Rial Or Toman?

18 mei 2019 - Teheran, Iran

Your plane has just arrived in Iran, you pick up your backpack from the luggage, the officer at immigration checks the reservation of your hostel in Tehran, gives you a warm welcoming smile and happily stamps your Iranian visa, you successfully clear out of customs and your next thought is: I need money! So off you go to the next exchange place. And here is when it starts getting confusing. What's the currency in Iran? Iranian Rial? Toman? Or is it equally possible to pay in US Dollars? Don't worry, we'll tell you everything you need to know, so you won't get ripped off on your first day.
You cannot use credit or debit cards, travelers checks or ATMs. Repeat, bring all you'll need in cash.

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The official unit of Iran currency is rial, but Iranians almost always talk in terms of tomans, a unit equal to 10 rials. With inflation soaring, we sometimes convert all prices into US dollars, although fewer Iranian businesses are doing this with each passing year.
For all intents and purposes, Iran for the visitor is a purely cash economy. No credit cards. No travelers checks. Just bring cold, hard cash - preferably in high denomination euros or US dollars printed since 1996. Apart from some hotels, carpet shops and tour agencies where you can pay in dollars or euros, all transactions are in rials. Where prices are quoted in euros we will do the same. Other major currencies, such as British pounds, Australian or Canadian dollars, Swiss francs and UAE dirhams, can be changed in Tehran and other big cities, if not smaller towns. However, Turkish lira are treated with scorn everywhere except close to the Turkish border; ditto for the Afghan, Azerbaijani, Turkmen and Pakistani currencies.
Whichever currency you choose, the most important thing to remember is to bring as much as you are likely to need, then a bit more. 


 

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