While we were traveling in Iran, we needed information that would make our life easier. I had read everything I could find from my friends, blogs, and Iran Travel Group who had not gone to Iran, but living in Iran and studying was completely different.. So I thought of writing this article on Iranian life. This article will be updated with every change that will occur over time.

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How to Get to Iran

You can go to Iran by plane from big cities such as Istanbul, or you can fly to Van first, as we did, and then pass through Kapıköy Border Gate’. The thing to keep in mind for those who will pass through Van is that Kapikoy border is open until 3 o’clock. This information changes as 4 o’clock if you are returning from Iran.. If you forget this information, you will come back from the border.. Gurbulak Border Gate in Doğubeyazıt and Esendere Border Gate in Hakkari are open 24 hours.

Kapıköy border gate in Van is quite primitive. The distance between the Turkish side and the Iranian side is 10 steps. You can get international fee stamps from the door.. If you keep a coin, you will make it easier for the attendant sitting in his tiny cabin.. Someone may come to you and inform you that you can pass without paying this fee and send you to the passport police.. No such thing. That 15 TL will be paid and you will be able to exit that way.. While we were passing, the Iranian system collapsed and we were able to pass in 2 hours even though it was not very crowded.. We came to the border from Van by hitchhiking.. While waiting in line at the border, we hitchhiked to a vehicle again, but we were able to get out so late that the vehicle did not wait for us.

Update: Recently, the Turkish side of the Kapıköy Border Gate was built and modernized.. Photos came from friends who went. It’s very nice. You can read the latest news here.

Not everyone can hitchhike, of course.. That’s when public transport comes into play.. There are direct buses from Van bus station to Tabriz.. 70 TL per person (2018). You can also use the minibus service of Erdem Turizm, which helps us find a taxi after crossing the border.. Erdem Turizm takes it to 70 TL. When you reach the phone number 0505 084 21 65, they will help you.. Likewise, when returning from Iran to Turkey, this price is 70 Tyumen.. If you take an Iranian bus of course. He is returning via Hakkari. Towards the end of the article, I also wrote the way back.

How to Go to Iran by Car?

If you want to go with your own car, you can benefit from the experience of Özkan Çörek, who has been with his car before.. He explains:

You should deposit 200 dollars in the bank (you can get it back when the trip is over) and go to the border gate before 15.00 with the receipt.. You pay 280 lira book money and 100 lira car insurance at the door.. These are not refundable. Turkish side takes this money. free after that. 50 cents per liter of fuel, 27 liras to fill the vehicle’s tank. I fill it for 270 liras in Turkey. exactly 10 times. We traveled 4,500 km and the total fuel cost was 150 lira.. Like a joke. If I made the same trip with the fuel price of our country, it would cost 1500 TL.. For the first time in my life, I didn’t feel the need to turn off the ignition when I got out of the vehicle for five or ten minutes of work.

People don’t really close contacts in Iran. They leave it on the key and go to the grocer, the jackass. Our insides sizzled. Come on, I went through the gas, they don’t have any fear of being stolen. Gasoline 0.50 cents in Iran. All of them had tubes installed because it was expensive.. Hearing the price in us is shocked. When I hear 50 cents, I want to bang my head against the walls.. What is 50 cents? Everything is cheap for us, but life is very difficult and expensive for them.

Traffic Fines, Cameras and Iranian Plate in Iran

Another thing you should not forget when you go to Iran with your own car You cannot travel with your own license plate.. You are given an Iranian plate with Persian writing on it that you are a guest.. You have to wear this. Do not try to use your own license plate. If you’re penalized, it won’t come off the plate.. However, if a policeman cuts you a receipt, it looks like you’re leaving the border.. Also, some cars in Tehran cannot enter some streets on some days.. Our host in Tehran told us this. You could enter according to your license plate, but according to the information I found on the internet, these fines did not include the guests with the Iranian plate that was taken to indicate that you were a guest. I think the following information I have read in Iran Travel Group will be helpful:

There is a single license plate cid plate application to enter some streets.. You can pay and enter. Penalties come from the cameras. You have a guest plate, so the number on the plate is the last date you will stay in Iran.. You will deliver when you leave Iran. The penalty written on the guest plate is not visible on the plate change. Radar, security camera penalty does not come. As long as the police don’t stop it and write a ticket.. Only remove that bottom 61 plate or put the guest plate on it, Trabzon will not be everywhere for you there.. (The friend who was traveling with his own vehicle in Iran used both Turkish and guest Iranian license plates one after the other.. Warning for this reason.)

