French President Emmanuel Macron said France never planned to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz, denying Iran's warning.
Iran’s deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi warned on X that any French‑British warships with US forces would trigger a decisive response.
Macron, speaking in Nairobi, described an ad‑hoc Franco‑British mission backed by 50 nations to resume coordinated maritime traffic and de‑conflict the region.
France sent aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle to Red Sea and Gulf of Aden; Britain pledged a warship to operate with Paris.