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Iran » Getting There

Getting There By Air

The national airline is Iran Air (IR) (www.iranair.com).

Departure Tax

Rs70,000 for all passengers leaving Iran on international filghts.

Flight Times

From London to Tehran is 6 hours.

Getting There By Water

The main port was Khorramshahr until its destruction during the war with Iraq. Following reconstruction, the port was reopened to ship traffic in 1992. Imam Khomeini (website: www.khomeiniport.com) is located in the northwestern edge of the Persian Gulf and near Iraq. The ports of Abbas and Bushehr are to be found in the Persian Gulf and Nowshahr and Anzelli on the Caspian Sea.

Getting There By Rail

RAJA Passenger Trains (www.raja.ir) operates passenger services from Tehran to Istanbul (Turkey) and Damascus (Syrian Arab Republic); from Tabiz to Djolfa (for the CIS) and Van (Turkey); and from Zahedan to Quetta (Pakistan).

Getting There By Road

Cars can also be put on boats at Venice or Brindisi and picked up at Ezmir.

For details of political conditions governing access, contact the embassy.

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Information in this section was last updated: Fri Apr 12 2013