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Iranians Request Direct Flights From U.S.

Where: Iran
January 26, 2006 at 9:17 AM | by | Comments (0)

According to Airwise News, Iran has asked the United States to allow direct flights between the two countries after a twenty year direct flight drought.

The decision to make the request was taken by hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad due to demand from the large Iranian community living in the United States.

The reason these flights have to be direct?  The Iranians are sick of losing their baggage on connecting flights.

Could lost baggage open the door to diplomacy?  Time will tell, but nothing pisses off a traveler more than lost baggage, so there is hope.

Iranian airliners have been barred from the United States since the US government broke ties with Tehran after the 1979 Islamic revolution.

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· Nonstop Flights from US to Iran [Online Travel Review]
· Iran Tourism [TripAdvisor]

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