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Information on sending a shipment to Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Prohibited commodities
All items which are offensive to Muslim culture or sensitive to the Middle East security situation are prohibited. These include pork products, religious publications/figures, imitation firearms/paraphernalia, military uniforms. Standard DHL prohibitions plus:
    Alcoholic beverages
    Antiques
    Asbestos
    Dangerous goods, haz. or comb. mats
    Firearms, parts of
    Gambling devices
    Ivory
    Jewellery
    Military equipment
    Mobile phones,accessories&component
    Oil products
    Perishables
    Plant products
    Playing cards
    Pornography
    Precious metals & stones
    Publications for public resale
    Radar equip.-transmitters/receivers
    Works of art

Certain commodities need to be accompanied by an invoice and, in some cases, additional customs documentation. Other commodities are considered as 'Documents' and only require a DHL Airwaybill to be completed. The following list explains what you need to do in order to ship various commodities.
Document Commodities
(Require a DHL Airwaybill)
Commodities where you should contact your local customer service Department to clarify shipping requirements.

Advertising brochures/pamphlets
Airline tickets, issued/validated
Annual reports
Blank forms
Blueprints
Cash letters (NI)
Charts/graphs
Cheques, cancelled (NI)
Cheques, cashier (NI)
Computer printouts
Credit cards (NI)
Deeds
Diplomatic mail
Documents, general business
Drawings, technical/architect/eng.
Invoices, not blank
Manuals, technical
Manuscripts
Money orders (NI)
Music, printed or manuscript
Pamphlets
Paper patterns for wearing apparel
Personal mail
Photos as part of business reports
Plans/drawings-arch/indust/eng. pur
Price lists
Price tickets for garments
Publication not for public resale
Ship manifest-computer generated
Shipping schedules
Visa applications
Animal products
Booklets, brochures (non-adv.)
Books: hardbk/paperbk non-comm. use
Bunker oil sample (for analysis)
Business cards
Calendars
Ceramic products
Chemicals, non-hazardous
Circuits & circuit boards
Coffee samples
Compact disc
Computer components & parts
Computer software
Cotton
Cotton seed
Diaries
Diskettes
Drugs: non-prescription
Drugs: prescription
Electronic equipment
Eye glasses and contacts
Fabrics & fabric samples
Films: 8mm, 16mm & 35mm
Foodstuffs
Glass products
Grain samples
Industrial equipment
Labels
Laser disc
Leather goods
Magazines, periodicals, journals
Maps
Marble products
Measuring apparatus
Medical samples
Medical/dental supplies & equipment
Newspapers
Parts, machine & electronic
Passports
Photographs
Plastic made products
Samples, textile
Seeds
Shoes
Slides
Soil samples
Sports equipment
Stationery
Stone/mineral samples for analysis
Tapes: audio cassettes
Tapes: video cassettes
Tea
Telecommunications equipment
Textile articles
Tobacco
Toys
Transparencies
Typewriter ribbons
Wallpaper

All other commodities should be shipped via DHL Parcel Express and should be accompanied by an Airwaybill and Invoice.
Restrictions

If your shipment exceeds any of the following limits, it may require special handling, please contact your local country customer service department.

Size : Length 118 cms (46 ins), Width 88 cms (35 ins), Height 120 cms (47 ins)
Value : USD50.00