Kuwait Names First Ambassador to Iran in over Six Years

A handout picture released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry on August 13, 2022 shows Kuwait's newly-appointed ambassador to Iran, Bader Abdullah Al-Munaikh, handing a copy of his credentials to Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian (L) in Tehran. (Photo by Iranian Foreign Ministry / AFP)

Kuwait has appointed an ambassador to Iran, both countries said on Sunday, more than six years after recalling its top envoy to Tehran in solidarity with Saudi Arabia after it severed ties with the country in 2016.

Ambassador Bader Abdullah Al-Munaikh handed his credentials to Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian in Tehran on Saturday, Iran's foreign ministry said on its website. Kuwait's foreign ministry confirmed Munaikh was appointed envoy to Iran.

Iran already has an ambassador in Kuwait.