Russia stops issuing visas to Iranian citizens

27 February 2020


Starting from February 28, Russia stops the issuance of ordinary and transit visas to Iranian citizens, except for business and humanitarian ones. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova.


Flights between Iran and Russia carried out by Iranian airlines and  Aeroflot, according to her, will not be stopped yet but the monitoring of the situation will continue.


According to the latest data, the number of infected with the coronavirus in Iran has exceeded 100 people.


There were at least 139 cases, and 19 people died as a result of the disease.

 

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