Tehran has banned citizens of 32 countries from entering Iran.

Axar.az reports that the decision was made by the Iranian Civil Aviation Organization.

According to the decision, the United Kingdom, Angola, South Africa, Argentina, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burundi, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Esvatini, French Guinea, Lesotho, Guyana, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia. Citizens of Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Rwanda, Seychelles, Suriname, Tanzania, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zambia, and Zimbabwe cannot enter Iran. Mohammad Hassan Zibaksh, an official with the organization, said the decision was aimed at preventing new strains of the coronavirus.