French President Emmanuel Macron. Photo: Collected

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France, June 15, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - French President Emmanuel 
Macron on Monday warned Iran against imposing tolls on shipping through the 
Strait of Hormuz, saying "everything" should be done so fees are not charged 
for passage through the key bottleneck.

Iran's Fars news agency reported earlier that Tehran added a clause on 
imposing maritime service fees to the framework deal with the United States 
on ending the Middle East war, shortly before its announcement.

"We defend international law and we will do everything in our power to ensure 
there is no toll," Macron told TF1 television ahead of the G7 summit in 
France, set to be attended by US President Donald Trump.

The details of the agreement have not been disclosed publicly. Macron said 
the accord had already been signed "electronically" and additional annexes 
would be "finalised" on Friday.

"I don't want to enter into the details," he said.

Macron said a joint France-UK mission to ensure the Strait opens was prepared 
to deploy "very quickly", with the French flagship aircraft carrier Charles 
de Gaulle ready to be in the zone "on a timescale of two to three days".

"We do every thing so that this accord is a reality and that Hormuz can 
reopen," Macron said. European countries are impatiently awaiting the 
reopening of the Strait to bring down the price of energy and other goods.

Macron denied that the deal was a victory for Tehran, saying: "I would be 
patient and prudent."

"As you know, we didn't participate in that offensive," he said, referring to 
the US-Israeli war against the Islamic republic.

"So our objective now is the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. And indeed, 
there shouldn't be any tolls or anything that would enrich those in power," 
he said.

He added that Iran's stocks of enriched uranium need to be neutralised and 
placed under the supervision of the UN atomic watchdog.

"We will ensure that the enriched uranium capabilities that remain are 
properly neutralised," Macron said.

The sensitive stocks should be "either taken out, or diluted" and then looked 
after by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Macron said.