How to pay: Iran presently does not accept foreign credit cards so everything must be paid in cash using Iranian currency.
Currency: The currency of Iran is the rial. Paper bills of Iran are printed in 5,000; 10,000; 20,000; 50,000; 100,000; 500,000; and 1,000,000 rials.
The official name of Iran’s currency is the rial. But, in the streets it is referred to as toman and the last digit of the rial is dropped. As an example, 1,000 rial is 100 toman.
Nowadays, Mashhad municipality has started a system where in you can purchase a card, similar to a debit card, and use it to pay for parking and public transportation (buses and the Metro). This card is called Man Kart and can be bought and charged at Metro stations or designated kiosks around the city.
Fatimah bint Muhammad was the youngest daughter and, according to Shia Muslims, the only child of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and Khadijah who lived to adulthood, and therefore part of Muhammad's household
This infamous Massacre, which took place in the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (PBUH) occurred on 10 July 1935.
