Inside Iran

Hello Jadi,
1) I am a vegetarian by diet. How difficult it is for a vegetarian to get meals in restaurants?
2) Is it safe in Tehran to move in city alone ? Say at 9pm or 10pm at night? Of course, basic precautions are a must in any city.
3) Does the hotels and restaurants accept credit cards for payment ? Or one must pay by cash? Which currency? US dollars ?
4) Is it easy to convert currency in Tehran ?
5) What kind of checks one can expect at Tehran airport?
6) Do they check laptops for its contents etc ? My laptop may have some porn movies etc inside. Will this be a problem?

Hi Dear. These days I'm too busy and writing in English is difficult for me so I will give you short answers.
1) Most resturants serve Kebab and other Meat based foods but you will be able to order the food without meat. Say rice and yogurt. There are also vegetarian resturants in some major cities.
2) Yes it's safe. As you said, tourists should be more careful in all cities but Tehran will not have an extra danger
3) wow.. important point. most of the Hotels, Shops and Resturants will not accept international credit cards. You HAVE to bring cash with you. bring Euros or Dollars and change them here. You will be able to spend dollar in major hotels but the exchange rate is bad. Bring cash and change your money in exchange centers.
4) Yes but do not go to Banks for this Banks will need a lot of paper work and official investigations (your Passport and so). Just enter any exchange center and change your money easily. There are several 'shops' for this in the city. In Tehran you will find a lot of them on Ferdowsi square. They have fixed change rates and will give you recipes.
5) Do not bring alcohol / drugs and you will be safe It's like any other airport. There will be passport check and X ray for luggage
6) No they wont check the contents of your laptop. Even if they find porn, you won't be in trouble. The Human rights related content may put you in more trouble than porn. If a police tried to threaten you by these kind of things, he is looking for money/bribe Don't give your phone, laptop and even passport to a police. Ask them to take you to their boss.
Have a good time in Tehran. These days are HOT but you will survive as an indian Oh.. pardon me but I prefer not to meet people based on my blog in Iran. I hope you understand.
Jadi

The new parliament proposed a new law to expand the executions!

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2.4. Establishment and operation of weblogs and websites promoting corruption, pornography, and atheism.
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Article 3- The punishment for persons committing the above crimes, if not determined elsewhere, are to be as enemies of the state (Mohareb) and enemies of God on Earth (Mofsed fe-al-arz) [Punishable by death penalty under Islamic Penal Code]

Being an “enemy of the state (Mohareb) or being a “Enemy of the god on the earth” is equal to being executed. These terms used to be used for guerrillas and extreme crimes but the new proposal is suggesting to include the blogging, rape, wickedness and … as Moharebs!
I think the proposed law wont be accepted by the government but this shows the view of our new parliament. As you may know, these days the most of activists are condemned to “activity against the regime” and “propaganda against regime”. In my view “enemy of the god” and “enemy of the regime” is a same thing; nobody knows what it exactly is and the judge can condemned anybody to it. There is no exact definition of the word “enemy of the regime / god” so they can use as a weapon against any dissident.
See:
- Toughening Punishments for Disturbing the Mental Security of Society