Brennan,
If I understand the email exchange with Persian Tours, you are still "negotiating" with Persian on the exact itinerary (Turkey thru Iran to Pakistan) you need to ride to a border crossing. As a US citizen, you are required to have a guide + an itinerary approved in advance by Iran Ministry of Interior. Persian Tours can arrange your visa IF the itinerary is acceptable to Iran govt.
What is not clear from the email exchange:
Nasrin seems to say that he/ Persian Tours canNOT supply a guide to accompany you past Kerman. Is that because Persian Tour staff are forbidden by Iran govt to accompany clients past Kerman; or is it because Persian Tours will not allow (as company policy, not govt rule) its guides past Kerman ?
But if Persian Tours guide cannot accompany you past Kerman, how will the Iran Ministry of Interior approve your itinerary ??
Will the Ministry allow you, as a US citizen, to ride from Kerman to the Pak border without a guide? Or, can you get some other kind of "official" escort starting from Kerman to the border at Zahedan ?
It seems to me you need to clarify this with Nasrin (and he needs to clarify with the Ministry of Interior)
good luck
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