"According to the decision of the National Commission for the Fight against Coronavirus and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, from today, foreign citizens are prohibited from entering Iran for 15 days," RIA Novosti quotes a message from the representative of the customs department Ruholla Latifi, cited by the Fars news agency.
According to him, the restrictions will affect Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Iraq.
On December 19, Iranian Deputy Health Minister Kamal Heidari said that the country had registered the first case of the omicron coronavirus infection.