Macron proposes US and Iran reopen Strait of Hormuz before truce
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Updated · The New York Times · May 6
Macron proposes US and Iran reopen Strait of Hormuz before truce
10 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 6
Two senior French officials said the plan follows two months of war and would separate the waterway from talks on Iran's nuclear programme, missiles and regional militias.
France, Britain and other European countries are assembling a multinational force to escort commercial shipping through the strait, aiming to ease severe disruption to the global economy.
Iran may resist losing leverage in negotiations with Washington, and it remains unclear whether Donald Trump or Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will back Macron's proposal.
As Iran's military weakens, is a pipeline bypass the key to permanently ending its chokehold on global oil supplies?
Can reopening the Hormuz Strait save the economy without giving Iran the upper hand in its nuclear standoff with the U.S.?
With a fertilizer crisis looming from the blockade, is a global food catastrophe the conflict's next inevitable front?