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Iran negotiating with US about direct flights | |
2016-01-25 | |
Iran is holding talks with the US to re-launch direct flights between the two countries, Abbas Akhoundi, the Iranian Minister of Road and Urban Development said.
Following the implementation of the nuclear deal in Jan. 16 Iran is now looking into the possibility of resuming direct flights to the United States in light of the removal of sanctions that have prohibited the country from doing so. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani pledged at the 68th session of the UN general assembly in New York in 2013 to facilitate travel to homeland for Iranian expatriates residing in the US. The US, and Los Angeles in particular, is home to hundreds of thousands of Iranian expatriates. Travelers between Iran and the US currently have to change flights in a third country, usually in Europe or the Persian Gulf states. | |
Posted by:Steve White |