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Old Aug 13, 2013 | 6:18 am
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Originally Posted by rankourabu
Even at hotels
ATM cards wont work
Travellers Checks are useless (people still use them????)
No, all foreign cards

CASH ONLY. Period.


You can thank western governments for this stupidity.
Does it only apply to cards issued by Western banks? I have ATM cards from Qatar and UAE banks (and there are Iranian banks in these countries); will those work at ATMs in Iran?
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