Iran
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 1:12 pm
Is Iran a no-go place for Westerners? Like if I rocked up for a bit of sightseeing outside the cities would I get my head chopped off on a YouTube video?
Anyone else?
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Re: Iran
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 1:30 pm
Re: Iran
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 1:32 pm
Fuck sake, Jim
Anyone else?
Anyone else?
Re: Iran
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 1:35 pm
The g-men seem to think you shouldn't go: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/iran
The FCO advise against all but essential travel to the rest of Iran.
British travellers to Iran face greater risks than nationals of many other countries due to high levels of suspicion about the UK and the UK government’s limited ability to assist in any difficulty.
There’s a risk that British nationals could be arbitrarily detained in Iran despite their complete innocence. British nationals were arbitrarily detained in 2010 and 2011, and there is a risk of this occurring again. A group of eight Slovak paragliders were arrested in May 2013 and three US hikers were arrested near the Iraqi border in 2009.
Re: Iran
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 1:40 pm
Interesting. I'd be heading top right bit near Azerbaijan. Is Azerbaijan any better? 
Re: Iran
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 1:44 pm
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advise against all travel to Nagorno-Karabakh and the military occupied area surrounding it. There have been ceasefire violations along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border and Line of Contact which resulted in a number of deaths and casualties. See Local travel
Anyone who has visited Nagorno-Karabakh without the permission of the Azerbaijani authorities will be refused entry to Azerbaijan.
All British nationals travelling to Azerbaijan must obtain a visa in advance. See Visas.
There is a general threat from terrorism. See Terrorism.
Around 7,000 British nationals visit Azerbaijan every year, mainly on business. Most visits are trouble free.
Re: Iran
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 1:44 pm
Is it for a holiday? surely there are other places you could go that don't risk being randomly arrested and beheaded?
Re: Iran
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 1:45 pm
The borderlands by Iran are probably the only bit of Azerbaijan you definitely DON'T want to go - it's in the process of becoming (or not) a republic and is currently under fairly heavy military control.wub wrote:Interesting. I'd be heading top right bit near Azerbaijan. Is Azerbaijan any better?
Re: Iran
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 1:47 pm
So that'll be a no then, ah well 
Re: Iran
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 2:53 pm
You should be ok in tehran.
just dont shave for a minute and dress like a local.
just dont shave for a minute and dress like a local.
Re: Iran
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 2:57 pm
Why are you travelling? You live in Holiday.
Re: Iran
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 3:00 pm
Looking for things to climb. Sabalan seemed a possibility, but couldn't find any reviews or discussion about climbing it online. Now I know why.magma wrote:Why are you travelling? You live in Holiday.
Re: Iran
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 3:00 pm
why do u wanna go iran lol
when i see these banged up abroad programmes i just think why the fuck did u even wanna go ther
or ppl who sail through the pirate bits of Somalia ffs
when i see these banged up abroad programmes i just think why the fuck did u even wanna go ther
or ppl who sail through the pirate bits of Somalia ffs
Re: Iran
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 3:02 pm
Iran is a beautiful country tbh.
just alittle dangerous. nothing different from the amount of drugs you take on the weekend
just alittle dangerous. nothing different from the amount of drugs you take on the weekend
Re: Iran
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 3:06 pm
Climb that big hill behind Benelmadena, there's a chap up the top who'll let you look through his telescopes if you go on an evening of the right day and you can get the cable car back down to Tivoli World and go on the go karts. I bet they don't have safely underpowered go karts in Iran.wub wrote:Looking for things to climb. Sabalan seemed a possibility, but couldn't find any reviews or discussion about climbing it online. Now I know why.magma wrote:Why are you travelling? You live in Holiday.
Have you been up to Sierra Nevada incidentally? Slightly rubbish for skiing given that it's usually packed, but BEAUTIFUL.
Re: Iran
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 3:07 pm
Am climbing Mulhacén in a couple of months.magma wrote:Have you been up to Sierra Nevada incidentally? Slightly rubbish for skiing given that it's usually packed, but BEAUTIFUL.
Re: Iran
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 3:08 pm
yeah but they're fucking deranged places
not that bothered about a pretty mountain if my odds of being mutilated are 2 to 1
not that bothered about a pretty mountain if my odds of being mutilated are 2 to 1
Re: Iran
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 3:27 pm
Don't believe what the media tells you. Iran is a beautiful country.
Re: Iran
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 3:37 pm
yeah. ignore advice from your government cos a bloke on the internet tells you its beautifulNihilism wrote:Don't believe what the media tells you. Iran is a beautiful country.
Re: Iran
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 3:39 pm
Did you ever went to Iran then, smart-ass?Riddles wrote:yeah. ignore advice from your government cos a bloke on the internet tells you its beautifulNihilism wrote:Don't believe what the media tells you. Iran is a beautiful country.