How is Hijab Implemented in Iran?

You must cover your head while waiting at the Iranian border. You will see the Iran Islamic Republic sign.. The covering they call hijab is actually in the form of accessories. The deeply religious people they call mullahs are walking around in black sheets they call tent. The color of this tent changes according to the region.. It can also be colorful with patterns.. No one cares about tourists. A shawl thrown over one-third of the head is sufficient.. When entering the mosques of the Shias, they give you blankets to cover yourself completely.. You go through tight security. The female officers are looking for you.

We have never come across someone they call the Morality Police. Only the police at Tehran Airport grabbed my arm and tried to stuff my hair inside.. The moment he realized I was a tourist, he gave up.. If you are a foreigner, there is not much interference.. I was wearing a sleeveless shirt and stretchy pants underneath.. The tunic should cover the hips, of course.. You can wear sandals or slippers on your feet.. You can choose a dress according to the season, but we have not seen many people walking around in dresses and skirts in Iran.. I don’t know if it’s under tents.

They like to wear jeans in the regions we go to Shiraz.. In our eighties, the fashion of denim coats, denim pants and sneakers is quite dominant.. There is a concept called Tehran girls. Something like Istanbul girl. Tehran girls’ hijabs are more flexible. Making a hair bun. That head covering is covered right from the bun and is definitely tucked behind the ear.. If we can’t open any part of us, it’s like we open our ears.

What I’ve read that women can’t ride bikes or motorcycles is rotten when I see a woman behind a man in the streets of Tehran, in very tight pants, wrapped around a man’s waist, but at the Shiraz bus station, I stretch out my hand to shake hands with Kaşkay The fact that the folk song Ali Qashkai warns that “we men and women do not shake hands in the street” reminds me that I am in Iran.. Life is easier for men. Normally, it is said that it is forbidden to wear shorts etc, but I have friends who traveled all over Iran with capri pants.. Men can’t undress when going to the sea, but. I intend to explain further how to enter the sea in Iran.. Everything is in order…

How to Convert Your Money to Iranian Currency?

Since we have covered our heads, we can move on to the next problem.. When you first move to Iran, the first thing you will need is money.. The first thing you need to know before you go is that Iran does not accept credit cards. The cards used by Iranians are debit cards, not credit cards.. That is, they are withdrawn from their accounts in advance.. Their coins are just like when our old ones were discarded zeros.

Both the old currency rial and the newly used toman are used at the same time. To give an example, 500,000 Rials equals 50 divisions, 50,000 Rials equals 5 divisions.. There is also 5,000 Rials, which means 0.5 divisions, but a coin you can give to the toilet etc.. It took me a while to get used to the money when I left. I was a little confused already.. Having my friend Selda by my side and her quick grasp of these issues helped us a lot.. Actually it’s simple. You calculate by subtracting two zeros from the end of the coins with Riyal on them.

Our purpose of going to Urmia is to meet Özkan’s friend Hadi, to change our money, to get an Iranian line.. There was no Iranian line at the border in Van. You can exchange money in Sarrafi in Iran. Used synonymously with Change Office. If you do not say Sarrafi, you may not be able to tell your problem.. Sarrafis work during working hours. You won’t find it open on holidays and late. Currencies of Division. They used to use Riyal in the past, but as in our money, zero is discarded and both the division and the riyal are used at the same time. When we arrived in Tabriz on a Friday, everything was closed.. Holidays in Iran are Fridays and Thursdays are half days.

