On the home strait? A path to peace in Iran

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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, how to divide the coming AI windfall

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  and our World Cup team profiles conclude with England.

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  First up though.

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  At last, a framework deal is in place to put an end to the Iran war.

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  That's almost as much as anyone knows.

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  Even that was unlikely as of yesterday, the day President Donald Trump had promised an agreement would be signed,

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  though Pakistani mediators weren't so definitive.

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  Then another cycle of strikes between Hezbollah and Israel that threatened to scupper the whole plan.

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  Mr. Trump tenderly sought calm on social media by saying, "Don't blow it."

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  And then overnight, something of a deal to be signed in Geneva on Friday.

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  We know only a couple of these details of what is actually in this agreement.

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  Gregg Carlstrom is a Middle East correspondent for The Economist.

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  It is meant to extend the ceasefire across the region, including in Lebanon,

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  and it is meant to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 30 days.

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  Beyond that, the details are sketchy

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  and there is a more comprehensive agreement that America and Iran will still need to negotiate.

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