Source : BRICS NEWS
United States Vice President JD Vance has reached out to one of Iran’s most powerful hard-liners in a bid to revive stalled peace talks between Washington and Tehran, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.
BRICS News highlighted the report in a post on X, saying Vance had reached out “to one of Iran’s most powerful hard-liners to revive peace talks, WSJ reports.”
According to the newspaper, which cited US officials and people familiar with the matter, Vance sent a letter to Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council and a former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), as reported by Iran International and Daily Sabah.
One source told the Journal that the letter was sent at the direction of President Donald Trump, who was aware of the move. Vance is said to be testing whether the two countries have enough common ground to persuade Trump not to give the final order for a short, intense military strike on Iran in the coming weeks, Israeli outlet Ynet reported. Azerbaijan’s APA news agency, citing the Journal, said the letter did not contain any specific peace proposals.
The outreach came on the same day Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi signalled that Tehran was still open to a negotiated settlement. In a separate post on X, BRICS News reported Araghchi as saying Iran was giving diplomacy “a chance to succeed.”
In his own post on X on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, Araghchi wrote: “While our Brave Armed Forces are fully prepared to defend the Homeland, Iran continues to give diplomacy a chance to succeed. We remain in close and ongoing contact with intermediaries to review ideas that can ensure implementation of our 7-Day Plan in even less than a week,” according to Anadolu Agency.
Iran’s seven-day plan, presented to Washington through Qatari mediators in September, proposes reopening the Strait of Hormuz and resuming negotiations with the United States within a week if Washington meets Tehran’s conditions, Anadolu Agency reported. Under the proposal, the US would first take agreed steps including ending hostilities, lifting its naval blockade on Iranian ports, easing restrictions on Iranian oil exports and releasing frozen Iranian assets. Reuters, via Arab News, said Trump had rejected the plan, prompting further Qatari mediation.
The diplomatic moves come amid a fragile ceasefire following months of military confrontation between the two countries. Iran and the US signed the Islamabad Memorandum on June 18, following negotiations mediated by Pakistan and Oman, Anadolu Agency said. Oman, Pakistan and Qatar have continued diplomatic contacts aimed at resolving remaining differences.
The approach was made at the vice-presidential level to a former IRGC commander who now heads Iran’s top security body. Daily Sabah said Trump has threatened to destroy Iran if no agreement is reached before the midterms, while keeping military options open as diplomatic efforts continue through regional intermediaries.
Daily Sabah reported that the initiative comes amid renewed threats of US military action following the November 3 midterm elections, with Washington maintaining pressure on Tehran over its nuclear programme and regional activities. Neither Washington nor Tehran had publicly confirmed the content of Vance’s letter at the time of writing.
Credit : BRICS News’s X
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