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    The city of Najaf is experiencing a severe economic crisis after the imposition of US sanctions on Tehran, which led to a decline in the number of Iranian visitors and turning their hotels into empty buildings and the stagnation of shops.
    The city, which hosts the shrine of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib, is topped by a golden beacon surrounded by walls decorated with stones and Quranic verses, one of the most important holy shrines in the world.
    Every year, about 1.5 million visitors arrive in Najaf, except for the participants in the 40-day visit, the largest Shiite gathering attended by millions.
    "More than 85 percent of visitors arrive from Iran," Saeb Abu Ghneim, chairman of the Najaf Hotels Association, told AFP.
    The streets of Najaf (150 km south of Baghdad) are marked by Persian passersby and are widely traded among the population even among women, but the number of visitors is likely to decline significantly this year because the Iranian riyal has recorded a decline of more than two thirds of its value in six months .
    The value of the riyal is currently reduced to 120 thousand against the dollar in the currency exchange market, where entry to Iraq requires a visa paid for in hard currency.
    Mekbandand Mehraban, one of the few Iranian pilgrims who arrived in Najaf, says he paid $ 40, like other members of his group, for a visa to enter Iraq.
    Tourism in Iraq is limited to the religious sphere and is mainly concentrated in Najaf and Karbala, as well as other cities with Shi'ite shrines such as Samarra, north of Baghdad.
    The suspension of Iranian flights to Shi'ite shrines in Iraq is expected to have serious repercussions for a large sector of 544,000 people, directly and indirectly, according to the 2017 census.
    $ 5 billion of religious tourism destinations account for 3 percent of GDP, according to the World Travel and Tourism Council.
    With the start of sanctions, the impact was clear on the city of Najaf, which is preparing to receive visitors to religious events during August.
    At Najaf airport, where there were 35 daily flights between the two neighboring countries, only 12 flights carrying Iraqi pilgrims heading to Shi'ite shrines in Iran left today, according to officials at the facility.
    "Some hotels have cut prices by 50 percent sometimes," said Youssef Abu Tabouk, owner of the Al Balad Al Amin hotel in Najaf.
    Abu Tabouk, 85, said the offers did not change anything, stressing that "the market is in a state of collapse" without Iranian visitors.
    Iran is the second country after Turkey in terms of volume of trade with Iraq, and reached last year about 6.7 billion dollars, according to an official source at the Ministry of Commerce.



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