President of Iran: This is the best time to reach an agreement, Vance: There is progress in the negotiations

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said today, Saturday, that now is the best time to reach an agreement because Iran is "strong and united and appears to be winning the war."

On the other hand, Vice President J.D. Vance claimed in an interview with Fox:

"The Iranians are suffering greatly. They want this matter to end. The question is whether they are capable, that is, whether their system is capable, of providing the things that are necessary for us to be satisfied, for us to feel that we have received what we need from this specific confrontation."

"It has not yet been decided, but I do think we have made some progress over the last few days," he added.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States Armed Forces, General Dan Kane, has made it clear in recent weeks in private conversations with senior officials in the Donald Trump administration that a "way out" of the war with Iran must be found. This was reported last night, Saturday, by CNN, citing three sources familiar with the details.

According to the report, Kane believes that the existing military options for escalating the fighting could lead to the opposite result, and that airstrikes alone are not expected to achieve the goals declared by President Donald Trump. "Kane is looking for a way out," one of the sources told CNN.

It was also reported that Kane is not the only one in the administration who holds this position. According to two of the sources, he discussed the limitations of military options and the need to examine a path to exit the conflict with other senior officials, including CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Vice President J.D. Vance.

Last Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Iran and Oman had completed the drafting of an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. According to the report, the agreement would grant Tehran the authority to monitor vessels entering the Persian Gulf, but would not allow it to collect transit fees or service charges from them.

According to reports in Iran, the parliament in Tehran is expected to discuss a new draft law on strategic control of the Strait of Hormuz, which grants the government and the armed forces extensive powers of supervision and direction of maritime traffic in the region. Under the proposal, a sweeping ban would be imposed on the passage of vessels or cargo of any kind linked to the USA, Israel, hostile countries, or entities acting against the "Axis of Resistance" and Iranian interests, with their passage being permitted only after the payment of compensation for damages caused to the country.

In addition to imposing heavy fines of up to 20% of the cargo value on violators of the law, an Iranian official also noted that Tehran and Oman intend to collect special fees (up to 7% and 3% respectively) from every ship that requests to enter the Persian Gulf.