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The showdown over the straight of Hormuz tonight.
President Trump says the US forcibly seized an Iranian flag cargo ship that was trying to avert the naval blockade near that critical waterway.
The Pentagon released the video.
This comes just hours after the president announced a second round of peace talks on Monday in Pakistan.
Officials in that country were preparing for the arrival of delegations from the US and Iran.
Moments ago, Iran promised a swift response to the US seizure.
The fate of those peace talks is unclear tonight and the stakes could not be higher as a ceasefire is set to expire on Wednesday.
We have team coverage tonight.
ABC's chief foreign correspondent Ian Panel leads us off from Tel Aviv.
>> tonight as critical new talks between the US and Iran hang in the balance.
The standoff over the straight of Hormuz escalating.
This dramatic video released by SenCom showing the moment US forces attacked a ship that defied orders to turn around.
SenCom saying the vessel ignored repeated warnings over a six-hour period.
Officials say more than two dozen ships have turned round as a result of the blockade.
President Trump posting that US forces have fired on and seized an Iranian flag vessel that tried to get past the American blockade and ignored warnings to stop, writing, the Iranian crew refused to listen, so our Navy ship stopped them right in their tracks by blowing a hole in the engine room.
Right now, US Marines have custody of the vessel.
This comes one day after Iran fired on two Indian registered ships near the straight of Hormuz.
The captain of one sending this angry radio message in audio obtained by ABC News.
>> Sea Navy. Sea Navy. This is Motoangastan.
You gave me clearance to go. My name second on your list. You gave me clearance to go. YOU ARE FIGHTING NOW. LET ME TURN BACK.
>> And now uncertainty over planned peace talks in Islamabad tomorrow.
Hours after President Trump announced that a high level US delegation was headed to Pakistan, Iran's state news agency reported that Thran rejects taking part in talks and that the US naval blockade of Iranian ports is violating the ceasefire.
The impass comes with time running out on the ceasefire between the US and Iran scheduled to expire Wednesday.
>> And unfortunately, we'll have to start dropping bombs again.
This morning, President Trump doubling down on his threats, telling our John Carl that a peace deal will get done one way or another, the nice way or the hard way.
It's going to happen.
You can quote me.
And tonight, Pakistan trying to bring the US and Iran together.
Prime Minister Shebash Sharif speaking by phone with Iran's President Masoud Peskin, but it's still not clear if talks tomorrow will happen.
>> Lindsay, this is a critical moment.
The president's made clear these talks are a last chance to make a deal.
If they fail or indeed don't happen at all, then the ceasefire is breaking down and the war starting up again.
>> such a pivotal time. And thank you.
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