U.S.-Iran talks underway in Pakistani capital after delegations arrive

•� � The U.S. and� Iran� began peace talks Saturday with government officials in� Pakistan as the war entered its seventh week.

•� � Two U.S. warships transited through the Strait of Hormuz for the first time since the start of the conflict.

•� � A two-week ceasefire in the war is under strain because Iran is continuing to block most shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most critical oil choke point.

•� � Iran’s Tasnim news agency said Tehran has presented Pakistani negotiators with four “non-negotiable conditions” to mediators in Islamabad.