Electricist Ahmet brother living in Tabriz took us to a street.. Dozens of men surrounded us, realizing that we were going to exchange money.. It was really annoying. While we were back in the car and thinking about what to do, a man came and we agreed.. We changed the money. Turkish is spoken well in Tabriz. They already call the region East Azerbaijan.. Since we could not distinguish the money well, Ahmet brother counted it and took it.. You give a face for bringing coins. Can’t find a place to put. This being the case, the man who squeezed 10,000 Rials instead of 100,000 into these coins with lots of zeros, and even an Iranian couldn’t understand it.. I say don’t exchange money on the street unless you have to.

How will you provide transportation after the border?

As soon as we crossed the border, we got it from Özkan, who had been to Iran many times before and was a teacher in Van, and İshak, who works at Erdem Tourism We tried to find Mr.. All of a sudden, men surrounded us and said no today, but we didn’t believe it.. We found the man by scrutinizing. Everyone is worried about money. I think we look like a goose to pluck. Ishak bey broke our money. That day 1 TL was 2,4 Division (2018). He found a taxi for us to visit the Shamsi Tabrizi tomb in Khoy city and drop him off in Urmia.

We agreed on 150,000 divisions.. ‎If you wait, the cars at the border run like they’re full and you pay less. Since we did not want to miss the day and wanted to see the tomb in Hoy, we agreed to pay 75 thousand Tyumen per person.. This was something like 30 liras per person.. We traveled 210 km for this money.. We changed two cities. We drank the man’s tea. we are hungry. He bought us food on the way.. In short, it’s very affordable. You can reach Erdem Turizm officer İshak Bey by calling +98 918 660 3893.

How to Buy Irancell? How Will You Use Social Media Accounts?

Irancell has prepared separate cards for tourists and Iranians.. As in other countries. An Irancell card with 20 gb during the day, 20 gb at night (between 2 and 5 o’clock) and a short talk time was 30 TL if we bought it as a tourist, 20 TL (2, 4) if we bought it from an Iranian. Come on (our Iranian friend) took two lines on himself for us. Internet works perfectly in Iran, but you need to download VPN in order to access social media accounts. Let’s install Psiphon VPN p and it worked flawlessly until we returned. Everything is forbidden in the image, but everyone finds a way. You run this program before entering social media accounts. There is no ban on Instagram. facebook banned. VPN is required to access the Internet.

Iran Travel Group, Couchrail, Couchsurfing

We learned about the money, we changed our money and got our phone line. Where is it next? how? we have to stay. There is a group on Facebook called Iran Travel Group. There are many Iranians there. Everyone helps each other when you ask for anything or need a place to stay.. We were loved very much as Turks in Azerbaijan.. It’s no different in Iran.. When they hear that you are Turkish, you will be loved as much as you have not been loved in your life.. their homes, their tables. they will open their hearts to you. You will say why I didn’t come until now.

When Iran Travel Group gets stuck, Couchsurfing (CS) steps in.. My profile in CS was not active. I didn’t have a reference either.. Of course, I had a little trouble because of that, but another Turk, Ömer, who visited Iran two days ahead of us, became a reference for us to the people he stayed.. Where Ömer got stuck, another Facebook group Couchrail came into play.. For example, we found the beautiful boy (in his own words) in Tehran.. Otherwise, there is a hotel or a hostel.. I read something that it is possible to stay in hotels in big touristic cities without being married.. If those who have experienced this write it as a comment, I can update the article.. I do not like hotel accommodation on my trips. We only used hostels for two days in Yazd, that’s all.

Language Problem in Iran and Being able to Communicate with People?

Everywhere we went to Shiraz in Iran, we were able to find someone who spoke Turkish. Didn’t come across in a Kashan. Iranians who do not speak Turkish get excited when they realize that we are foreigners.. They don’t speak Turkish, English or even Persian.. There were many people who tried to establish a dialogue in the form of hebele hube like mute.. Man goes mad. If you can’t say a word in their dialect, they’ll never understand. For example, if you say “snap”, they won’t understand you if you don’t say it the way they do.

