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Here you will find about
different ways of communication form / within Iran.
(For making international phone calls, you need to place 00
before the number)
Tel.
International Call :
It is normally available from hotels but you will be charged
much higher than what it really costs. The other option is
using prepaid cards which available with credits of 8,000 &
20,000 Rials at supermarkets and newspaper booths and should
be used with public Tel. booths which can be found almost in
all streets and are equipped to a card slot. By using these
cards international calls will cost you 1,200 to 20,00 Rials
per minute depending on the country you have dial.
You can also refer to Telecom offices for an operator assisted
call which costs almost the same. Another option which is
sometimes cheaper is using internet tel. cards which will be
possible by dialing a local number and then follow a computer
assisted call entering the user ID and password printed on the
card . It is usually cheaper than the other methods for the
numbers in US and the west European countries.
Long distance domestic calls (incl. mobile numbers) :
Again you can dial form the hotel, which
is expensive, But you have cheaper options like prepaid calls
or telecom offices. This costs 700
Rials at maximum.
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Local calls :
Again this can be more
expensive if you dial from Hotel. You can use prepaid
cards and any Iranian coin for making local calls from
public Tel. booths. There are also some free Tel. booths
in public places like Airports, Train station, bus
terminals and hospitals. Some of the Tel. booths with card
slots in these places are free for local calls. Local
calls cost about 15 Rials per minute. |
Mobile
The present mobile phones
are very expensive and it costs about US$1200.00 to buy a SIM
card for going mobile. Foreign mobile phone are not usable in
Iran unless a few brands like Turkcell.
Thurayya Satellite phones are also covered in Iran and can be
used.
Internet
Internet is a reliable way of
communication from Iran and you can find internet cafes
almost everywhere and at an acceptable bandwidth. It costs
about 8,000 Rial per hour to be connected through an
internet cafe. Many hotels also offer internet
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Fax
Again through hotel or telecom
offices.
Post
Post offices can be also found easily and you can make your
domestic/international posts at any of them using a variety of
systems. You can find more information and trace your posts
online at
www.irpost.com
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