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I am not the top-expert. But Iranians gave me their address, written in transcripted Farsi, and seemed happy to receive any mail from me. I also noted that Iranians have no problems with pictures showing them and westerners together in friendly social situations (including non-hejab at home), they often believe much less in a police state than westerners.

I think in the Farsi phrase book i read that the address is written in an order different from western countries, i.e. the person's name comes last, also i got my Persians' friends address in that order.

If you have the address in Farsi also, i personally would use the Farsi address and just write "Iran" in Roman-script onto the envelope plus maybe the city.

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According to LP and people I met, mail iwth an address in Latin script will as a rule reach the recipient.

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I sent photo's off to Iran with the address I had written in Farsi (I write Farsi), also from Holland, and received one back with the message that the address was non-existent and the others arrived without any problems. Best is to write it in both Farsi and Latin. If you need help you can contact me privately.

Groet

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thanks all for your replies!
I will write the address in both farsi and english. I can write farsi, the hardest part is to decipher the handwritten farsi they wrote in my notebook.
Thanks for offering help margotv, I might need it.

Edited by: danios

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I frequently send posts and packages to friends in Iran with the address in Latin or Roman alphabet. Absolutely no problem reaching the receiver. Just make sure to write legibly.

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I just had a case with a harmless greeting postcard from Isfahan, i.e. sent within Iran, which didn't reach the address. When the addressees called the post office, they were told that they had to personally pick up the postcard at the post office. This is at least what i was told.

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Could you not email the photos for them to be pronted off or trnferred to a usb and then printed for better qualities pictures.

I have tried writing but my letters have never arrived :-( Email is fine - especially now gmail is unblocked again!