Our luck was the Iranians who spoke Turkish on the end of the phone.. One is Bahman, whose house we stayed at in Tabriz, the other is Şeyda, who works at the Tehran consulate, and Hadi, whom we are now friends with, in Urmia.. At every point we got stuck, an Iranian who spoke Persian, picked up the phone and we could tell our troubles in Turkish, rushed to help.. We distributed the tasks and got help from these people.. Without them our life would be much more difficult.. Google Translate program didn’t work very well. We laughed a lot with the wrong translations, we had a lot of fun.. Wherever we’re going, we wrote his eyeshadow on my notebook.. Instead of trying to say where we are going at the bus station, we showed the text.. It was very successful.

What is Snap? How to use? Is it possible to hitchhike in Iran?

Whatever you say is the most popular word in Iran, I will directly say Snap.. one of two words snap. “What should we do?” snap. “What shall we go with?” Snap, “What ?”snapppp… Snap is a mobile phone app like ours Uber. We said let’s hitchhike in Tabriz, we couldn’t tell our problem. They don’t know much about hitchhiking.. Whatever vehicle you take, it is so cheap that we did not want to deal with hitchhiking.. There were many ways to go and many places to see, but if you say you will hitchhike, they don’t get paid when you say “I don’t have a stamp” (I don’t have money).. Since I have not experienced it myself, we still need the comments of the experienced owners.. Any personal car that passes by can be a Snap. They even stop if you wait by the roadside. They’re all Snap so they’re taxi drivers. Vehicles with official taxi signs are quite expensive. We haven’t seen too much. That’s why everyone uses these special tools.

Using Snap is not easy.. The application is in Persian and you need to be able to write your destination on the map.. We made this either by our hosts or by young people passing by.. Young people speak a little English. Everything is written on the program, from the license plate of the vehicle to how much it costs.. If you can read the plate of course!!! They never let you down because women are very valuable in Iran.. Even if they don’t know, they don’t let the driver get in the vehicle without warning.. I’ve never felt so safe.

Update:

I should also include the latest information of Iranian tourist guide Zohre on this subject.. He says;

Sometimes, a culture that is common in one country is considered strange by the people of another country.. There are many different cultures and habits in Iran that will be strange to tourists.. One of them is that cars that are not taxis are taxi drivers… 😄

So; Apart from the yellow and green taxis in Iran, people can also provide taxi services with their own normal cars.. They get on the people pointing on the road (5 people including the driver can get on) and charge the same as the taxi price.
But you may have a price problem with these people just like taxi drivers.. That’s why I don’t recommend these types of vehicles to tourists because of both safety and price.

• There are applications of taxis that provide reliable and affordable transportation that I will recommend to you.. Snapp and Tapsi
• If you do not know Persian, you can use these applications in English (we did not have English at the time we went). When you select your location and destination from the map, it will show you the driver’s photo, name, license plate and fare.. Women can easily choose the female driver option in this application.
• By the way, there are many people who offer taxi services by motorcycle in crowded places such as Tehran center.. Doesn’t matter if male or female. Both can ride these motorcycles

In this latest information, 2020

The Means of Transportation You Can Use in Iran

Ready topic Let me continue with other public transportation while I am hungry. We always made long journeys at night.. Iranian buses are quite comfortable. We could not see any difference between the ones they call VIP and the normal ones.. When you lay it on the back and lift the arm that comes out from under your feet, it becomes like a bed and you go to bed.. The seats are quite wide.. If you are traveling during the day, they put women first, regardless of your ticket number, but if the journey is at night, women are not allowed to travel first.. I thought they banned it as a convertible while sleeping.. They hardly ever take a break. The driver doesn’t need to stop because he eats seeds, drinks tea and smokes his cigarette while leaving.. When you first get on, they give you a small box with snacks like juice cake.. So. you won’t be hungry. You will not go to the toilet. This may be the only downside.. Most of the passengers sit cross-legged in the seats and fence off until morning.. Don’t be bothered by this fence fence sound.. Or is it people wearing it?. He can’t sleep.

