Azerbaijan tightens travel restrictions on Iran
The Republic of Azerbaijan has moved to put more travel restrictions on Iranians, revoking the issuance of visa-on-arrival at its airports for Iranian citizens, Tehran Times reports.
The decision was announced by the Iranian embassy of Iran in Baku. In a statement on Friday, the embassy said that Azerbaijan will stop the issuance of visas on arrivals at its airports for Iranian citizens starting from June 23.
As of this date, Iranians seeking to travel to Azerbaijan will have to apply for a visa either through an Azerbaijani website or the Caspian country’s diplomatic missions in Iran.
Of note, Azerbaijan’s land border with Iran has been closed for travel since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
Over the last two years, tensions between Iran and Azerbaijan have been on the rise. But in recent weeks, the two countries have held several rounds of talks to soothe tensions. Last week, Nasser Kanaani, the spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry, said that the foreign ministers of the two countries have so far held four rounds of talks.
Earlier this year, Azerbaijan closed its embassy in Tehran after a gunman stormed it over familial disputes. A security guard of the embassy was killed. The assailant attacked the embassy, thinking his missing wife was inside the mission.
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