Iran's Foreign Minister Araghchi says regarding his interview with Al Jazeera that he emphasised Iran has no hostility towards the member states of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council and they appreciate the positive role of Qatar and Oman

• Will continue their talks with Saudi Arabia.
• Our goal is to achieve new regional security arrangements, formed by the countries of the region themselves and without the presence of foreign militaries.

Rhetoric of this kind out of Tehran fits a long-running pattern in which conciliatory messaging toward the Gulf states is used to reduce the regional risk premium without any change in underlying posture; the market read has historically hinged on whether such language is followed by concrete steps on shipping, maritime security or proxy activity rather than on the words themselves. The audience here is as much Riyadh, Doha and Muscat as it is external powers, and the explicit framing of regional security without foreign militaries is a standing Iranian position aimed at driving a wedge between Gulf capitals and their Western security guarantors. Qatar and Oman have served as intermediaries in past Iran channels, so the nod to their role is consistent with established back-channel form and worth noting as a signal of where any negotiation traffic runs. The distinction that matters for pricing is between de-escalatory talk and anything touching the Strait of Hormuz, insurance and freight costs, or Saudi-Iranian diplomatic tempo, since crude and tanker markets have tended to fade verbal goodwill quickly absent follow-through. Worth watching is whether Saudi Arabia reciprocates publicly and whether the language survives contact with the next regional flashpoint, as episodes of this kind have often been reversed by a single incident.