Plugs and voltage
Iran uses Types C and F sockets. Mains supply is 220 V at 50 Hz.
At 220 V, devices made only for 100–127 V (many American and Japanese hair dryers, curling irons and some shavers) will be damaged without a step-down converter. Chargers labelled “100–240V” work fine with just a plug adapter.
Money
IRR Iranian Rial IRR
Average in 2023: 1 USD = 42,000 IRR (World Bank). No daily reference rate is published for this currency by the ECB; check a live rate before exchanging.
Price level 211 (US = 100, 2023)
Everyday household prices in Iran are about 211% of US prices when converted at market exchange rates: dearer than the median country (50). All countries
Language
- Persianofficial75%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
Iran is on UTC+3:30, with no daylight saving time.
Driving
Traffic in Iran drives on the right, so the steering wheel is on the left.
Public holidays in the next 12 months
27 national public holidays from 2 November 2026. Banks, offices and many shops close; regional holidays are not shown. Dates marked “estimated” follow a lunar calendar and can move by a day.
November 2026
- Martyrdom of Fatima
December 2026
- Birthday of Imam Ali
January 2027
- Isra' and Mi'raj (estimated)
- Birthday of Mahdi (estimated)
February 2027
- Islamic Revolution Day
March 2027
- Martyrdom of Imam Ali (estimated)
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
- Eid al-Fitr Holiday (estimated)
- Iranian Oil Industry Nationalization Day
- Nowruz
- Nowruz Holiday
- Nowruz Holiday
- Nowruz Holiday
April 2027
- Islamic Republic Day
- Nature's Day
- Martyrdom of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (estimated)
May 2027
- Eid al-Adha (estimated)
- Eid al-Ghadir (estimated)
June 2027
- Death of Imam Khomeini
- 15 Khordad Uprising
- Tasua (estimated)
- Ashura (estimated)
July 2027
- Arbaeen (estimated)
August 2027
- Death of Prophet Muhammad and Martyrdom of Hasan ibn Ali (estimated)
- Martyrdom of Ali al-Rida (estimated)
- Martyrdom of Hasan al-Askari (estimated)
- Birthday of Muhammad and Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (estimated)
Travel advisories
United Kingdom · FCDO
- FCDO advises against all travel to the whole country
Updated 2026-10-27. Read the full advice. Checked 2026-11-02.
Advisories are written for each government's own citizens and change without notice: read the original before you travel.
Other practical facts
- Calling code
- +98
- Internet domain
- .ir
- Measurement
- Metric
- Paper size
- A4
- Week starts on
- Saturday
- Read more
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