We passed between Kashan and Yazd by train. My expectation is the land trend, but whichever one comes across, you can get on.. An extremely comfortable, clean, high-speed train similar to ours coincided with our fate.. We used the ferry on the way back from Kashm Island. Due to the storm, we went to the big pier used by large vehicles such as buses.. We paid 5 divisions for two people. no place to sit. No shelter from the wind. Engine oil smells. We didn’t care as we tried to get out of the island by thinking it was a watercraft used to carry cargo.. It takes about 15 minutes anyway.

We flew back from the south of Iran to the north. Two days later, we paid 32 dollars per person (around 170 TL in November 2018) for two separate flights.. I paid 300-odd TL for the Van plane, one way.. The plane that took off from Tehran made some strange noises, yes, but we reached our destination safely.. It’s not easy for us to get these tickets. Iran’s schedule is different from ours. They live in another time zone. Everything in Persian. Arabic letters in Persian alphabet. As such, we passed the train part to Bahman and the plane part to Hadi, and we handled the bus transportation.. We couldn’t understand why Hadi kept asking about the date every time we said “ticket”.. We did not know that the calendar was different.

Caunoummmm – Mersi

Speaking of the most popular words, the word caunoumm (dear) they sincerely said also takes the lead. Talking on the phone, talking to you, there is such a thing as caunoummmmm that you become a victim.. You hug and never let go. Neighborhood, friendship and sharing in our childhood still exist in Iran. It’s like we’ve traveled through time too.

While wandering around Iran, you’ll come across people’s words mersi a lot.. Everyone keeps calling each other mersi to say thank you. I was very surprised when I first heard it. Iran is not an arab country.. They speak Persian and Persian. They don’t like being called Arabs either. Therefore, they use the word mersi, not thank you.

Okay OK

The one who says “ok” to everything you say and does not object at all but in the end the people who are happy to relax and read their own way are Iranians. everyone relax. That famous okay okay song became a rosewood in our language. Don’t crack your belly for nothing. Whatever they say happens, but you think it will be what you want.. Okay okay

Iranian Home Life

There are not many household items in the houses. I am talking about the majority of the houses we are in, of course.. Hadi’s house was more comfortable and stylishly furnished than my house.. Of our 22 days in Iran, we only slept two or three days in bed.. There are not many beds in Iran. Even if there is a bed at home, they are laid on the carpets right next to it.. Our host in Tehran gave us his bed. He stayed in the hall.. I thought he was going to sleep on the sofa, but when I woke up in the morning, he was lying on the floor in the narrow place between the sofa and the coffee table.

There was a bed in our host’s room in Kashan.. He laid out beds like quilts for us in the living room.. When I woke up in the morning she was lying on the floor next to her bed. I said to myself, “Muslim, you should at least give us the bed”. In the first days, I had a very difficult time lying on the floor and sleeping.. Even the mat I bought from Urmia traveled all over Iran with me.. I said “I’m glad I got it” but after 22 days I had such a sleep on the carpet that I was sleeping in twin beds.

Only two days of 22 days Qashkai Hostel. There was no bed. It was in hotels, but we couldn’t see it because we didn’t go to the hotel.. If the embargo is lifted one day, the first thing to be sold to Iran will be the bed.. if they get it. I don’t know if they take it or not. Houses are often covered with wall-to-wall carpets.. They don’t leave any space exposed from the piece-by-piece carpets.. Toilets in houses. On the 20th day, when I saw a toilet bowl on the island of Kashm, I was going to cry from happiness.. Even in public toilets, both hot and cold water flow from the bidet.. The nation’s butt is precious. Here we understand this.

Taroof, Kıymet, Takfif

The first thing to learn in order to live in Iran taroof. I learned before I went but I didn’t expect this much. For example, you entered a store.. Want to know the price of something? You should say a huge “value” on your face, full of curiosity and question marks.. Value means how much. The seller will tell you “no, not accepted”. You will ask again He will not accept again. This will be repeated at least three times. In the end he will give you a five-five answer.. Of course you won’t understand. You will ask him to write on the calculator. Then the bargaining will begin.

