Iran and U.S. representatives are expected to meet in Islamabad on Friday, April 10, for high-level talks after a two-week ceasefire was reached. 

But behind the scenes, a very different kind of negotiation is taking shape, one that could redefine who controls the world's most important oil chokepoint; the Strait of Hormuz. 

Ehsan Keivani reports from Iran.

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