Visa IRAN à l'aéroport : News AFP
ça a l'air de bouger en Iran.
d'aprés l'AFP, on pourra bientôt voyager en Iran ( à condition bien sûr de ne pas être Israelien ) pendant 1 mois avec un visa délivré à l'aéroport !!!
Bien que l'AFP, comme son nom l'indique, est française, je n'ai pas trouvé la dépêche en français.
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Iran to start issuing tourists 15-day visas upon arrival
New policy includes U.S. nationals but excludes israelis
By Agence France Presse (AFP)
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
TEHRAN: Iran announced Monday it would allow foreign tourists, including U.S. nationals but excluding Israelis, to acquire 15-day tourist visas upon arrival in the Islamic Republic. A government official said the decree, approved by hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Cabinet on Saturday, was valid for all nationalities except arch-enemy Israel - which the Islamic Republic does not recognize.
The tourist visas can be extended once by another 15 days, although a stay of more than one month requires Interior Ministry approval. In the past, tourists from most countries have had to go through lengthy, complex and expensive application procedures at Iran's embassies.
Even U.S. nationals would enjoy the streamlined entry procedure, although the official said border police would continue to fingerprint Americans on arrival - a policy put in place in retaliation against U.S. immigration procedures.
The decree said the new measure was aimed at "boosting and facilitating tourist visits."
Last month Iran's state-run Tourism Development Company adopted a new slogan - "Iran, the Land of Civilization and Friendship" - to help lure more tourists.
Iran has had a tough time attracting foreign tourists since the 1979 Islamic revolution, despite offering breathtaking architectural wonders and stunning desert and mountain scenery.
Small specialist tour groups still visit, but many tourists are deterred from traveling to a country which the U.S. describes as "evil" and at the center of an international crisis over its nuclear program.
The number of tourists visiting Iran, including Shiite pilgrims, is estimated by industry sources at 700,000 a year.
Ahmadinejad's shock presidential elections win in June last year has added to tourism sector difficulties, according to industry workers, with the president now known for his call for Israel to be "wiped off the map." - AFP