GULF FMS + ARAGHCHI EYED MONDAY IN SALALAH FOR TEMP HORMUZ DEAL — FT.

POWER DESK — Eyed, not locked. The Financial Times reported Friday, 11 September 2026, that Gulf foreign ministers plan to meet Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Monday in Salalah, Oman — a push by Oman and Iran to secure buy-in for a temporary deal to manage shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Extra attributes that report via Reuters, Arab News and Oman Observer, citing two people briefed. Reuters could not immediately verify. Details were not finalized. Extra invents no U.S. buy-in, Hormuz reopen, or oil tips, and does not merge Thursday’s Saildrone / Khasab kinetic Extra. PATH /power/gulf-iran-salalah-hormuz-meet-mon. DESK_ID gulf-iran-salalah-hormuz-meet-mon.

Two people briefed (FT ATTRIB). One said details were not finalized, but a number of states had confirmed and the meeting was expected to go ahead. Middle East Eye and Caliber wraps of the FT carry the Oman–Iran aim: “For Iran and Oman it is about getting the GCC on board to try and use that to get the US to lift its blockade on Iranian ports.” GCC states, those wraps say, want whatever is agreed to be temporary — and to get ships in and out. Extra prints those quotes as FT colour. It does not treat GCC buy-in as a signed communiqué.

Eyed Monday in Salalah. Two people briefed. Details not finalized. Temp shipping deal — not a U.S. buy-in, not a reopen, not Saildrone.

Why Monday would be rare. The FT, via Oman Observer and Caliber, frames it as an Omani initiative and the first meeting of GCC top diplomats with a senior Iranian official since the United States and Israel launched the war against Iran in February. Araghchi last attended a GCC gathering in Doha in October 2024. GCC: Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman. Named wraps note Riyadh and Abu Dhabi kept channels with Iran despite Iranian attacks. No invented RSVP list.

Temp-route shelf — not a reopen. Tehran and Muscat said just over two weeks ago they were finalising a temporary arrangement — vessels enter through Iranian waters and exit mostly through Omani territory, the FT reported. Diplomats cautioned that a full reopening would require a U.S.–Iran deal. Extra shelves that caution as caution. HOLD invent U.S. buy-in, Hormuz reopen, or oil tips. Dual-choke prices live on /money/oil-dual-choke-bab-hormuz-iea-sep11 — cross-link OK; do not paste IEA barrels here as a locked corridor.

Geography, labeled. Salalah is Dhofar’s capital on Oman’s southern Arabian Sea coast — not on Hormuz, which sits at Musandam far north. Venue city, not the waterway. Caption the hero as archival Salalah — not Monday’s meeting, not the strait.

Iran MFA Friday — ATTRIB, not a GCC lock. Later Friday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Iran, Iraq and other Gulf littoral states would meet in Oman on Monday to discuss Hormuz commercial routes. Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei, via IRIB and Anadolu Agency, said it would take up Iran–Oman talks on safe routes. Mehr carried his line that Iran remains committed to navigation security, but that U.S. maritime blockades and economic warfare mean shipping security cannot be guaranteed. Arab News updated its Reuters/FT wrap to an AFP account of the Iranian statement. Extra attributes Tehran’s Monday-Oman confirm — not independent GCC RSVPs, a signed temp deal, or a U.S. port-blockade lift.

Distinct ledgers. Kinetic Hormuz stays /war/irgc-saildrone-hormuz-ukmto-khasab — IRGC Saildrone claim and UKMTO Warning 133-26 off Khasab; no merge. Pipeline smoke and Bab coast stay on their own slugs. This page owns the Salalah diplomacy clock. VIDEO=no. Hero: Salalah Corniche, Dhofar — Flickr user v o 1 d (fromthevo1d), 16 April 2011, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Archival waterfront. REAL. NOT AI. NOT Monday. NOT Hormuz.

Watching: GCC MFA confirms or denials; any Omani MFA primary; published Iran–Oman route coordinates; any U.S. comment on the port blockade — ATTRIB, not invent. Monday 14 September is the clock. Do not write the deal as done before the room sits.

CLAIM vs CONFIRMED. CONFIRMED as FT ATTRIB via Reuters / Arab News / Oman Observer: Gulf FMs plan to meet Araghchi Monday in Salalah; Oman–Iran push for GCC buy-in on a temp Hormuz shipping deal; two people briefed; details not finalized; some states confirmed / expected to go ahead; Reuters could not immediately verify. FT colour: first such GCC-FM meeting since February war; Araghchi last GCC gathering Doha Oct 2024; temp route enter Iranian waters / exit mostly Omani; diplomats caution full reopen needs U.S.–Iran deal. Iranian ATTRIB Friday: Baghaei / MFA via IRIB, AA, Mehr, AFP/Arab News — Monday Oman meeting of Iran, Iraq and other littoral states; navigation-security line with U.S. blockade caveat. NOT here: invented U.S. buy-in, Hormuz reopen, oil tips, GCC RSVP list, or Saildrone merge. FALSE framing — do not use: “Nth Meridian confirms Hormuz is reopening Monday.” VIDEO=no. Nailed down, 11 September 2026, 16:20 GMT. PATH /power/gulf-iran-salalah-hormuz-meet-mon. DESK_ID gulf-iran-salalah-hormuz-meet-mon. NTH MERIDIAN does not invent U.S. buy-in, a Hormuz reopen, or oil tips.

DESK_ID gulf-iran-salalah-hormuz-meet-mon. Canonical /power/gulf-iran-salalah-hormuz-meet-mon. Filed 11 September 2026, 16:20 GMT. Diplomacy Extra — FT-eyed Salalah meeting. Verification: Reuters Arabic www.reuters.com/ar/business/Z6SCI2V4W5MQ3NWE6LZFR7CYRI-2026-09-11/ ; Arab News (Reuters then AFP update) www.arabnews.com/middle-east/iran-and-gulf-states-to-meet-in-push-for-hormuz-deal-ft-reports-3001311 ; Oman Observer www.omanobserver.om/article/1195967/world/region/iran-gulf-ministers-to-meet-in-salalah-for-hormuz-deal-reports ; Middle East Eye FT wrap www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gulf-foreign-ministers-plan-meet-araghchi-oman-ft-report-says ; Caliber.Az FT wrap caliber.az/en/post/ft-gulf-states-iran-set-for-talks-on-temporary-strait-of-hormuz-shipping-deal ; Anadolu Agency Iran MFA aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/iran-says-oman-to-host-regional-meeting-on-hormuz-shipping-on-monday/4054538 ; Mehr News Baghaei en.mehrnews.com/news/247656/Iran-planning-to-hold-reg-meeting-with-Persian-Gulf-states — verification only, do not republish. Photo: v o 1 d / Flickr via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) — Salalah Corniche, Dhofar, 16 April 2011 archival; not Monday meeting; not Hormuz. Distinct from /war/irgc-saildrone-hormuz-ukmto-khasab, /war/saudi-east-west-pipeline-smoke-sep11, /war/houthis-bab-el-mandeb-coast-islands-sep11. Cross-link OK: /money/oil-dual-choke-bab-hormuz-iea-sep11. VIDEO=no. AdSense untouched. No investment advice. NTH MERIDIAN does not invent U.S. buy-in, a Hormuz reopen, or oil tips.