Trump sees end of war with Iran nearing, Mossad removes two top officials
Washington and Tehran, mediated by Oman, are said to be close to a deal on reopening the Strait of Hormuz after five months of conflict. In Israel, the Mossad has removed two senior officials over a failed plan against the Iranian leadership.
US President Donald Trump said he expects the war against Iran to end soon, while Tehran and Muscat are reportedly working on a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the maritime passage at the center of the conflict that has lasted five months. Trump had already announced that he had called off a planned attack on Iran, after Tehran and other countries in the region asked him to halt military operations.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed that a deal to reopen the strait is close, calling the ongoing negotiations the last useful chance to end the conflict.
The outlines of a deal have been agreed — Donald Trump, President of the United States
On the diplomatic front, Tehran’s goal in the talks with Oman would reportedly be to set temporary arrangements, lasting up to three months, to regulate transit through the strait rather than a definitive agreement. This would be an interim step, not the closing of the file: a mechanism the parties could renew or let lapse by spring.
Bessent suggested the deal could materialize within hours.
There’s a chance of a deal today or tomorrow — Scott Bessent, US Treasury Secretary
Tehran’s reaction to Trump’s words came from the Iranian defense minister, who wrote on X that the country is “neither surprised nor passive” in the face of the US announcement and remains on alert. A formula that signals caution: Tehran neither openly confirms nor denies the negotiations, but does not reject them either.
On the Israeli front, meanwhile, the Mossad intelligence service has removed two senior officials deemed responsible for the failure of a plan aimed at overthrowing the Iranian government. The decision has provoked disgruntled reactions within the country’s security establishment. On this episode, at the moment there is no independent confirmation: the news comes from a single source (The New Arab), the same one that also reports the background on the Hormuz negotiations.
The overall picture therefore remains at two speeds: on one hand the public announcement of a possible imminent deal on maritime transit, on the other the internal tensions within the Israeli security apparatus that the failure of the plan against Tehran has made visible. Neither side has yet provided a text of the agreement or a signing date.
What is verifiable is the proposal on the table: a temporary arrangement, no longer than three months, for managing maritime traffic in the strait. It will depend on this framework, more than on Trump’s announcements, whether the coming days truly bring an end to hostilities or yet another extension of the negotiations.
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