Just had an email from Persian Voyages with my authorisation no! Its been sent to Istanbul but I'm getting it transferred to Erzurum which apparently takes a couple of days. Not cracked open an Efes yet, but I'm getting closer!

Good luck Duncan, we went with Persian Voyages too, they are a lot better than Iranianvisa.com who were frankly rubbish. We had no trouble collecting from Ankara, same day.

There's a really good thread at the moment over at Thorn Tree

HELP - Please Update Iran Visa News ... - Thorn Tree travel forum - Lonely Planet

It appeared that Brits, Americans, Canadians & Aussies have had very little success in obtaining a Visa for Iran over the previous months, but the situation does seem to be getting better. :clap: