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2025-06-25 19:55
Tourism in West Asia reels from fallout of 12-Day Iran-Israel War
TEHRAN - The recent 12-day military confrontation between Iran and Israel has sent shockwaves through the tourism industry of West Asia, disrupting flight routes, stranding tens of thousands of travelers, and casting uncertainty over one of the world’s most dynamic travel regions.
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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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2025-04-28 20:09
Madrid’s trains and international airport among facilities hit by power outages
Severe power outages have affected the Spanish capital, Madrid, as well as other major cities across the country, including Barcelona, Seville and Valencia, CNN reported.
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2025-01-28 18:00
Iran, Tajikistan agree to abolish visa requirements for air travelers
TEHRAN - Tehran and Dushanbe have reached a bilateral agreement to waive visa requirements for air travel between the two capital cities, according to a statement from the Iranian Embassy in Tajikistan.
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2024-12-27 14:51
Yemen fires missile on Tel Aviv airport
Yemen’s Ansarallah on Friday attacked the airport in Israel’s commercial hub of Tel Aviv on Friday after Israeli air strikes hit Sanaa’s international airport and other targets in Yemen.
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2024-12-27 12:52
WHO chief Tedros was meters away from Israeli attack on Yemen airport
A wave of Israeli air attacks hit Yemen’s main airport just as the World Health Organization’s director-general said he was about to board a flight there, wounding one of the United Nations plane’s crew, the WHO chief has said.
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2024-10-11 17:07
Iran to introduce electronic registration for entry and exit of foreign tourists
TEHRAN - Iran is set to introduce electronic registration for the entry and exit of foreign tourists, eliminating the need for physical stamps on their passports.
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2024-09-10 18:16
Police seize haul of historical artifacts from smugglers at Tehran airport
TEHRAN - Iranian police forces have recently confiscated 1,956 historical relics from local and international smugglers at Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran.
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2024-04-22 18:13
Isfahan to establish private airline
TEHRAN – On Monday, the Isfahan tourism chief announced plans to establish a private airline in the province.
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2024-04-01 17:00
Domestic airports handle 20k flights, 2.5m passengers for Nowruz travels
TEHRAN – More than 2.5 million passengers have been transported by 20,000 flights in the course of the Persian New Year’s holidays which started on March 14, according to the deputy transport minister.
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2023-12-30 17:32
By Afshin Majlesi
Reviving heritage: Isfahan’s alleyway transformed from dust to magnificence
ISFAHAN - As the sun sets over Isfahan’s horizon, casting a golden hue upon the newly revived passageway, one cannot help but feel a sense of awe and gratitude for breathing new life into a forgotten slice of history at the heart of this timeless city.
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2023-12-19 18:09
Air travels in Iran reach 28 million in nine months
TEHRAN – Airports across Iran have seen some 28 million fliers arriving and departing since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 21), the head of the country's airport police has said.
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2023-08-30 18:25
Relief of bearded man, recovered from the UK, passes microscopic tests
TEHRAN – The authenticity of a recently recovered bas-relief has been confirmed after it passed a series of special microscopic tests in a Tehran laboratory.
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2023-07-30 19:02
COVID travel restrictions have ended in Iran
TEHRAN – All remaining COVID travel restrictions have now been lifted for passengers entering Iran.
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2023-07-19 18:29
From soldier to prince: new perspective emerges on recovered Sassanian relief
TEHRAN – An Iranian researcher specializing in Sassanid bas-reliefs believes that a recently recovered relief from the UK depicts a prince or a man of royal blood, not a soldier.
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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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2023-07-10 18:41
Recovered Iranian carving seized by UK border patrol goes on show at National Museum
TEHRAN – This morning, an ancient Iranian carving returned by the UK after it was recovered from smugglers at Stansted airport was put on show at the National Museum of Iran in downtown Tehran.
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2023-06-23 17:59
3,680 antiquities seized by police at Tehran airport
TEHRAN – Iranian police have recovered hundreds of coins and artifacts while inspecting the suitcases of departing travelers in the Imam Khomeini International Airport, southern Tehran.
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2023-04-15 20:00
Mashhad’s foreign arrivals surge 99% year on year
TEHRAN – The number of foreign visitors arriving in Mashhad jumped 99 percent in the past Iranian calendar year (1401, which ended on March 20) compared to a year earlier, a local official said on Saturday.
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2023-03-06 18:43
Tehran maintains pre-departure COVID test requirements for non-Iranian nationals
TEHRAN – Iran is to scrap COVID negative test on arrival rule for Iranian nationals, but it decides to maintain pre-departure COVID test requirements for overseas travelers.
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2022-11-11 11:05
Iran advises citizens not to visit Australia
TEHRAN - Iran has advised its citizens not to travel to Australia for the “possibility of arbitrary arrests.”
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2022-10-22 18:32
Foreign travels to Mashhad rise 311 percent year on year
TEHRAN—The number of foreign travelers to Mashhad, one of the holiest places for Shia Muslims, jumped 311 percent during the first half of the current Iranian year (started March 20), compared to the same period a year earlier.
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2022-07-19 21:00
Qeshm Air to launch Muscat-Noshahr flights
TEHRAN - Iran’s Qeshm Air on Tuesday announced it is about to launch flights connecting Muscat to Noshahr based on the hub and spoke model.
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2022-05-23 19:16
Iran eases COVID-related restrictions on intl. travelers
TEHRAN – Iran’s National Headquarters for Coronavirus Control on Sunday issued a new set of rules for incoming international travelers, easing restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic as the Islamic Republic records low rates of infection for weeks.
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2022-05-21 18:57
Mashhad’s intl. air passenger traffic jumps 310% year on year
TEHRAN - The number of international passengers flying to Mashhad in Farvardin (March 21-April 20) soared 310 percent year on year to over 41,000, a local aviation official said on Saturday.