As Iran's banking system is disconnected from the rest of the world due to sanctions there are limited ways to get Iranian Rial (IRR).
The only way I managed to find is to bring foreign currency (EUR/USD) into the country and exchange it.
For obvious reasons I prefer not carrying around large amounts of cash and I was wondering if there are places in bigger cities to exchange Bitcoins for cash(IRR), and if this is possible, what are the exchange rates?
Apparently there are some non-governmental exchange shops that do this for you. Here are some examples:
(first two links in Persian)
Exchange Rate: 1.00 Bitcoin (Btc) = 9,972,300 Tomans
Address in Iran: Unit 1, No 13, Afshari Alley, Ostad Moein Blvd., Azadi St., Tehran
E-mail address: info@farhadexchange.com
Exchange Rate: 1.00 Btc = 10,539,000 Tomans
Address in Iran: Unit 6, 22 Nikouqadam Street, Tehran
Email address: info@exchanging.ir
You can also find some of the local sellers from here.
Some conversions to help you better understand the units:
From what I understood, in order to do these operations online, you need to have a Shetab account (which I suppose you don't). You could try contacting them to see if they have other options.
