Paying in Iran

Hi all,

Me and a friend will visit Iran this July for two weeks. I heard earlier that foreign cards (I'm Dutch) are not accepted in Iran, but this was before the sanctions were lifted. Does anybody know the current situation? Can we use local ATM's or do we need to take cash money?

Thanks in advance,

Joran de Haan

All the sanctions are not lifted.
You need to carry all your cash/money with you.
It can be € as you are from the Euro zone.

Michel

Still some of the sanctions are on... .

Hiya! :)

MasterCard and VisaCard do not work in Iran.
But, you might be able to open an account at a branch of an Iranian bank somewhere in Europe. Although I'm not sure.

American Department of Treasury won't let Iranian banks use MasterCard system. :)

More details can be found here
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Tehran#Safeguarding_money

Good luck! :)

The way with opening a tourist account with an Iranian bank means that you will only get the official exchange rate, exchange rate on the street gets you nearly 15% more of Iranian money. All hotels have lockers or a safe for your money because they know of the situation.

I have just been in Iran for 23 days and had no problem with that. I just went to the legal but private exchange offices at Ferdowsi Street in Tehran and allways deposited my money with the reception of my hostels/hotels.

Regards, Marcus

The way with opening a tourist account with an Iranian bank means that you will only get the official exchange rate, exchange rate on the street gets you nearly 15% more of Iranian money. All hotels have lockers or a safe for your money because they know of the situation.

I have just been in Iran for 23 days and had no problem with that. I just went to the legal but private exchange offices at Ferdowsi Street in Tehran and allways deposited my money with the reception of my hostels/hotels.

Regards, Marcus

MarcusBaumgartner is right. But, you can change your money on Fersowsi Street and then put in a bank account. For example, at Melli-ye Iran Bank (bmi.ir) and get a tourist card that works with all POS devices

You are so right my friend. That should have been my idea. facepalm

MarcusBaumgartner is right. But, you can change your money on Fersowsi Street and then put in a bank account. For example, at Melli-ye Iran Bank (bmi.ir) and get a tourist card that works with all POS devices

of course , cash in euro , $, ...
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Hi All!

Thanks for the input. We´ve got it sorted out now and ready to go!

Happy travels!

Joran

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