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Iran

Passport and visa service: Visa and Passport of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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For further information: List of Iranian embassies and consulates abroad
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Official language: Persian, also called Farsi, is understood by 83% of the population.
Other languages spoken: Iran contains several minority groups which speak dialects related to Farsi. These dialects are practically in the process of extinction. Also let us note that the borders of Iran have been inhabited by many common ethnic minorities with the neighbouring states. Among the important minority linguistic groups, the Azeris (20%) and Luris (6.6%) in the North, the Kurds (9%) in the West, the Arabs (2.1%) in South-West, Turkmen (1.5%) in the North-East, Baluchis (1.3%) in the South-East deserve a mention.
Business language: English
Getting some knowledge: Persian is an Indo-European language. It is very easy to learn to speak Persian because the sounds of this language are very familiar to the Europeans (the only difficulty is the rolled r in Spanish). Father is known as b âb â, brother is called barodar, sister is known as khohar. Persian uses the Arabic alphabet. Learning to read and write is not difficult but requires time…
Free translation tools: FarsiDic - English-Farsi dictionary.
Ectaco - Farsi-English dictionary.
hexagone - Not free translation arabic-persian-arabic
logodictionary - Free dictionary arabic-farsi-arabic
ferdosi - Not free translation arabic-persian-arabic

Domestic currency: Iran Rial
ISO Code: IRR
To obtain domestic currency: Visiting an exchange agency or a bank should be sufficient. One must be wary of people who transact in the street.
Possible means of payment: The most widespread method of payment is by cash. Bank cards are accepted in department stores in the big cities.
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Automatic Teller Machines (ATM): To find out the locations of ATMs in in Iran, click on the link to your credit card: Visa, Mastercard or American Express

Type of climate: The climate is of continental type. Moreover, there are great disparities between the regions: temperatures are relatively high along the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman, temperatures are moderate and the climate is arid in the center of the country, mountainous regions are cold.
For further information: Site of information on climate in Iran
Site of information on climate in Iran

Telephone codes: To call in Iran from Tunisia, dial 00 (ou +) +98.
To call Tunisia from Iran, dial 00 (ou +) 216.
Mobile telephone standards: GSM
Internet suffix: .ir
Emergency numbers

police	110
firemen	125