The director of Russian Foreign Ministry's Consular Department said Tehran and Moscow plan to start negotiations on removing visa requirements.
Russian-Iranian consultations where we'll discuss a draft agreement on visa-free group tours will take place in Tehran on November 23," Yevgeny Ivanov" told.
The draft has been handed to the Iranian side for scrutiny and we have received certain remarks and corrections from them," he added".
"We'll continue refining the text in a hope that work on it will be brought to completion shortly and we'll put up for signing," Ivanov further said.
In January, Head of Russia's Federal Tourism Agency Oleg Safonov described Iran as the 'safest country' in the world for tourism industry.
Iran is home to some of the world's oldest cultural monuments, including 19 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and its varied terrain ranges from desert setting to ski resorts.
