STRAIT OF HORMUZ — French President Emmanuel Macron and Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said agreed on June 29, 2025, in Paris to clear mines in the Strait of Hormuz and guarantee free and unconditional passage.

A Singapore-flagged cargo ship sustained a drone strike on its bridge on June 25, 2025, as it exited the Strait of Hormuz. Following this event, the United Nations suspended its evacuation of vessels stranded in the region. Within days of the drone strike, American aircraft conducted strikes in Iran, and Iranian missiles landed in Kuwait and Bahrain. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps also targeted commercial shipping during the conflict.

Washington and Tehran signed a truce to end the war. Approximately one week before June 25, a memorandum of understanding was signed to freeze the war for 60 days. During the conflict, Iranian missiles struck US bases in Bahrain and Kuwait.

Iran maintains claims over policing the Strait of Hormuz and imposing tolls on ships. In response to recent events, Britain increased its threat level to substantial. France has operated Operation Agenor, a European naval mission in the Strait of Hormuz, since 2020. Britain and France have convened conferences since spring to facilitate the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and have pledged a defensive naval mission there once fighting ceases.

Iran's deputy foreign minister stated, "Iran would demine the Strait of Hormuz alone and that France should stop meddling." The Strait of Hormuz is approximately 32 kilometers wide and carries nearly 20% of the world's seaborne oil. Forty-four percent of daily oil traded by sea passes through Gulf and European chokepoints, including the Strait of Hormuz, the Suez Canal, Bab el-Mandeb, and the Danish Straits.