Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani says that security in the strategic Strait of Hormuz cannot be restored as long as the war with the United States and Israel continues, AFP reports.

“It is unlikely that any security can be achieved in the Strait of Hormuz amid the fires ignited by the United States and Israel in the region,” said Larijani in a post on X, after France said it and its allies were preparing a “defensive” mission to reopen the waterway.