UNITED KINGDOM PERSPECTIVE

London frames Iran's toll proposal as a violation of international commercial norms. The Independent attacks the issue through maritime law: tolls violate freedom of navigation enshrined in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which Iran has signed. This legal framing is characteristically British—the UK, a former naval power and historical guardian of Gulf shipping lanes, sees tolls as an existential threat to global commercial order. London doesn't comment on the ceasefire in geopolitical or military terms—it defends the principle of free passage at sea, vital for an island economy dependent on maritime trade. British coverage is the panel's most normative: where other countries calculate costs or benefits, London invokes international law.