Maritime trade between Iran and Qatar has resumed after a roughly five-month suspension, Iran’s commercial attaché in Doha told state media on 5 July 2026.
Abbas Abdolkhani confirmed that shipping between Iran’s Dayyer port and Qatar’s Al Ruwais port had restarted following coordination between the Iranian embassy in Doha and Qatari authorities. The resumption follows an interim deal between Tehran and Washington that announced the end of hostilities after a four-month conflict and mandated a return to pre-war maritime traffic in the Gulf. Both ports primarily serve regional trade. In late June, an official from Iran’s Trade Promotion Organisation confirmed that Iranian goods were also being cleared at the UAE’s Jebel Ali port. However, broader Gulf transit remains contested with full commercial navigation yet to resume at pre-war levels.
Source: Reuters / Iranian State Media, 5 July 2026
