Iran and Qatar resume maritime trade, Iranian state media reports

Maritime trade between Iran and Qatar has resumed after a roughly five-month suspension, Iran's commercial attaché in Doha announced Sunday.

Abbas Abdolkhani stated that shipping between Iran’s Dayyer port and Qatar’s Al Ruwais port restarted. This followed coordination between the Iranian embassy in Doha and Qatari authorities. The two ports primarily serve regional trade, with Dayyer port having been hit multiple times during a recent conflict.

The resumption aligns with an interim deal between Tehran and Washington signed last month. This agreement ended hostilities after a four-month conflict and mandated a return to pre-war maritime traffic in the Gulf, though transit in and out of the Gulf remains contested.

In late June, an official from Iran's Trade Promotion Organisation indicated a gradual return of trade between the Gulf's two sides. Iranian goods were reportedly being cleared at the United Arab Emirates' Jebel Ali Port, the region's largest.

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shipping between Iran’s Dayyer port and Qatar’s Al Ruwais port had resumed following coordination between the Iranian embassy in Doha and Qatari authorities.