Restrictions on Passenger Transportation Eased

The Health Ministry has issue a new directive relaxing Covid-19 restrictions on passenger transportation as of Nov. 22.
As per the directive, airplanes will be allowed to utilize 100% of their passenger capacity, up from 60% in the wake of the pandemic. This is while passenger ships, buses and trains will be allowed to use 80% of their capacities.
“After 80% of the population are vaccinated, marine, rail and road transportation can also be operated at full capacity,” reads the directive as reported by Mehr News Agency.
Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development Shahram Adamnejad forwarded the directive to the Civil Aviation Organization, Ports and Maritime Organization and Iran Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization.
For domestic flights, passengers need to carry either their vaccination card or a negative PRC test result (taken within 72 hours before takeoff). For international flights, passengers need both of these documents with a negative PCR test taken within 96 hours of takeoff.
For road travel, there is a need for either a negative PCR test taken within two hours of the departure or a vaccination card. 
To be able to travel domestically on a marine vessel, passengers need either a vaccination card or a negative PCR test taken within 72 hours of the departure. For international marine journeys, passengers are required to have both their vaccination card and a negative PCR test taken within 96 hours of the departure.  
Passengers traveling by train also need to have a vaccination card as well as their negative PCR test result (taken within 72 hours of the departure). 
The directive mandates social distancing during boarding and disembarking, and for preventing crowding.