Washington DC, Nov. 7 -- United States Vice President JD Vance has spent the past fortnight directly engaged in indirect negotiations with Iran aimed at brokering a new ceasefire and resuming stalled nuclear discussions, Axios reported, citing two sources with knowledge of the matter.

The US vice president's direct involvement elevates the indirect track to the administration's highest echelons, underscoring an initiative by Vance to extricate Washington from a conflict he explicitly blamed for the Republican Party's crushing electoral defeats this week.

According to US officials and regional sources cited by Axios, US President Donald Trump currently remains amenable to letting diplomatic efforts proceed to test whether an agreement ca...