New Delhi, April 20 -- Pakistan on Monday moved forward with preparations for a fresh round of talks between the United States and Iran, just days before a fragile ceasefire is set to expire. However, renewed tensions and incidents around the Strait of Hormuz have cast uncertainty over whether the meeting will actually take place, as reported by AP.

Over the weekend, the U.S. attacked and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel that it said had tried to evade its blockade of Iranian ports. Iran's joint military command vowed to respond, and its Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi told his Pakistani counterpart that American threats to Iranian ships and ports were "clear signs" of Washington's disingenuousness ahead of the planned talks, Iran s...