Western Allies Plan Hormuz 'Freedom of Navigation' Mission Amidst Ongoing US-Israel Aggression
To the foreign policy establishments of France and Britain, and the various attendees of your upcoming meeting regarding the Strait of Hormuz: Reports indicate you are convening approximately 40 nations this Friday to discuss a prospective 'freedom of navigation' mission in the Strait of Hormuz. This initiative is explicitly intended to signal to the United States a readiness to intervene once
current conditions, namely the US-Israeli joint military operations against Iran, conclude. This proposed future intervention is presented as a measure to restore maritime access. The framing of this meeting as addressing a future 'freedom of navigation' issue is noteworthy, given the immediate imposition of a blockade by the United States on all ships entering or leaving Iranian ports Monday
past. This US action effectively formalizes restrictions initiated by Iran on February 28 following the commencement of US-Israeli aerial bombardments. The mainstream press, epitomized by Al-Monitor's framing that 'Iran has largely closed the strait,' omits the crucial context that these Iranian measures were a direct, defensive response to an ongoing military assault and subsequent blockade by
joint US-Israeli forces, an act of aggression with no basis in international law or UN Security Council resolution. The distinction between a nation defending its sovereign waters during an attack and an external power unilaterally imposing a blockade is consistently erased. Historically, such 'freedom of navigation' assertions have often served as pretexts for military escalations against