Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. A Pakistan-flagged oil tanker bound for home

has become the first carrier to transit the Strait of Hormuz with crude since a U.S. blockade

of the waterway began on Monday. This after Iran opened the strait on the condition that the U.S.

adheres to the terms of a ceasefire.

And peers, Jackie Northam, has more.

There have been confusing statements from Iran about opening the strait of Hormuz,

an illustration of the competing power structures in the country.

Foreign Minister Abbas Aarachi first announced all commercial ships could transit the strait.

President Trump applauded the move,

but said the U.S. blockade of Iranian vessels would remain until negotiations with Iran ended.

Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy command then issued its own statement,

saying all ships needed its permission to pass through the strait. And if the U.S.

blockade continued, Iran would take reciprocal

measures. Finally, the new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Hamenei weighed in saying it is conditionally open.

Jackie Northam, NPR News. Meanwhile, the White House's predictions of relief at the gas pump by late

summer has some experts saying that may be unrealistic.

And Pierce-Winzer-Johnston has more.

Treasury Secretary Scott Besant told reporters this week that gas prices could fall to around $3 a gallon by late summer.

But energy experts say that's a bold claim, and far from certain.

Michael Weber is a professor at the University

of Texas at Austin. How long will it take for the system recover? It's at least weeks. So it looks

like it's months to me just to get the flows restored, just to get the tinkers filled up again.

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