Welcome to the News Hour. An American delegation led by Vice President J.D. Vans will soon leave for Pakistan to resume talks with Iran over the nearly two-month war.

Iranian officials have been noncommittal about attending the next round of talks. President Trump also sent mixed signals, predicting success even as he warned the war could drag on.

It follows a tense weekend around the Strait of Hormuz.

Our White House correspondent, Liz Landers, begins our coverage.

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Vacate your engine room.

Vacate your engine room.

We're prepared to subject you to disabling fire.

Yesterday in contested Waters, a show of U.S. force.

Marines seized and disabled an Iranian cargo ship.

U.S. officials alleged the vessel tried to evade its naval cordon.

This is the first such interception of the U.S.

over a week-long blockade of Iranian ports.

Yet today, signs have renewed peace talks after a weekend of mixed signals.

A source tells PBS NewsHour, a U.S. delegation led by Vice President J.D. Vance

plans to travel to Pakistan soon.

Iran has issued conflicting messages about its plans to attend.

The regime's foreign ministry said the U.S. lacks, quote, seriousness.

We witnessed that the United States insisted on bad faith and violation of the ceasefire.

We are still in a state of war.

A ceasefire has been announced, but unfortunately it has been met from the very beginning

with repeated violations. And the announcement that Iran's ports and vessels would be targeted

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