Iran

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has dismissed “baseless” media speculations about the possibility of a meeting between Iran’s top security official and the US vice president, saying no such meeting is being planned. “These speculations and media reports are entirely baseless, and there are no plans to hold such a meeting,” Araghchi told IRNA on Tuesday. The remarks came after certain foreign media outlets claimed that a meeting could take place between US Vice President JD Vance and Iran’s Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei.

Rezaei himself stated in a post on the X platform that there were no plans for dialogue with the American side. “STOP manufacturing FAKE NEWS about imaginary talks,” he said, adding that the war on Iran has wrecked the US government and “Washington flails like a desperate gambler.” “Stop denying the West Asian NEW ORDER. Time to SURRENDER to the seven conditions Iran has repeatedly set out,” he added. During his Tuesday remarks, Araghchi also pointed out that Israel has dragged the United States into forever wars, saying US President Donald Trump “should have realized much earlier that he has failed to achieve any of his objectives in the war against Iran, and will never achieve them.”

Trump admitted in an interview with CBS that a “great dislike” for Israel was one of the reasons his party lost the midterm elections, alongside the war on Iran and the subsequent rise in gasoline prices. Araghchi predicted that Trump would soon realize he had taken the “wrong path” by imposing sanctions and economic pressure on Iran. He also emphasized that the two-day proposal remained on the table, adding that the war on Iran would not end through military action or sanctions.

The only way forward, he said, was to use “the language of respect, pursue diplomacy, and meet Iran’s demands and conditions.” The two-day proposal, which was conveyed through Qatari mediators, calls for reopening the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping within 48 hours of Washington meeting Tehran’s conditions. These include lifting its naval blockade of Iranian ports, ending the war on all fronts, and unfreezing Iranian assets abroad.

On Sunday, Araghchi warned that Tehran would “rain down hell” if the United States resumed its attacks, adding that it was up to Washington to accept Tehran’s two-day proposal to end the war or choose to continue. “Our 2-day proposal stands: meet the requirements, including end to war on all fronts, and you will see results,” Araghchi wrote in an X post on Sunday. A senior Iranian security official also told Press TV on Monday that there were no plans for negotiations.

The source stated that Iran’s policy on negotiations remains the same, adding that until the US took practical action within the framework of the seven conditions, no negotiations with Washington would take place.