# US reportedly used secret backchannels to negotiate with Iran

https://mins.news/en/video/24163

- Fox News, 2026-08-17 12:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgB85pGzphs

> Sen. Jim Banks said the Trump administration used backchannel contacts with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as it sought a deal. He also discussed CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper’s visit to the USS Abraham Lincoln.

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