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Rather insane thread. Who goes to a country at war??? It's a BIKE RIDE for heaven's sake. Go somewhere else or wait a while. When there is a war in a country a State of Emergency generally prevails which means you lose all rights and protection normally afforded by your passport.

My view - if you choose to holiday in a country where bombs are falling you are an idiot. But then I would have thought that was obvious.
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Rather insane thread. Who goes to a country at war??? .
It's a pretty easy question… A lot of Americans might choose the wrong president but I don’t let it interfere with my life (or travels) more then it has to do!
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Rather insane thread. Who goes to a country at war??? ...
As far as I know there's no war in Iran. And I believe there're quite a few out there having similar questions.
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As far as I know there's no war in Iran.
Exactly - the bombs aren't falling yet - and let's all hope they don't fall!

I can understand why many people are saying not to let a possible threat put off your trip plans... but on the other hand, there are other places to ride with a 0% chance of a military attack. It's terrible that ordinary folk are having their life plans and ambitions screwed with by this threat, but IMHO I'd just throw a dart at a globe and find somewhere else to go riding with less hassle.
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Exactly - the bombs aren't falling yet - and let's all hope they don't fall!

I can understand why many people are saying not to let a possible threat put off your trip plans... but on the other hand, there are other places to ride with a 0% chance of a military attack. It's terrible that ordinary folk are having their life plans and ambitions screwed with by this threat, but IMHO I'd just throw a dart at a globe and find somewhere else to go riding with less hassle.
Yes there is a lot of other places to go but Iran has a special position because it’s the safest (or used to be) way to go to Pakistan/India/Nepal. It certainly limits the RTW-routes and Iran itself is a fascinating country (like Iraq and Afghanistan).

It’s a bit like when US bombed a pharmaceutical factory in Khartoum ( Harvard International Review: Universalism and the West ) and it became harder to pass through Sudan – suddenly both the Trans-Africa routes (at that time) were closed.

Another (and more important) factor is the people that happen to live in these countries should have the right to live without fear for bombs.
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Why?
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And then everyone has his reasons to go or not to go to places, his own way giving priority to things and his own appreciation of what is 'too dangerous'.

Taking part in traffic means you put yourself at risk. Riding a motercycle much more then riding a car. But we're used to do so, so we don't consider that risk as a risk. And then suddenly, when it's about a place we don't know, everything is much more uncertain, the perception of danger of what we don't know is totally different from what we are familiar with. What is the risk of getting bird flue? Of being crushed by a truck? of walking under a falling bomb? Try to stick numbers to it (like on a population of x million, so many people die in traffic, die from bird flue and will potentially die in an airstrike) and evaluate for youself... .
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It's not that I would CHOOSE to go to a war zone, but I'm on the Arab peninsula now (and having a ball). If Iran where closed I'd have nowhere to go, cause in Africa there's a bunch of wars going on as well.

Northern Ireland was a war zone for a long time, too...

I'd look at each country and make up my mind.

As far as rights are concerned: nobody has ANY in Iran. Nobody but US citizens has ANY while in the US. We could continue this list...

Travelling involves risk. The biggest risk, in most countries, is road traffic, particularly if you ride.
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