Iran
 Iran | |
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| Language: | Persian, Serbian |
| Capital: | Tehran |
| Population: | 71,208,000 |
| Currency: | Iranian rial ( IRR ) |
| Hitchability: | ? |
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Iran is a very friendly country, at least for male hitchhikers. Some hitchhikers on their way to India even decide to stay in Iran instead. Even waiting for a ride can be sometimes a bit frustrating, but it is still very easy place to hitchhike. Frustration comes when there is a driver stopping for you every few minutes and suggesting to take you to the terminal and sometimes you may find it hard to explain that you travel with very low budget and you want to hitchhike. Otherwise in north people stopped sometimes just to ask if there is a need for help. In fact, you don't stand longer than 10 minutes. But there is a big variety of opportunities after someone stops to you. It might even happen that police/army (which are in most corners of Iran) will take from the road and after getting surprised of your situation, will stop a car for you and convince the driver to take you. In Farsi (official language in Iran, spoken as a first or second language by most citizens) the word hitchhiking doesn't exist. The translation of this word, found in english-farsi phrasebook, seems to be something that locals hear for the first time in their lives.
Iran has borders to Iraq, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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