Peace talks in doubt as U.S. seizes Iranian ship


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A U.S. negotiating team is headed to Pakistan Monday for a second round of peace talks with Iran – which says it might not even show up. Tehran’s reticence comes after the U.S. on Sunday fired on and seized one of its cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz as part of Washington’s blockade on Iranian vessels in the vital waterway, and just two days before the ceasefire is set to expire. A video released by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) shows the operation, with Marines descending from a helicopter by rope to board the vessel, the Touska, after “guided-missile destroyer…