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US-Iran Weigh New Face-to-Face Talks Even as Blockade is Tested

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Oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz on March 11.Photographer: Altaf Qadri/AP

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The US and Iran are discussing another round of face-to-face talks even as Washington launched a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz to pressure Tehran, a move that risks disrupting global energy flows and raising tensions with China.