Iran said on Tuesday that there is no need for foreign intervention in mine clearance operations in the Strait of Hormuz, asserting that such involvement would only complicate the situation.

"Iran knows its responsibilities better than any other party and has the ability to fulfill them, and there is no need for the intervention of others," Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei told journalists, The Caspian Post reports, citing Anadolu Agency.

Baqaei said that, under a recently signed memorandum of understanding with Washington, Tehran would undertake measures to ensure the safe passage of commercial vessels through the region.

"By signing the memorandum of understanding with the United States, Iran will make arrangements to the best of its ability to provide safe passage for merchant ships, free of charge, for a period of 60 days only from the Gulf region to the Sea of Oman and vice versa," he stated.

He added that maritime transit would begin immediately and that the process of restoring navigation routes would continue as technical and military obstacles are removed and mine clearance operations are carried out by Iranian authorities.

"The passage of merchant ships will commence immediately and, subject to the necessity of removing technical and military obstacles and mine clearance by the Islamic Republic of Iran, will be established within 30 days," Baqaei said.

"Therefore, it is a process that has begun and will continue, and the Islamic Republic of Iran is certainly well-equipped to carry out this process without the need for intervention by any other party," he added.

Baqaei also clarified that the communication channel between Iran and the United States is conducted through political authorities rather than military officials, noting that the Iranian Foreign Ministry is responsible for handling contacts on Tehran's side.

His comments came after French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday in a post on the social media platform X that France and Oman had agreed to cooperate, alongside international partners, on demining operations in the Strait of Hormuz to safeguard maritime routes and ensure "free and unconditional" navigation through the strategic waterway.

Macron made the announcement following talks in Paris with Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq during the Omani leader's first official visit to France.

Iran has repeatedly maintained that navigation management, mine clearance operations, and temporary maritime arrangements in the Strait of Hormuz are governed by Article 5 of the Islamabad memorandum and remain under Iranian coordination in its capacity as a coastal state.

The Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most important energy transit chokepoints, has remained at the center of regional tensions since hostilities erupted on Feb. 28 and after the Iran-US memorandum entered into force on June 18 with the aim of restoring maritime transit and establishing temporary navigation mechanisms.