You will say Takfif The seller will laugh at you for saying that word. He’ll giggle with the people around him like he just learned how. In the sense of taqf discount. After a hard battle, this time you have to pay the money, you will pay. The seller will say “no”. This will take at least three more times. That money will go to you and to him.. This is to get a shawl. It has more taxi. He has a drink. Then, wow, you went to Iran for 22 days, you couldn’t come, what did you do?

I’m trying to adapt myself to the slow lives of these happiest people I’ve ever seen in my life, living as if they will never die, and trying to get home safely without slowing down and going crazy.. When we first arrived in Iran, Selda was angry with me when we were bargaining in shopping.. He was saying, “They’re cheap anyway, they’re so poor, why are you bargaining?”. I said, “A good has a price.. Why would I give 20 lira for a 5 lira thing? i was saying. Because in Iran they say 20 lira for a 5 lira thing and you always find yourself bargaining like crazy.

Thermos Thermos Tea

The second most important thing to be sold in Iran is the thermos. Look, everybody gets this.. Tea is one of the most indispensable things for Iranians.. They brew the tea directly into the thermos. no teapot. It’s clear just like I’m drinking. They throw different things in it.. Every tea is different. With ginger, mint, thyme… Tea is a ritual. They’re ready in thirty seconds.. Every car has a thermos. There’s even a place for your glasses. There are sugar bowls on the front console of the buses. Not many people drink unsweetened tea.. There are colorful candies wrapped in a wooden stick, like a crystal stone. her name is plant. They put them in the tea. In the south, the tea comes completely with sugar added to it.. I thought that the tea we drank in Naeim, where we stayed in Kashm Island, was sugary because there were many children at home, but it wasn’t.. You know, a sweet tea like honey comes everywhere.

Pilo, Mint Ayran, Variety of Bread, Sour and Sour Lemons

No matter what you eat, it is accompanied by rice exists. They say pilo. They don’t say the v at the end. Normally, I don’t bring rice into the house, I ate pots of rice.. They fix the bottom of the pan and fry the rice. They scrape it and bring it to the table.. It’s so delicious. The amount of one serving of rice is almost a pot.. They put it on a serving plate and decorate it with saffron.. Number one in visuality and taste. It’s like there is no food without saffron.. Rice is eaten using a spoon and fork at the same time.. Spoon in left hand, fork in right. You fill the spoon with rice with a fork, add chicken, fish, whatever is in a bite and eat pilo spoon by spoon.

Their ayran is with mint. They add a liquid essence.. i loved it so much. Selda didn’t like it. It’s a matter of pleasure. They have many kinds of bread. All crispy. The appearance of some breads is similar to the embossed cloths we use in our kitchens to absorb water.. I was very surprised when I first saw it. I still have the taste of the mint bread I ate in Yazd.. Breakfast includes eggs, bread, cream cheese and jam.. Finding a restaurant is not easy.. Everyone cooks and eats at home. I have never seen a nation eat so much sour in my life.. I didn’t know there were so many types of lemons.. They can even eat rice with a squeeze of lemon.. They threw dozens of limes in the meat dish and cooked them.

Every house has paper napkin holders and covers to decorate them.. Iranians decorate the Kaskai Turk according to their own culture, but there is always a cover to hide that cardboard box in every house.

Turkish Television and Turkish Series

When we start talking about ready-made home life, our house is like crazy. I must say they watch TV and serials. Most of them learned Turkish from these serials.. According to the family we stayed at in Tabriz, they were able to understand the Turkish language of the Turks who came to their house for the first time.. They were able to understand us easily, as we spoke the Turkish of the TV series and TV series, which we call Istanbul Turkish.. While watching these serials, kilos of seeds are eaten.. Iran has a wide variety of beans and they are all delicious.. Seeds, tea, fruit are placed on a cover laid on the ground and Turkish TV series are watched.. Like our eighties. Everything happens at home.

