Communication
Telephone:
IDD service available. Country code: 98. Outgoing
international code: 00.
Telex/telegram:
Facilities are available at the Central Telegraph
Office, Meydan Sepah, Tehran. There are also telex
facilities at the major hotels.
Post:
Post Offices are
found throughout all cities, towns and villages.
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Duty Free
The import of following goods into Iran is strictly
prohibited: Alcohol, narcotics, guns and
ammunitions, radio apparatus and obscene
publications. Each passenger leaving the country is
permitted to take his/her own personal luggage as
well as Persian handicrafts, Gelims and one carpet
(not bigger than 3 sq meters) as long as they are
not antiques. Export of all antiques such as gems,
coins, handwritten manus-cripts is prohibited.
To export musical instruments, a permit is required
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Dress
According to the Islamic and social beliefs in Iran,
it is necessary for women to be modestly covered &
wearing ahead scarf. |
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Language
Persian (Farsi) is the most widely spoken language.
Arabic is spoken in Khuzestan in the southwest, and
Turkish in the northwest around Tabriz. English,
French and (to a lesser extent) German are spoken by
many businessmen and officials. |
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Location
Middle East.
Area:
1,648,000 sq km (636,296 sq miles).
Population :
70,727,000 (1998 estimate).
Population Density :
35 persq km.
Capital :
Tehran. Population :
8,042,584(1994)
Geography : Iran is located in the Middle East,
bounded to the north by the CIS and the Caspian Sea,
the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan, the south by
the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, and the west
by Iraq and Turkey.
The center and east of the country is largely barren
undulating desert, punctured by Qantas (irrigation
canals and tree eases, but there are mountainous
regions in the west along the Turkish and Iraqi
borders and in the north where the Alburz Mountains
rise steeply from a fertile belt around the Caspian
Sea. |
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