Europe excludes US from plan to reopen Hormuz, WSJ reports

European countries are drafting a post-Iran war plan for a broad coalition of countries, excluding the US, to help free up shipping transiting through the Strait of Hormuz, officials told The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday.

French President Emmanuel Macron said that the plan is for an international defensive mission which would exclude “belligerent” countries, including the US, Israel and Iran.

It would come into effect after the war is over and may include countries sending mine-clearing and other military vessels to the region, according to reports in the WSJ.

(FILES) Tankers are seen at the Khor Fakkan Container Terminal, the only natural deep-sea port in the region and one of the major container ports in the Sharjah Emirate, along the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway through which one-fifth of global oil output passes on June 23, 2025.
Tankers are seen at the Khor Fakkan Container Terminal along the Strait of Hormuz, on 23 June 2025 (Giuseppe Cacace/AFP)

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