On the home strait? A path to peace in Iran
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Despite exchanges of missiles and drones between Israel and Lebanon, the start of a deal was struck overnight. What exactly has been agreed, and will it hold? We examine the idea that part-nationalisation could be a way to share the coming onslaught of AI wealth. And our series on World Cup contenders concludes with a look at England’s side.
Guests and host:
- Gregg Carlstrom, Middle East correspondent
- Alex Domash, economics correspondent
- Jon Fasman, senior culture correspondent
- Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
- Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Topics covered:
- Iran war, Middle East, America
- AI, wealth redistribution
- World Cup, England
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| 0:00.0 | The Economist. |
| 0:09.8 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 0:12.9 | I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 0:14.0 | And I'm Rosie Bloor. |
| 0:19.2 | Today on the show, how to divide the coming AI windfall and our World Cup team profiles conclude with England. |
| 0:31.4 | First up, though. |
| 0:42.5 | Thank you. First up, though. At last, a framework deal is in place to put an end to the Iran war. |
| 0:47.8 | That's almost as much as anyone knows. |
| 0:50.9 | Even that was unlikely as of yesterday, |
| 0:53.4 | the day President Donald Trump had promised an agreement would be signed, |
| 0:57.0 | though Pakistani mediators weren't so definitive. |
| 1:00.2 | Then another cycle of strikes between Hezbollah and Israel that threatened to scupper the whole plan. |
| 1:06.3 | Mr. Trump tenderly sought calm on social media by saying, |
| 1:10.4 | Don't blow it. |
| 1:11.7 | And then, overnight, something of a deal to be signed in Geneva on Friday. |
| 1:17.9 | We know only a couple of details of what is actually in this agreement. |
| 1:23.4 | Greg Carlstrom is a Middle East correspondent for the economist. |
| 1:26.9 | It is meant to extend the ceasefire across the region, including in Lebanon, and it is meant to |
| 1:32.5 | reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 30 days. Beyond that, the details are sketchy, and there is a more |
| 1:39.5 | comprehensive agreement that America and Iran will still need to negotiate. |
| 1:47.0 | You mentioned that Lebanon is included in the deal. That's where over the weekend the whole process nearly came unstuck. |
| 1:51.0 | It was. We saw another exchange of fire between Hezbollah and Israel over the weekend. |
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