The impression of Tehran

I'd to share something about this country-Iran with friends here.
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(d.N8g9o(G:aJ4k#~:t On July 15, 2007, I visited Tehran, Iran, the very first time, I began to recognize this country again, ,yxF K$o
never like from TV or newspaper, but a true Iran.
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r2S~7j1R7Rh*Sce My tourist visa applied when arrived in the airport, the procedures is not complicated, paid 50 dollars,
?!\[3B O:I.GT and filled a form, that??s OK! But slowly, waiting for the visa for half an hour, I was watching the live D/K7g`)L
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Asia Cup games, China and Iran in the same group, the Chinese team 2-0 leaded, I was happy, a trip
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window, not Iranian, looked at me and asked ?¡ãFrom China??¡À the answer of course is ?¡ãYes?¡À, I has never %Rj$D+i3Mhu
been assured for Chinese football, but I feel a bit special at the moment. 9E`[-J6l


mG{ E7O B:h"g1f From the IMAM Khomeini International Airport to downtown Tehran, the driver following trails, and 8\.\3DOy8L8fD6~
then crossed streets, one hour late we arrived in FERDOSSI GRAND HOTEL, go into the room, we ;?#s&@
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sat down and found several mosquito, looked a bit thin. Few Iranian people could speak English, so h z%?+r-{ CX%u
if there is not a Persian translator, it is very difficult to do marketing and talking to our clients there, )yQ;Eck"M
Fortunately, our preparatory work done relatively well, I have a friend study there to help us.
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[color=Navy]Sitting in Iranian friend??s car, that is enjoyable, and they drive in a vigorous way, if there is any opportunity
dY"l9i4g3v%E to overtake others, they will never missed it. Same like in Emirates, people doing all the works slowly, but m_`tb%Y(M#d7w
to drive fast! There are all  second hand cars, most of the buildings in urban areas are two to three decades
^(d;Z8S/Z}{9N\ ago with marble, luxury!!!
ft-B.KzS1bV It says that the economic was prosperity at that times, Tehran was called "small Paris".
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The weather in Tehran some like Wuhan City, in middle of China, and it was snowing when I went to there
},X;wj,W.L`c0` on Dec 29,2007 for the fourth time in half year, I spent my new year there.  /Hq2{ Dd7Gk
North of Iran produces many fruits, watermelon, Hami melons, berries, peaches, etc. Many good flavor than |P/h C*P)HF
domestic, even not expensive. Originally thousands of years ago, these fruits is from the "non - Han nationalities".+q+o@h8y6Vo5w;t/Y
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Iran is a secular country with many practices to be observed and respected. Contact with many people and
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@ much things, and you will find that, the Iranian young men and women are conservative on the surface, in a $O~iV'd)}q,Y-X,r*a
long black gown, but in fact they are very passionate, Iranians at home, or family gatherings, the men and ~D.Zc}[
women wearing, sexy avant-garde inferior to Western countries, but in public places, the men and women \dI?#ZxnT
is to be strictly separated. For example, on the bus, the front part is for the male to sit, back is for the woman, u%u
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but the situation are different when taking a taxi. Iran prohibit drinking in public places, but in the home can 5Yj)x\m
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drinking wine. And if any foreign women arrive in this country, he has to be packed with headscarves, as a
)c!j)G7nWZ-SS woman's hair will cause a man's desire, very reasonable! The Headscarves are mostly black, a lot more than
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[size=2][b][font=Times New Roman][size=3][color=Navy][color=Black][size=3]The Iranians are very optimistic, that is self-confidence but not ignorant, the nature of national character.
7s?LVr{ U A {_ They said: When the war coming, we will be on the front line! The guider advised us it is better not go A$a]WHD O_
out at night, so I stayed in my room, watching television. I can??t understand the Arabian or the Persian. Y DXrc2L6Q%C/_2HJib
Moreover, it has Iranian channels only, there is also an English programs, which should be for foreign U7M%Cl-V}1O
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Iranians are warm and hospitable, when we finishing discussion and want to leave, they will give you some
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no music clubs, dance halls, bars (drinking in public occasions is strictly prohibited), Therefore, where more 4qSJ2dk
local people gathered together at night is the most popular places. The Iranian foods are full of roasted lamb, $W!zHL7}"u)h5tO6~
beef, chicken, mutton and local rice, with lettuce and butter and the vegetables never cooked, not soup,
CPn f3Wk so I asked for a bottle of lemon beer without alcohol, taste good.
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~7LK0l4];k,A6V)L and shopping, sitting in the park and chatting.
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_ p+r:fX6U'vL#u But as a foreigner, you should always pay special attention to that: only some Iranian girls willing to shake
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When chatting with the guests, many people, especially young people, and expressed their discontent to
!OYX9D!k"RTcK the existing economic policy. There are too much restrictions, the high taxes, particularly the tariffs, some .~0im8@)@3yl X
is as high as several hundred percent to the value of the goods. So my following friends, who are doing
^m;WAV:^Sg:V0[1g_ business with the clients from this country, we should understand, that is not always Iranian clients asking
_Nal*mb!W too low prices, but the difficulties they have. To open a factory, people need to pay especially high taxes, 7y$Gf@/GE
one of my customer told me, his factory has more than 300 workers 10 years ago, now has only over 100.
S/W}M7l,? Last year the guests placed me a trial order, which is 20,000 dollars, but he want to open letters of credit
7r#?i*Hb for me, but we want he to T / T us all the money in advanced, we can??t agree with each other, the order KVdvN,i
was canceled. It is a pity! The mostly young people in Iran are not disgusted with the United States, they
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and that China's present population policy is "only give one birth to each couple ", some of them tried "G h/iFd'A,h
Chinese food, but they are not accustomed too. Iran allows the foreigner to marry with the national people,
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have another family in Iran. How it can be?
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4G'K9RPLU)VY iw Iran is the paradise of fake & duplicate brand products, because of political relations and economic sanctions
K.fCI`5z and other reasons by the Western countries, the two sides didn??t contact each other for a very long time.
+I3k X0_H5gE Which is why the Chinese products gain access to this market, now is a very good time for Chinese company E]x6r.n2UF
and factories to develop more business there. Our products don??t get a good reputation in this country,
!qTqohfRu so we should keep one thing in your mind: ?¡ãfake but not counterfeiting?¡À. As soon as we get Iran Air plane,
L6Yd\QFr drink a Coke on Iran are: COCACOLA, huh! )hX3Fx.|'j

