Currency and formatting
- Currency
- Iranian Rial (IRR)
- Symbol
- ریال — placed after the amount
- Decimal places
- 0
- Formatted example
- 123,457 ریال
- Thousands separator
- ,
- Decimal separator
- .
- Digit grouping
- threes (3)
- Live rate
- No central-bank source publishes IRR yet
Watch out: IRR has no minor unit. Treating it like a two-decimal currency overcharges by 100×.
Tax
Payment methods in Iran
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 card
- 02 bank transfer
- 03 cash on delivery
Card schemes that work domestically: shetab. 3-D Secure is not standard; strong customer authentication is not legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- fa-IR
- Official languages
- Persian
- Direction
- right-to-left
- Date format
- YYYY/MM/DD
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- no
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +98
- Mobile format
- +98 9XX XXX XXXX
- Digits
- 10
Iran: common questions
What currency does Iran use?
Iran uses the Iranian Rial (IRR), symbol ریال. It has no minor unit — amounts are whole numbers, so 123,457 ریال is a complete price.
How many decimal places does IRR have?
IRR has 0 decimal places. Charging with the wrong number of minor units is a 100× error, so this is worth getting right.
What is the VAT rate in Iran?
The standard VAT rate in Iran is 10.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.
What payment methods are used in Iran?
The methods that matter in Iran, in rough order of use: card, bank transfer, cash on delivery.
What is the dialling code for Iran?
Iran's country calling code is +98. Mobile numbers are formatted +98 9XX XXX XXXX (10 digits after the country code).
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