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Re:Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return f... by WildUtah on Saturday January 28, 2017 @06:21PM (#13510225)
US citizens can visit Iran—at Iranian discretion—with a state minder the same way US citizens can travel to North Korea. You can't travel freely and you can't travel without personal scrutiny ('extreme vetting') from Iranian officials.
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Re:Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return f... by bajsejohannes on Saturday January 28, 2017 @06:31PM (#13510319)
Citation? I know from personal experience that this is not the case for non-US citizens.
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Re:Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return f... by jpatokal on Saturday January 28, 2017 @06:47PM (#13510446)
Start here: http://triphackr.com/how-to-travel-to-iran-as-an-american/

TL;DR: Visa applications take longer (but still usually <30 days) and you must be accompanied by a guide at all times, but other than that you're free to travel around.

It's worth noting that this is considerably looser than North Korea, where you not only have a guide, but can only go to the places that have been agreed in advance and your guides permit you to go to.

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Re:Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return f... by Cacti on Sunday January 29, 2017 @12:07AM (#13512263)
Wow. None of that is true.
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