Tehran, YJC. Diplomat says Iran is ready to revoke visa requirements for visitors from neighboring countries if it could make deals with those states.
"The Islamic republic of Iran is ready to revoke visa or
facilitate visa issuing for all countries, especially the neighbors, if they
take similar action,” said Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular,
Parliamentary and Iranian Expatriates' Affairs Hassan Qashqavi.
The senior diplomat cited Kuwait as an example, adding that
Iran is planning to waive visa requirements for Kuwaiti nationals as the Arab
country no longer demands Iranian visitors to obtain visas.
Qashqawi, who was addressing a national conference on healthcare
tourism, stated that Iran has nearly halved tariffs for issuing health visas
compared to the fees charged for ordinary visas.
"This is a testament of Iran’s cooperation ... to ease
traveling to Iran for foreign nationals,” he said.
He noted that Iran is a safe destination for foreign
tourists as there has been no report of any incident for foreigners visiting
the country over the past few years.