France's Macron Warns Iran Against Imposing Hormuz Tolls
Macron said France and Britain could deploy a mission within days as European countries press to reopen the waterway and lower energy prices.
- On Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron warned Iran against imposing tolls on shipping through the Strait, saying "everything" should be done to prevent fees for passage through the key Hormuz bottleneck.
- Iran's Fars news agency reported Tehran added a clause on maritime service fees to its framework deal with the United States regarding the Middle East war, shortly before the announcement.
- A joint France-UK mission is prepared to deploy "very quickly," with the French flagship aircraft carrier ready to be in the zone "on a timescale of two to three days."
- Macron said Iran's enriched uranium stocks must be "either taken out, or diluted" and placed under International Atomic Energy Agency supervision to ensure capabilities are "properly neutralised."
- Ahead of the summit in Evian, France, Macron told TF1 television, "We defend international law and we will do everything in our power to ensure there is no toll," with President Donald Trump set to attend.
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No toll but ‘maritime service fees’ for Strait of Hormuz?
Shipping remains virtually at a standstill through the Strait of Hormuz, according to tracking platforms. That's despite US President Donald Trump's claim that crossings were resuming under his deal to end the war with Iran. Meanwhile a row is emerging over Iran's plan to charge levies on shipping.
According to US Vice President JD Vance, the US and Iran signed a "fairly general document" of one and a half pages on Monday.
G7 leaders opened their summit in France amid concerns over the situation in the Middle East and the war in Ukraine, while Emmanuel Macron supported the US-Iran agreement and deployed naval forces to patrol the Strait of Hormuz.
At the summit of Evian the US president announced: "Friday reopens the strait without tolls" . I smiled after the frost with Paris: "Emmanuel a special friend" . The French leader: fundamental step for peace
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