No big deal: murky Iran-war negotiations

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  The Economist.

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  Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

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  I'm Jason Palmer.

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  And I'm Rosie Blau.

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  Today on the show, agentic AI comes to China's superapps, and solving the great ski resort grouse mystery.

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  First up, though.

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  If you're confused about the status of talks between America and Iran, you're in good company.

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  Even the state of the ceasefire is unclear.

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  Overnight, America launched new airstrikes on Iranian missile sites and mine-laying boats, couching them as acts of self-defense.

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  And thanks to America's mix-messenger-in-chief, how diplomacy is progressing remains really murky.

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  Despite the American strikes overnight,

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  we are now almost two months into what was supposed to be a two-week ceasefire.

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  But it still seems we are some way from a lasting deal to end the war.

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  Gregg Carlstrom is our Middle East correspondent.

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  Now, going into the weekend,

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  there had been some optimism about an interim agreement that might extend the ceasefire.

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  Envoys from the mediating countries visited Iran on Friday.

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  Donald Trump seemed to imply on Saturday that a deal was imminent, but then we heard mixed messages.

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  He said he was in no rush to get a deal done.

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  And as we're speaking now on Tuesday morning, we still haven't reached even that interim agreement.

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