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Here's some basic information for you when it comes to travel to Iran...
OFFICIAL NAME
Islamic Republic of Iran
CAPITAL
Tehran
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
Persian, Kurdish, Azeri
FLAG
MONEY
Iran's currency is the Iranian Rial (IR).
TIME
Iran is 3.5 hours ahead of GMT/UTC; thus when it's noon in Tehran, it's 8:30am in London, 3:30am in New York, 12:30am in San Francisco,
3:30am in Toronto, 6:30pm in Sydney and 8:30pm in Auckland. Daylight saving starts the first day of Farvardin and ends the first day of Mehr.
BUSINESS HOURS
RELIGION
89% Shi'ite Muslim, 10% Sunni Muslim, 1%Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, Baha'i
ELECTRICITY
 Electricity is 230V AC, 50 Hz, as in Australia, Asia and most of Europe; appliances designed
for DC supply or different voltages need a transformer.
WEIGHTS & MEASURES
Iran uses the metric system of measurements. Petrol is bought in litres and food is
weighed in kilos.
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