Iran no longer affixes visas to passports nor stamps them on entry as a response to the US sanctions on persons who have visited Iran after 2011.[2] In November 2018, the head of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism Organization (ICHTO), announced that the country will no longer stamp or put stickers to passports of foreign tourists in a bid to ease their concerns about traveling to other countries after leaving Iran.[3] In June 2019 the President of Iran ordered the Interior Ministry to implement the decision on not stamping passports of foreigners.[4] In 2011 it became compulsory to have travel insurance to get a visa to Iran.[5]