When you are a guest at home, you can take Turkish coffee as a gift.. It’s a nice gesture. We could not find Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi because we were shopping last minute in Van.. We bought another brand. They know Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi in Iran and immediately say that others brought it from him.. You can also pay attention to this. When you stay in family homes, you can teach the mother of the house to knit. They are very interested in new samples.. Selda took crochet and rope with her to knit on long trips.. These threads were used to teach knitting in some homes in Iran.. We can’t plan.

Security

I have been trying to go to Iran for two years. No one came with me. There is a tremendous prejudice against Iran from the outside.. Iran ranks highly in terms of security in the countries I have traveled to. I couldn’t tell anyone because I rushed to Iran in two days.. Hearing that I was in Iran, he couldn’t help saying “Oh, be careful”. Actually we were very safe. We entrusted them. Guest above all. For them, one side the mansion, one side the world. While traveling from one place to another, people who did not know each other conveyed us like a holy relic.

I wish I could show you the roses that bloom on their faces when we say we are Turkish.. We’ve never come across the morality cops that are always mentioned.. There was no one who interfered with us.. Not even a single time was asked for a passport or identity card.. Şeyda Hanım, one of my followers, was working at the Tehran consulate.. always followed us. We toured with more confidence at our Turkish Consulate. This may not be for everyone, but even if it wasn’t, there was no problem with security.

It is very difficult to see a mullah on the street. everyone like you and us. I haven’t met a mullah lover. I did not see anyone satisfied with the regime. There is no one who believes. We did not have any problems with hijab.. It’s obvious you’re a tourist. Their minds were clearer than ours. When we landed in the Persian Gulf, the climate, the clothes, the food also changed.. like a country within a country. Two women with backpacks toured Iran for 22 days. we were never disturbed. We were even guarded. Many of us said, “Oh, be careful”, but we were very safe.

How to Enter the Sea in Iran?

It is not easy to swim or swim in an Islamic country governed by Sharia.. Since Kashm Island is a free zone, the rules are more flexible.. It is forbidden to swim in the sea, but we were able to swim in the Keşm Island. We were able to swim in a mixed bikini on a beach.

• Click to read how we swam in Kashm Island.

To swim in Bandarabbas, you must go to private beaches. It is located in the sea and pool special for women.. The sea part is surrounded by very high walls. You cannot see the horizon line.. There are huge walls there. Cameras and phones are not allowed inside.. You are not allowed to be dressed after entering.. there are only women. Toples sunbathing. You can enjoy the pool and sea for a whole day for 10 divisions.. We saw men and women swimming in their clothes on the beach.. We haven’t tried it.

What are the Iran Covid-19 Conditions?

Arriving in Iran: Quarantine is in effect. This is the resident and not valid for persons with required visa. Passengers are kept in quarantine for 14 days after arrival. You must submit a negative PCR test result 96 hours before arrival at the latest. Foreign passengers who cannot present a negative test result are not allowed to enter. Iranian citizens who cannot give a negative test result must be kept in quarantine for 14 days in a state-owned facility, at their own expense.

Arrival in Turkey: Quarantine is not applied. You need to fill out a form before arrival. You can access this document called Covid-19 Self-Declaration here.

Heroes and guardian angels of this trip :

Van Özkan Çörek, Urmiye Hadi, Tabriz Bahman, Tehran Shahriar, two days ahead of us all the way Visiting Iran, Ömer, Kaşhan Ebol Fazl, Yazd Qashkai Hostel (Ali and Ali Rıza), Isfahan Farshid, Shiraz Ali Qashkai, Kashm Island Naeim-Saed, Hasan, Bandarabbas Metin, Tehran Turkish Consulate Şeyda and my companion, my accomplice Selda. I kiss you from your big warm hearts with my endless thanks. You will never be forgotten because you are beautiful as if it is not from this world, every step is different, you knead and warm it with your endless love and remind us that we are human.. I hope our paths will cross again somewhere and you can live in the world order you desire in a very short time.

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