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Iran waives visa-stamping rules in bid to bypass Trump measures, boost tourism
2018-11-23
[IsraelTimes] Iranian media is reporting that the country has implemented a measure allowing officials to waive rules relating to stamping visas in foreigners’ passports.

The report by Seday-e Miras, a news website affiliated with the country’s tourism department, says the decision is aimed at increasing visits by tourists.

Since 2015, people that have traveled to Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...
have faced restrictions when applying for visas to visit the United States.

In June, former NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
chief Javier Solana’s online application to enter the US was rejected for having previously traveled to Iran.

Other countries, including Israel, have applied similar measures.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  It also allows in-country training of foreign terrorists without recording their visit
Posted by: Frank G   2018-11-23 12:39  

#1  most of the tourists that come to Iran probably are there to visit one of the Shia shrines

there is also a significant number of people who left Iran who return to visit kinfolk

the no-stamp rule would be attractive to the latter
Posted by: lord garth   2018-11-23 12:23  

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