Foreign Ministry Advises Against Travelling to Iran

Lifestyle & TravelTravel ♦ Published: January 10, 2020; 08:19 ♦ (Vindobona)

There is currently no official travel warning from the Austrian Foreign Ministry, although it advises against travel that is not absolutely necessary.

Tehran and Mount Tochal, an exciting recreation area at height of 4,000 meters in winter. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / The original uploader was Siamax at English Wikipedia. [CC BY-SA (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)]

Due to the current volatile situation in the region, it is not advisable to travel to Iran without being absolutely necessary.

On the part of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, the following statement was made:

"In the night of January 7th to 8th, 2020, Iran attacked the US Air Force base at Ain al-Assad in Iraq with missiles. A possible US reaction cannot be ruled out. It…