Quota for Arbaeen Pilgrimage Announced

There are no air tours to Iraq for annual Arbaeen pilgrimage and pilgrims can only travel individually to this country this year, provided they carry negative PCR test result, according to the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran’s spokesperson.
“The Arbaeen flights will start on Sept. 19 and continue until Oct. 2,” Mohammad Hassan Zibakhsh was also quoted as saying by IRNA.
“This year we do not have land tours to Iraq. Neither do we have any air tours to the neighboring country. Visas will be issued on a person-to-person basis and only if the PCR test result is negative.”
This is the second year in a row that Iranian pilgrims have been barred from traveling by road to neighboring Iraq for the Arbaeen pilgrimage.