Trump draft proposes elimination of special envoy for Iran - reports

A draft executive order circulating among US diplomats proposes the elimination of dozens of positions at the State Department including the office of Special Envoy for Iran and the transfer of its functions to Special Envoys to Middle East and the Iran Desk under MEC, according to the document first seen by The New York Times.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio rejected the document which was later obtained by several other mainstream media as "fake news".

However, the Trump administration has not appointed a new envoy for Iran since his inauguration, and Special Envoy for the Middle East Steve Witkoff has been in charge of nuclear talks with Tehran.