Foreign oil tankers in Iraq's territorial waters, after unidentified attacks targeted vessels carrying Iraqi fuel oil, according to Iraqi ports officials, near Basra, Iraq March 12, 2026. REUTERS/Mohammed Aty
Aug 22 (Reuters) – Iran has granted permission for a number of Iraqi oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz following repeated requests from Baghdad through various channels, Iran’s state news agency IRNA reported on Saturday.
IRNA said obtaining special permission for Iraqi tankers was one of Baghdad’s main requests during Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf’s visit to Iraq.
Iraqi President Nizar Amedi said on Saturday that Iran had facilitated the passage of vessels carrying Iraqi oil through the Strait in recent days and Baghdad had discussed the export of Iraqi oil through Hormuz with Iranian officials.
The issue remained complicated, he added, speaking at the Baghdad Dialogue policy conference.
Read Also: Thousands Of Trucks Haul Iraq’s Oil Through Syria In Sign Of Hormuz Legacy
Iraq has been among the countries most affected by Iran’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Traffic in the strait remains significantly below pre-war levels and ships continue to face attacks in the area.
Iraq produced around 4 million barrels of oil per day before the outbreak of the Iran war.
Baghdad is working to expand its exports through Turkey’s Ceyhan port and also to begin exporting oil through Syria’s Baniyas port and Jordan’s Aqaba port, Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi said on Friday.
(Reporting by Eman Abouhassira in Dubai and Muayad Hameed in Baghdad; Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise, Alexandra Hudson)
(c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2026.
This article contains reporting from Reuters, published under license.
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