As i read as there are more good representations about his reputation than bad on the HUBB then i start a thread about Hossein for clarification his situation but the thread pulled, can someone tells us why ??
Btw i am not trying to cover his mistakes he made in the past or advertising his services ,i just sharing my own information.
The member "Fern" said : his 'friends'/or himself does not like being questioned. but i would like being questioned

Regards!

thanks for your reply..

maybe a little more genuine advice and knowledge of your home country and travel experience than automatically recommending the paid services of someone you know?

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Thanks for your reply and helpful advice :thumbup1:

Greetings !

For all the reasons you state, a Mod (me), with the agreement of the owners, pulled the entire thread you refer to. Spamming by Hossein, or his proxies (including Soleyman) is not permitted. Should Hossein wish to become a registered vendor and follow the rules, then fine, no problem, but free spam is not allowed.

thanks Chris for clarifying

Dear Chris
No worries about thread now i understand why it has been pulled ,but as i talked to him few months ago he would like to become a registered vendor and wants to pay the expenses for advertising too ,but how he must do that ?
Btw i sent you PM bier

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As you read above and thanked Fern for already...

To come back to the original topic:

We crossed into Iran from Turkmenistan mid-November 2013 by car and stayed there for two month (exit Bandar Abbas -> ferry to Sharjah).

When we applied for the invitation (authorization number), we were told that we are not allowed to go by our own car unless we take a guide. So we said we will leave the car back in Uzbekistan -> got invitation and with that the visa.

At the Iranian border from Turkmenistan the only thing we needed for the car was the Carnet de Passage. It was no problem to enter by car - nobody asked about a guide. Also the extension of the visa after a month was without problems - there we mentioned that we are by car.

That was how it worked for us! I don't want to make any generalizations out of that!

OK, sounds like the MFA have changed their ideas, but the borders don;t know about it... sweet, just what I wanted to hear! :thumbup1:

Which border crossing from Turkmenistan did you use?

Same here... ;-)
Even tough I did send a mail to the embassy here in Belgium to try and get an updated confirmation for a yes or no.

We crossed Sarhakhs - we had to argue a bit with the Turkmenistan border guys over our route (we entered Dashoguz, so the closest border crossing would have been the one near Ashgabat) - but when we said that our Iranian visa is only for the Sarhakhs border, they agreed ...

Still no answer from the consulate.

This is the answer that I got from an agency:

So this doesn't look good at the moment to be honest.... and we were just hoping all would become easier in the future!

I am in the same position – hoping to enter Iran for 2-3 weeks around the early /middle part of May.

I recently applied online - and paid GB£80 - for a visa authorisation number/code through this agency 16 days ago, on February-10th - Persian Voyages. I am still waiting for a reply. I should hear back from them very soon now, I hope.

I have elected to personally collect my visa stamp from the Iranian Consulate in Dublin, Ireland, although I will need to be careful which day I select to go there (see below).

Iranian New Year March 21st and visa disruptions

It is worth mentioning that The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Iran does not generally process visa applications for around a month, from the first week in March. Anyone hoping to visit Iran should, therefore, ensure that their application is processed outside this time-frame. Iranian Consulates are also often closed for several days throughout this period, which needs to be taken into consideration, especially if the intention is to personally visit the Consulate in question.

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Yunno, I really do not understand what is going on here? I thought that lately diplomatic relations between Iran and the West have been growing friendlier - not more hostile. Indeed, the Iranian Embassy in London was re-opened only last week on Feb-20th, which must be a good sign and proves the point - link

There is no-way I will want to visit Iran accompanied and constrained by a local guide, which would be difficult to carry out, especially when I’ll already be riding 2-up on a motorcycle!

It will be interesting to see how this all works out. I/we will soon find out.

First Pakistan is off the list (for me) – and now maybe Iran too. :(

Ho-Hum!
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Hi Keith,

Yeah, same problem here as you've already understood.

That's why we changed our plans to go again to central asia, so by the time we've done what we want to do there it will be sept/okt and hopefully we'll know exactly what's the policy or Iran by that time.

If a guide is necessary then we go back the same way we came, through KZ and RUS. If one can ride freely again in Iran we'll come back through Iran Inch Allah!

It frustrates me a lot as I get a 50/50 at this time ind yesses and no's about the guide, so I hope by changing our plans completely and allowing more time before needing to know 'how to' it will be sorted.

it's a shame as Iran was on the top of my list of places yet to see...

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