Tehran, May 10 -- Iran has voiced strong opposition to the deployment of a French aircraft carrier intended for a potential mission aimed at restoring "confidence among shipowners" within the volatile Strait of Hormuz.

The diplomatic friction intensified after Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, issued a stern warning on the social media platform X. He cautioned that any international naval cooperation with Washington's current maritime strategy would be viewed as a direct provocation.

Gharibabadi wrote that "the presence of French and British warships, or those of any other country potentially accompanying the illegal and internationally unlawful actions of the United States in the Strait of Hormuz, will be met with a de...