out to Iran to restart peace negotiations, Trump said: "No." "What that is is they need help with medical supplies and various things. He (Vance) asked me what I thought. I said, if you want to do that, that's okay. Basically, it's getting supplies in to help people that are not well," Trump told reporters.
伊朗驻联合国纽约代表团未立即回应关于该信函和特朗普言论的置评请求。万斯办公室未立即回应置评请求。
Iran's mission to the United Nations in New York did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the letter and Trump's remark. Vance's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
美国和以色列于2月底对伊朗发动战争。美国此后还对伊朗实施海上封锁，以切断其石油出口收入，并升级了在经济上孤立伊朗的努力。伊朗长期指责美国制裁阻碍了平民获取医疗物资。
The United States and Israel launched a war against Iran at the end of February. The US has also since imposed a naval blockade on Iran to starve it of oil export revenue and escalated efforts to economically isolate Iran.
在8月致联合国安理会的一封信中，伊朗指责美国故意剥夺平民“获取食品、药品、医疗设备、能源和其他必需品的途径，严重损害了他们享有生命权、健康权、食物权和体面生活水准权利。”
Iran has long blamed US sanctions for hindering civilian access to medical supplies.
卡塔尔调解人周日向伊朗提交了一份旨在结束战争的新草案协议，但一名伊朗高级官员表示，多哈仅提出了不可接受的想法，这不构成一项提议。
In an August letter to the UN Security Council, Iran accused the US of intentionally depriving civilians "of access to food, medicines, medical equipment, energy and other necessities, with grave consequences for their rights to life, health, food and a decent standard of living." Qatari mediators presented Iran with a new draft deal on Sunday to end the war, but a senior Iranian official said Doha had only put forward unacceptable ideas that did not amount to an offer.
这场战争对全球能源成本的影响也拖累了对共和党候选人的支持，并在决定国会控制权的美国中期选举前损害了特朗普的支持率。特朗普的共和党在国会两院均占据微弱多数。
The war's impact on global energy costs has also weighed on support for Republican candidates and hurt Trump's approval ratings ahead of the US midterm elections that decide control of Congress. Trump's Republican Party holds a narrow majority in both chambers of Congress.