{
  "id": 7055607,
  "title": "Bahrain won't attend meeting on Hormuz in Oman",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/bahrain-wont-attend-meeting-on-hormuz-in-oman",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-13T03:36:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/bahrain-wont-attend-meeting-hormuz-oman"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Bahrain has decided not to attend a meeting on Monday in Oman involving Iran and Gulf states to discuss the Strait of Hormuz, according to AFP. The Bahraini foreign ministry stated that the country will not participate in any collective meeting with Iran until diplomatic relations between the two nations are restored. Bahrain severed diplomatic ties with Iran in 2016 during another regional crisis, while Saudi Arabia restored relations with Tehran in 2023. In response to attacks on Gulf infrastructure, the Bahraini ministry emphasized that security and stability in the region cannot be maintained through appeasement and called for the Hormuz strait to remain open without discrimination, fees, or permits. Iran's foreign ministry had announced that a meeting would take place in Muscat, where the future of the strait, crucial for global oil and gas flows, would be negotiated.",
  "summary": "Bahrain won't attend meeting on Hormuz in Oman Bahrain has announced it would not participate in the meeting scheduled for Monday in Oman between Iran and Gulf states regarding the Strait of Hormuz, according to AFP. In a statement, Bahrain's foreign ministry said that Bahrain \"will not be a party to any collective meeting involving Iran prior to the restoration of diplomatic relations between…",
  "key_points": [
    "Bahrain will not attend Hormuz meeting in Oman",
    "Diplomatic ties with Iran severed in 2016",
    "Strait of Hormuz crucial for global oil flows"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Bahrain's absence from the Oman meeting underscores its hardline stance that restored diplomatic ties with Iran are a prerequisite for cooperation on regional security issues like the Strait of Hormuz.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}