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(one currency, different denominations, different name only), is quite a cheap, 100 dollars-can-for-940 riyals. x?J;f1P%cs&TjY
Therefore, we have reached the other side, we become millionaires there, and I spent more than hundred
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accustomed to the Iranian food there, then I wanted to buy an electric kettle to cook noodles, the price for
]Rw w*r,QT6Ol the kettle is 500 RMB, and this is the cheapest one, If Chinese products want to re-establish their image,
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As we all know that Iran has keep the second oil reserves in the world, but because of sanctions from some Ulx __s
countries, the energy even come to be in the tension. Iran's oil supplying to each cars has monthly limitation 0A4V GIT neX
now, exceeds the limitation of oil, the price is high.
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and the environment is much better the town center where the Bazaar (in Middle East countries means market) locates.h@8Br#LQFd:XCZn

Cb&kP;^$c The situation in Iran now, likes the situation of China in 1970s and 1980s, as well as people's way of thinking.[/color][/size][/size][/b][/font]m!F Y7u@
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Thanks for your sharing bacon,frankly speaking,i've never put my attenion on Iran before cuz of war & terrorism,but pleased to hear that they are warm and hospitable but not antiforeign:lol

Thank you for sharing.
!n,`sfzK|Q-R It's a little difficult for me to read, many new words :L y7A.B:T#@:aG
just can get the main idea.

Thanks for your sharing , I read it carefully although it's a little long .

