Iran protests Project Freedom Hormuz Mission over ceasefire terms
Iran protested Donald Trump’s Project Freedom Hormuz Mission after the US president announced an escort plan for stranded ships out of the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran said the move violates the ceasefire tied to the US-Israel war on Iran, adding that the waterway will never return to the status quo that existed before the war.
Baghaei frames Iran’s proposal
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said Iran’s 14-point proposal sent to the United States is aimed at ending the war and reaching an agreement to do so. He said, “This 14-point plan is about ending the war and reaching an agreement to do so, while postponing the most critical issues for a later stage.”
Baghaei also laid out a two-phase approach. “The first phase is to reach an agreement and fully end this war,” he said. “The second phase, within 30 days, is to discuss that agreement and how it will be implemented.”
Strait of Hormuz transit rules
Iran’s protest comes as Tehran signals it wants the Strait of Hormuz treated differently after the war. A draft Iranian law would permanently ban Israeli vessels and deny transit to nations deemed hostile by their alliance with the United States, a move that would give Tehran a sharper role in deciding who can pass through the route.
The practical stakes are immediate for shipping companies and governments with vessels moving through the strait. Iran’s position ties transit access to the war’s aftermath, while Trump’s escort plan points in the opposite direction: outside protection for ships Iran says should not be treated as before.
Iran’s Housing Foundation says it has repaired about 37,000 houses and commercial buildings damaged in the war, while the Iranian Red Crescent Society says more than 125,000 civilian structures were destroyed or severely damaged and some 339 medical centres were hit in attacks on residential areas across the country.
Iran war ceasefire talks
The immediate diplomatic test is the 30-day phase Baghaei described for discussing how any agreement would be implemented. That leaves Trump’s escort mission, Iran’s transit warning, and the draft law on Israeli vessels moving on parallel tracks as Tehran presses its case over the ceasefire terms and the postwar order in the Strait of Hormuz.
