Senior Iranian official Ali Larijani has sharply criticized French President Emmanuel Macron's announcement of a defensive naval mission in the Strait of Hormuz, blaming the US and Israel for regional instability.
Senior Iranian official Ali Larijani has strongly rebuked French President Emmanuel Macron's proposal to secure the Strait of Hormuz, pointing to Western support for Israeli and American military actions in the Middle East.
The diplomatic clash stems from Macron's recent announcement that "France is preparing a defensive mission to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and will send two frigates to the Red Sea," according to a report by Iran International. Iran International is a UK-based Persian-language news network known for its strong opposition stance against the Islamic Republic.
In response to Macron, Larijani—identified by Iran International as the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council—took to X (formerly Twitter) to dismiss the initiative. He argued that it is unlikely security will form in the Strait of Hormuz given the "fire of war that the US and Israel have created in the region," according to the IRGC News Channel, a Telegram channel directly aligned with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Multiple Iranian media outlets widely circulated Larijani's condemnation of Western involvement, emphasizing his criticism of the nations proposing these security architectures. Larijani stressed that regional security cannot be established "with the design of those who were not role-less in supporting this war," as quoted by Khabar Fori. This unified domestic framing against the French naval deployment was also echoed by general news channels like Akharin Khabar and Khabari Plus.
The title of Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council for Ali Larijani was explicitly stated by Iran International, while domestic channels only referred to him by name. The exact timing of Macron's original statement is not detailed in the sources, but the reaction is uniformly reported across both state-aligned and opposition media.