Photoes

Thanks for it, well, if there is any photoes of it, will be fantastic :)
+bJG-~9r only curious, if there is any kind of fruit? what is about the weather ?

yea,thank you for your sharing.Really admire you can have a trips to Iran.Wish someday i can have the chance to go overseas business trips

never i have such experience...:L ?"V:YR5}R
study ING!!!:victory:

Admire you, bacon, you went many countries as business trip.cY)H)E)@Ju

F*L-Kx7p I have gone no where except China.  :(

Reply #11 wxiaoqings's post

xiaoqing, you shoud bear in mind that you 're still young ,and bacon he has get over 5years u`|"M
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6z| ]_WM6hD9F i am sure oneday you'll be tired of being  frequently business travel abroad.

Reply #12 jeff008's post

Thank you, jeff      :P
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Yes, I think so, if I do a good job, I have chace to go abroad.
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And the same to you.

[quote]Originally posted by [i]jeff008[/i] at 2008-1-10 10:28 [url=http://forum.fobshanghai.com/redirect.php?goto=findpost&pid=3193303&ptid=316215][img]http://forum.fobshanghai.com/images/common/back.gif[/img][/url]wbT@7@n
xiaoqing, you shoud bear in mind that you 're still young ,and bacon he has get over 5years
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of working experience.:)
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i am sure oneday you'll be tired of being  frequently business travel abroad. [/quote]
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k6n$q h0}1~ Exactly!!:D
'x~+D^,m+~@o All of us have more chance to make the choice to change our life.:victory:

thank you for your shariing, bacon. Hope I can be experienced enough :)

[quote]Originally posted by [i]jennyGreen[/i] at 2008-1-8 13:48 [url=http://forum.fobshanghai.com/redirect.php?goto=findpost&pid=3191890&ptid=316215][img]http://forum.fobshanghai.com/images/common/back.gif[/img][/url]
`1F{aG/E V7L:i Thanks for it, well, if there is any photoes of it, will be fantastic :)
Q2zmJ4R| only curious, if there is any kind of fruit? what is about the weather ? [/quote]
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I have sent the photos by mistake to my another poster.
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Even this is not a country far from China,there have many kinds of fruits: date,fig,watermelon, Hami melons, berries, peaches and so on.
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| The best weather in Tehran,Iran is from April to June.:)

anyway it is first handed information /feeling from you to get a glance at this persian country!%n1~NW-P.~]{
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Thanks!  Give us gift from Iran...haha, I know you hide some precious things locked in your cabinet..haha

i just handle the clients from Tehran fair.............really good to hear sth about it...know more now

Thank you for your sharing,,
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Now I can understand my Iran friend alway telling me, marketing is hard. ` A\k$H:xw"Rv
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Good experience, maybe i should write a email to my friend now,,,,,

[quote]Originally posted by [i]www153158org[/i] at 2008-1-17 00:00 [url=http://forum.fobshanghai.com/redirect.php?goto=findpost&pid=3198733&ptid=316215][img]http://forum.fobshanghai.com/images/common/back.gif[/img][/url]`Q'y5Z5^Xf:F
anyway it is first handed information /feeling from you to get a glance at this persian country!
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It is true,my friends,I have something very special in my heart--the friendship with Iranian people!:D

good sharing!

Reply #20 bacon999's post

wonderful:victory: :victory: :victory:

I will be very happy if you could find something from my words.:)

:loveliness:    thank you very much.
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#rT0JZ6Vb If you share some pics with us, that will be better more

very great experience
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it is a little understand !:D

[quote]Originally posted by [i]lyeeny123[/i] at 2008-6-16 13:42 [url=http://forum.fobshanghai.com/redirect.php?goto=findpost&pid=3259002&ptid=316215][img]http://forum.fobshanghai.com/images/common/back.gif[/img][/url]
+`vMB8j5L Fh a copy one of chinese [/quote]
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and it is a translation from another bacon from CFOB.:D

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much appreciated for your kind work!

a so great experience:lol , very wonderful! studing