DOHA – Maritime trade between Iran and Qatar has resumed after being suspended for around five months, according to Iran’s commercial attaché in Doha, as reported by state media on Sunday.
Officials said the restoration of shipping follows developments linked to a temporary agreement between Tehran and Washington signed last month, which marked an end to recent hostilities and called for a return to normal maritime movement in the Gulf region. However, some transit routes through the Gulf remain subject to ongoing disputes.
Iranian commercial attaché Abbas Abdolkhani stated that shipping activity between Iran’s Dayyer port and Qatar’s Al Ruwais port has restarted after coordination between the Iranian embassy in Doha and Qatari authorities. These ports, located across from each other, primarily handle regional commercial exchanges.
Dayyer port had previously been affected multiple times during the period of conflict, disrupting trade flows.
In a separate development, Iranian trade officials indicated in late June that goods from Iran were once again being processed at the United Arab Emirates’ Jebel Ali Port, one of the busiest shipping hubs in the region. Authorities described this as part of a broader, gradual recovery in maritime and commercial activity between Gulf states following earlier disruptions.
Officials suggest that these developments point toward a slow but steady normalization of regional trade routes, although full stability in Gulf transit operations has yet to be fully restored.
