War in the Middle East: "lots of progress" in the discussions according to the American vice-president, but no validated agreement yet

The United States and Iran have made “a lot of progress” toward an agreement but Donald Trump is not yet ready to approve it, American Vice President JD Vance said Thursday, May 28.

While negotiations seemed in danger after the recent American strikes on southern Iran, sources in Washington reported a framework of agreement with Iran which provides for a 60-day extension of the ceasefire in progress since April 8. This agreement framework, however, still requires the approval of Donald Trump. “Certain formulations” still need to be negotiated, added the vice-president.

For its part, Iran is less optimistic: the Iranian Tasnim agency, citing a source close to the negotiating team, denied the information. “This is false and the text is not yet finalized,” she wrote.

Both camps denounce ceasefire violations

Tensions continue to escalate in the region, even though on Thursday both camps accused each other of violating the ceasefire. On the night of Wednesday to Thursday, the United States shot down four Iranian attack drones which represented a “threat around the Strait of Hormuz” and struck a site in Bandar Abbas “which threatened to launch a fifth drone”, according to an official American.Â
In retaliation, the Revolutionary Guards, the ideological army of the Islamic Republic, announced that they had targeted an American base, without specifying which one. Kuwait and the American army have reported strikes, attributed to Iran, on the territory of this Gulf kingdom.

According to the American media Axios, the agreement framework provides for “unlimited” access to the Strait of Hormuz. In return, the American blockade of Iranian ports would be lifted and Tehran authorized to sell oil thanks to a suspension of American sanctions.