{"id":18333,"date":"2026-07-25T09:06:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T09:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/07\/25\/iran-kabul-embassy-free-arbaeen-visa-afghan-pilgrims\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T09:06:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T09:06:19","slug":"iran-kabul-embassy-free-arbaeen-visa-afghan-pilgrims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/07\/25\/iran-kabul-embassy-free-arbaeen-visa-afghan-pilgrims\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran&#8217;s Embassy in Kabul Announces Free Arbaeen Visa for Afghan Pilgrims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Kabul has announced that the process of issuing Arbaeen pilgrimage visas for Afghan pilgrims will be free of charge, with applicants required to pay only five euros for accident insurance.<\/p>\n<p>According to the embassy&#8217;s statement, simultaneously with the start of issuing Arbaeen visas by Iraq for Afghan pilgrims, Iranian missions in Afghanistan will also begin issuing Arbaeen pilgrimage visas. The embassy noted that the rules and conditions for this process have been communicated to the relevant companies.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Center for Foreign Nationals and Immigrants Affairs of Iran\u2019s Ministry of Interior had earlier stated that registration for Afghan pilgrims residing in Iran will begin on July 30, 2026, through the offices responsible for foreign nationals\u2019 residence and employment services (known as kafalat offices).<\/p>\n<p>According to this announcement, holders of valid residence documents \u2014 including Amayesh Card 19, valid residence booklets, passports with one-year residence, family passports, and temporary residence cards (types 1, 2, and 3) \u2014 can register and participate in the Arbaeen Hosseini ceremonies. The Arbaeen event is held annually in Iraq, attracting millions of pilgrims each year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran&#8217;s embassy in Kabul offers free Arbaeen visas for Afghan pilgrims; only a five-euro accident insurance fee applies. Registration starts July 30, 2026, for Afghans in Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}