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>planes full of Americans travelling there Unlike the rest of the world, Americans can only visit with organized tours.[0] [0]Unless you've got some Persian relatives you're visiting.
Is that an Iranian sanction on the USA, or US law (hoping to make it easier to spot unwanted behaviour or something)?
[0]https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-tra...
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iran - and many other countries in the world - could take you happily as a hostage if your government is considered an enemy.
Statistically speaking insanely improbable. ~5m people and thousands of Americans visit Iran every year. Unless you're a anti-govt journalist or intelligence related you have nothing to worry about. N.B. the argument that Iran will falsely label you a 'spy' feels weak to me given the order of magnitude of such detentions in recent history is in the tens. It would be equally improbably that most of these detentions we…
Extremely respected engineer both in Iran and America, ran tech initiatives for youths in Iran, a key figure in international text rendering. No political activity, but he got arrested and coerced anyway because the Iranian government wanted to force him to become a spy.
He managed to escape, but it ruined his life and career.
Here's a rough translation for anyone interested in the text in the article: The world of Colored pencils Going through the narrow alleys of the stationary bazaar, there's a name that's familiar to all and an address that's hacked on all the tradespeople's minds. If you're looking for colored pencils, everyone'll point you to Mr. Rafieh's shop. "It's been thirty years that I get my energy from setting up kids with th…