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It's Wednesday, the 8th of April.

Welcome to the PDB Afternoon Bulletin.

I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

All right, let's get briefed.

First up, we're learning how that last-minute ceasefire with Iran came together and why, even after it was announced, attacks continued across the region.

I'll have the details.

Later in the show, an American journalist is released after being kidnapped by an Iran-backed terror group in Iraq as we get new insight into the deal that secured her freedom.

But first, today's afternoon bulletin.

We're getting some idea of how that last-minute ceasefire, or possible ceasefire, between the U.S.

and Iran actually came together, and just how close both sides came to a major escalation.

According to new reporting from Axios, the breakthrough came, supposedly, when Iran's supreme leader, Mustafa Khamenei, personally stepped in and gave his negotiators the green light to move toward a deal.

That reportedly marked a significant shift.

Up until that point, Iran had been holding firm, but facing the real prospect of a massive U.S.

strike, Khamenei reportedly authorized movement, something that sources described as a, quote, breakthrough.

Now, here's a caveat for you.