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2025-10-12 17:04
Minister urges overhaul of transport, preservation of historical districts to strengthen tourism
TEHRAN – Transport and Urban Development Minister Farzaneh Sadegh has called for stronger collaboration between the transport and tourism sectors to revitalize historical urban areas and upgrade public transport infrastructure in a bid to support the country’s tourism industry.
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2025-09-13 17:33
Iran, Tunisia to revive tourism cooperation
TEHRAN – Iran and Tunisia have agreed to revive economic and tourism cooperation and are preparing to reconvene a joint economic commission after years of suspension, sources reported following a visit by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to Tunis.
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2025-08-27 17:37
Qeshm-Mashhad direct flights start to boost religious tourism
TEHRAN-- Direct flights to the holy city of Mashhad in Khorasan Razavi province from the Persian Gulf island of Qeshm began this week in a move to the development of religious tourism and economic ties, the director general of Qeshm International Airport has said.
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2025-08-20 17:59
Iran, Belarus agree to launch direct flights, ease visa rules
TEHRAN – Iran and Belarus have agreed to launch direct flights and expand tourism exchanges during President Masoud Pezeshkian’s visit to Minsk, Iran’s tourism minister said on Wednesday.
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2025-08-10 17:03
Gorgan–Aktau flights to resume after weeks of halt
TEHRAN – Flights between Gorgan in northern Iran and Aktau in Kazakhstan is scheduled to resume after a temporary suspension caused by regional conflict and security concerns.
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2025-04-29 17:50
Direct flights to be launched between Urmia and Istanbul
TEHRAN - A new direct flight route between Urumia, the capital of Iran’s West Azarbaijan province, and Istanbul is set to be launched within days.
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2025-02-18 18:21
Tehran ready to establish more direct flights between Iranian and Chinese cities
TEHRAN - The Iranian ambassador to China has announced Tehran's readiness to develop the tourism industry between the two countries and also increase direct flights from different Iranian cities to different regions of China.
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2025-01-31 17:47
France cancels Iran’s first post-suspension flight to Europe
TEHRAN – On Thursday, Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization issued a statement over an unexpected decision by French civil aviation authorities to cancel a long-planned Tehran-Paris flight, which was set to resume operations after months of suspension due to European sanctions.
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2025-01-18 17:34
Putin underlines stronger Iran-Russia cooperation in tourism and direct flights
TEHRAN - Russian President Vladimir Putin during a joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian emphasized the importance of strengthening bilateral tourism cooperation and further direct flights.
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2025-01-12 17:53
Flights from Gorgan to Istanbul to begin next week
TEHRAN – Weekly flights between Iran’s Gorgan and Istanbul are set to commence on January 21, the director-general of Golestan province’s airports said on Sunday.
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2025-01-01 17:28
Tehran, Dushanbe discuss enhanced tourism, cultural collaboration
TEHRAN - Iran’s Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts, Seyyed Reza Salehi-Amiri, met with Tajikistan’s Ambassador to Iran, Nizomiddin Zohidi, on Tuesday at the ministry’s headquarters in Tehran to discuss strengthening ties in tourism and cultural cooperation.
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2024-11-17 17:46
Flights between Sanandaj, Kurdistan Region of Iraq proposed to strengthen tourism
TEHRAN – Moslem Shojaei, the director of marketing and foreign tourism development at Iran’s Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts, has announced promising outcomes from Iran’s recent tourism roadshow held in Sulaymaniyah, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
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2024-06-14 18:27
Mashhad-Lar flights re-established after 14-year hiatus
TEHRAN - After a 14-year hiatus, the Mashhad-Lar flight service has been re-established, fulfilling a long-standing demand for pilgrims traveling to the holy shrine of Imam Reza (AS).
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2024-05-18 18:37
Iran calls for Russian partnerships in tourism development
TEHRAN - The Iranian Ambassador to Russia, Kazem Jalali, has extended an invitation to Russian firms to invest in Iran's tourism infrastructure.
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2024-05-05 17:20
Tehran, Riyadh consider re-establishing direct flights
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has held discussions with his Saudi Arabian counterpart, Faisal bin Farhan, regarding the facilitation of commercial visas and the resumption of direct flights between the two nations.
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2023-10-16 18:07
Iran tourism minister calls for stronger cooperation between Tehran, Minsk
TEHRAN – Iranian tourism minister Ezzatollah Zarghami has called for closer ties between the Islamic Republic and Belarus. Launching direct flights and a visa simplification agreement were among the proposals offered by the minister.
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2023-09-01 17:56
Tehran eyes closer tourism ties with China
TEHRAN—Iran’s deputy tourism minister Ali-Asghar Shalbafian has called for closer tourism ties with China, Mehr reported on Friday.
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2023-08-19 19:08
Launch of Qeshm-Sulaymaniyah direct flights discussed
TEHRAN – Tourism officials from Qeshm and Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region have discussed the launch of direct flights between Sulaymaniyah and the southern Iranian island.
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2023-07-16 21:30
Jazeera Airways launches Tehran-Kuwait City service
TEHRAN - Jazeera Airways has launched flights from Tehran to Kuwait City from the Imam Khomeini International Airport.
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2023-05-20 20:55
Iran’s Shalbafian, Tatarstan’s Ivanov explore ways to step up cooperation on tourism
TEHRAN— On Friday, Iran’s deputy tourism minister Ali-Asghar Shalbafian and Tatarstan’s chairman of the state committee for tourism, Sergey Ivanov explored ways to expand cooperation on tourism.
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2023-04-15 18:10
Tehran, Riyadh consider tourism boost after seven-year hiatus
TEHRAN – Tehran and Riyadh are considering ways to widen tourism cooperation, such as easing visa procedures and re-establishing routine direct flights after more than seven years of diplomatic estrangement.
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2022-11-12 23:40
Iran, Tajikistan eager to increase direct flights
TEHRAN –Iran and Tajikistan are eager to increase the number of weekly flights between the two countries, IRNA reported on Saturday.