Iran wants to attract 1-2 million visitors by removing tourist visas for Russian nationals, Iranian Vice President and Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization Chief Masoud Soltanifar said Monday.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) The official, whose agency has proposed a visa waiver program betweenIran and Russia, said, asquoted bythe local IRNA news agency, that in2015 the number ofRussian tourists inIran was less than50,000 people.
In January, Iranian Ambassador toRussia Mehdi Sanaei suggested that Tehran may unilaterally cancel tourist visas forRussian citizens.