Qatar Resumes Ferry Service to Iran, Citing Economic Ties

According to a recent piece in the UAE’s The National, Qatar has allowed an Iranian shipping oufit, Valfajre8 to resume service from Doha to ports in Iran, after a hiatus. Sources cited refer to Qatar’s desire to improve economic ties and facilitate exchange with Iran. According to websites belonging to other Iran-owned ferry companies, service between Gulf Arab ports and Iran (Kish and Bandar Abbas, for example) has been suspended indefinitely. In the wake of the presidential elections in Iran, Kuwait-based Al Jazeera airlines summarily suspended service on a busy Mashad-Bahrain route. –EDC

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