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Originally Posted by lhendrick
Any Americans have luck getting a Visa to transit Iran west to east recently or have be balled it up with our threats to bomb the place?
An American.
**EDIT ** OK, so I took a look online and see that Iran is not issuing visas for unescorted, non tour guide related visits for Americans, so seems unlikely I would get to ride across unescorted.Anyone who knows more is welcome to add....
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AFAIK, your **EDIT** is correct: Americans are only issued Iran visas if part
of an approved tour guided by an Iranian tour company on a specific itinerary.
The first (and at the moment, last) such moto tour for Americans was in 2006 by Guided Motorcycle Tours & Adventures, Mexico, Central America, Europe, Asia - MotoDiscovery.
You could--in theory--arrange an escorted transit itinerary ride west to east by yourself if you were willing to pay all the costs (including hotel + vehicle) of an accompanying guide who works for an Iranian travel agency approved by the Iran govt.
To my knowledge, no rider traveling on a USA passport has done that in
the last ten years. But there's always a first
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