Visas for visiting Iraq and Iran will be issued free of charge for Iranian and Iraqi pilgrims and tourists as of early April, 2019.
That was announced by Parviz Esmaili, the deputy head of the Iranian Presidential Office for communications.
The agreement to issue free visas was reached during the historic trip to Baghdad by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
“As agreed by Iran and Iraq, visas will be issued by both sides free of charge to Iranian and Iraqi pilgrims and tourists as of early April,” said Esmaili.
Every year, millions of Iranian pilgrims travel to Iraq to visit holy shrines during Arba’een, the fortieth day after the martyrdom anniversary of third Shiite Imam, Hussein ibn Ali.
Thousands of Iraqi pilgrims also annually visit the Iranian city of Mashhad, where the shrine of the eighth Shiite Imam, Ali ibn Musa, is located.
With the new agreement, they will no longer need to pay for visas.
Pro-Palestinian organisations took the Dutch state to court, calling for a halt to arms and…
The Iranian Consulate in the Russia city of Kazan has announced the release of two…
At least 281 humanitarian workers have died so far this year, with most of them…
Iran's national 7-a-side football team emerged victorious by defeating Ukraine at the FIFA 7-a-Side World…
The United Nations has reported a "three-fold" surge in Israeli army killing of Palestinian children…
Aid items donated by millions of Iranians within a national campaign, have reached the beseiged…