US Issues ‘Strong’ Travel Warning for Geopolitical Hot Spot
The US State Department has reiterated solid advice against travel to Iran, in particular for the two nationals, due to the risk of detention. The warning came in response to the public call from Pezeshkian, the Iranian president, the Iranians of the diaspora to return home.
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Why it matters
Iran remains under a long -standing notice of “level 4: do not travel” due to the risks of terrorism, kidnapping, unjustified detention and civil disorders. In July, the United States issued a warning concerning Iran which will work with criminal cartels to target regime criticism, including dissidents and activists, even inside the United States
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What to know
The United States has reiterated its warning to the Americans to avoid traveling in Iran in the light of tensions that have turned into a 12-day military conflict which led to American strikes on nuclear installations in the Islamic Republic in June.
According to Iranian media, Pezeshkian told officials that efforts are underway to facilitate and safer than Iranians living abroad return to the country.
“These are the country’s assets and their capacity should be used in a desirable manner,” said Eghtesad News, said Persian media. He has not explicitly mentioned dissidents or political exiles.
In recent years, criticisms of rights have declared that the Iranian regime had expanded its underground program of foreign assassinations, information and harassment of dissidents and political opponents.
What people say
US SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL SEND FOR THAREFUL AFFAIRES TAKES ON X, Tuesday: “Towards the light to point out that the Iranian president Pezeshkian encourages the Iranian diaspora to return to Iran, we repeat our strong warning: the Americans, in particular the Irano-American, should not go to Iran. The risk of unjustified detention is too big.”
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, quoted by the Iranian international website on July 26: “We must create a framework for Iranians abroad to come back comfortably and without fear, which requires coordination with the judiciary and the Ministry of Intelligence. These people are also assets of this land.”
Northwestern University website on July 17: “While the US government has advised to travel to Iran for years, the State Department has estimated an even higher risk of unjustified detention during travel to Iran for the moment.”
What happens next
In the midst of growing tensions between Washington and Tehran, the United States should maintain – and perhaps intensify – its strict travel opinions on Iran.
