Iranian expats are free to travel to and from the country and the government’s plans and decisions should ensure that the travel of the citizens should be trouble-free, President Ebrahim Raisi has said.
Raisi was speaking at the newly established Iranian Expatriates Supreme Council.
He said the government’s efforts are aimed at resolving the problems of Iranian expatriates, as Iran was keen to use their capabilities. The first step in this direction, he said, was to evolve the structure and decision-making structure of the Council and the secretariat of this council.
President Raisi said that the “ill-wishers of the Iranian nation” were spending tremendous efforts aimed at intimidating the Iranian expatriates so that they will not come back to their homeland, Iranian media reports said.
“But the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) and the country’s cultural apparatus should launch a campaign to make the entire Iranians realize that they can smoothly travel to Iran,” reiterated the president.
According to Iran Civil Laws, both blood and soil are the roots of Iranian citizenship, and therefore, the second and third generations of the Iranian expatriates are also considered Iranian citizens even though they might hold citizenship of other countries, said the president.
He said that the conditions for transferring money by the Iranian expatriates into Iran and their opening of bank accounts are among the other issues that need to be resolved and they should be immediately informed about the decisions made in this respect.
Devising a comprehensive law for the Iranian expatriates in which all the do’s and don’ts for them will be precisely mentioned is necessary and the Iranian Parliament should rarify that law as soon as possible, said the president.