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This is the story of Iran, a country we once expected to visit last, as a final bow wrapped around a journey that tells the story of making human connections around the world. It's also an explanation of why we're traveling to Iran this Friday.
Persian architecture and design, Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque in Esfahan.
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What does it feel like to travel to Iran, to fly into the country for the first time? Here’s the story of our flight to Tehran including some things you might expect, and some others you might not.
Destination: TEHRAN. I ogle my boarding pass at the departure gate in Istanbul. We bought the tickets months before, all easy enough. So easy in fact that we wondered if the day of our flight would actually ever come; a rejected visa application snatching it all away in a breath.
But our Iranian...
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Persia's Qajar dynasty kings knew how to have a good time. (Some may argue that they did so at the expense of their subjects and their country, but that's another matter entirely.)
For now, a visual. Take a peek inside the lavishly tiled and ornate Khalvat-e-karimkhani room at Golestan Palace in Tehran, Iran. Imagine Qajar dynasty kings from 200 years ago relaxing with a water pipe in this cool outdoor lounge and waiting to greet their subjects from their marble throne.
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There's nothing like early morning light falling through a stained-glass window…casting designs on a Persian carpet…amidst immaculately tiled pink columns.
This is the winter prayer hall inside the Pink Mosque in Shiraz, Iran.
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This is a story of a woman I met on a train in Iran and a letter she wrote to me — a letter I now read through tears.
My heart sank as I watched the news from Iran this morning, scenes of the British Embassy being charged by an angry mob in Tehran. It saddens me – angers me, really – that narrow groups like this who define the world’s perception of Iran and the Iranian people are in reality such a small percentage of the country's population.
My experience tells me they are the outliers, y...
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Iran is again catching its share of headlines. So it seemed as good a time as any to share the story of our exit from the country — hopping a train en route from Tehran across the border to Turkey, then all the way to Istanbul. One of the finest and most surprising segments of our around-the-world journey.
All aboard the Midnight Express (Tehran to Istanbul)!
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Iran is fast becoming a magnet for health tourism. The country hosted a record high of 600,000 health tourists during the first four months of the current Iranian year. This figure equals the total number of incoming health tourists during the last fiscal year (March 2018-19), according to deputy head of Iran Health Tourism Promotion Association of Iran Mohammad Panahi.
Medical tourism generated some $1.2 billion in revenue for Iran last year. The tourism sector is currently witnessing an e...
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UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee added the ancient Hyrcanian forests in northern Iran to the organization’s emblematic world heritage list. The world body made the decision during a meeting in Baku.
The forests which stretch along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea date back to 25 to 50 million years ago. UNESCO highlighted the floristic biodiversity of Hyrcanian Forests which are home to 44% of the vascular plants known in Iran.
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Chinese Nationals Can Enter Iran Without Visa
Chinese tourists will no longer need a visa to enter Iran. “The [Iranian] cabinet has agreed to waive visa requirements for Chinese nationals entering the Islamic Republic of Iran”, said the deputy head of Iran Cultural Heritage, Handcraft and Tourism Organization Vali Teymouri.
Teymouri added that the visa waiver will come into effect after due process. The unilateral decision came following years of discussions about visa-free travel between ...
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