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Tehran has insisted it must control the routes of the vessels in the strait.
Martins Kazaks said there ‘is no need to take a hard line against inflation,’ just weeks after the bank raised rates for the first time since 2023.
The development followed a ceasefire that put an end to months of military conflict between the United States and Iran earlier this year.
Three other members of the MH-60S Sea Hawk flight crew have been safely recovered.
The vessel got stuck after it entered shallow waters, the outlets said.
The comment from officials in Tehran comes as U.S. and Iranian negotiators pursue a permanent peace deal through Qatari mediators in Doha.
A point of contention in talks between the United States and Iran is reopening the strait, through which about 20 percent of the world’s oil passes.
The latest crisis erupted after Washington accused Iran of attacking commercial vessels transiting the strait with missiles and drones.
Crude oil and regular gasoline have seen significant declines in recent days, the president said.
The Israel Defense Forces said it will remain deployed in parts of Gaza under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire and continue operations against perceived threats.
The Montenegrin police said a High Court judge in the capital, Podgorica, would now consider the United States’ extradition request.
The comments came after both sides launched strikes over the past weekend.
The United States and Iran are set to meet after both sides paused military exchanges in the Strait of Hormuz, Trump said.
The June 28 strikes followed an attack on Pakistani paramilitary forces in Karachi the day before, which Islamabad blamed on the Pakistani Taliban.
The decision ends years of official hesitation and comes as relations between Israel and Turkey remain strained.
‘Both sides will stand down for now and vessels can move freely,’ a U.S. official said.
Multiple strikes were carried out by both the U.S. and Iranian militaries over the weekend.
The U.S. Central Command said the strikes were conducted in response to an Iranian drone attack that struck an oil tanker earlier on June 27.
Although Iran did not claim the attack on a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, the IRGC said it had targeted American positions in the region.
