Alcohol in Iran?

By law, drinking alcohol is Harram.

As far as I know, and strictly speaking, drinking "sharab" (red wine) is haraam...

By islamic law alcohol is forbidden (haraam), the alcoholic beverages that were known in Arabia at the beginning of islam were "khamr" and "nabiidh", as far as I remember - one was wine made of grapes, the other was wine made of dates. "Sharaab" is beverage, I don´t kwow whether it is mentioned with the meaning "wine" in the qur´aan (Koran). I don´t speak Farsi, may be "shuruub" means wine there. I just wanted to drink an innocent beer in Iran in the evening. That is forbidden because islamic jurisprudence says beer is a drink with the similar effect that has"nabiidh" on you. The way those guys came to this conclusion is called "qiyaas (deduction by analogy)".

yahrib buyuuthum (may he - God - destroy their houses) ! (I`m joking)

Thanks again to all, I go to Iran tomorrow

I have read that in Saudi Arabia very many foreigners have been expelled from the country, because of possession of alcohol.

Are that similar lows in Iran, that foreigners (residents and (or) tourists) are sent out because of possession, or use of alcohol?