Saudi Arabia is reportedly discussing a nonaggression pact between Middle Eastern countries and Iran to de-escalate regional tensions after the end of the Iran war, the Financial Times reported on May 14. The report comes a day after U.S. Vice President JD Vance said he felt that U.S.-Iran negotiations were making progress, but acknowledged that the alleged progress might not have sufficient safeguards in place to ensure that Iran would not be able to acquire nuclear weapons.