A mere $7000.00 dollars gets you 13 days of luxury trip to Iran guided by the veteran New York Times reporter Elaine Sciolino (above picture). However, if you’re gay, Jew or have an Israeli entry stamp in your passport, things might get dicey on you luxury trip.
Kevin who is an official “Times Journeys representative” puts it this way:
“…anyone with a page in their passport with an Israeli visa will be declined.”
And when it comes to one’s identity as gay or Jew, Kevin says:
“I don’t know if you’d want to tell that to everyone you met; if that would be the best idea,"
In other words, enjoy your luxury trip to a land where women are legally classified as second class citizens and are forced to wear Hijab, gays, Baha’is, journalists, activists … are persecuted.
And should you run across a public hanging or limb chopping and see it from the comfort of your sightseeing tour bus, consider it as a bonus experience included in your $7000.00 trip charge.
Besides those inconveniences, have a great 13 days of luxury trip to the Persia under apartheid rule. Bon voyage.
Sanctions works, U.S. Senate, get to it!
i've read her book, "persian mirrors". in fact, i can see it right now sitting on my bookshelf. she is a khatami groupie. i guess it makes sense: rouhani is khatami 2.0
AMIR1973,
Sciolino is the first Western journalist from a major newspaper who correctly described the Islamist fascists’ regime as a mafia. It is up to her to explain how a criminal syndicate can be “reformed.”
Let's give Elaine a break, I mean she needs to make some money too! I mean if she could get into oil and deal with mullah's and rev guard well she will be doing it, but absense of that well that is what she could think of.
Among the points of interest along the way:
A quick stop at Orumia Lake and walk for miles without getting wet,
A visit to the local vineyards where sewage water creates tasty grapes,
On to Esfahan and pretend to swim in Zayandeh Rood,
A fancy ice cream treat with palm oil at Shah Abbas Hotel,
Back to Tehran and attend a volleyball match at Azadi Complex where your female companions will be taken away to Evin for an all-ladies night out and solitary confinement,
A unique scientific experience at Milad tower where you will be exposed to a wide range of frequencies in 9-12 GHz range and parasites,
And finally spend an evening with Tehran's rich kids in fancy residences!
Dear Fred,
I did not know that about Sciolino. That is interesting. Thanks.