A man on the Iran-Turkey border offers a service that enables Iranians living abroad to stay in touch with family members back home. Two phones, one linked to the Turkish phone network and the other to the Iranian one, are his secret. Calls from outside Iran are prohibited, thus it’s essential.
Customers from outside Iran use WhatsApp to call his Turkish phone, and he then uses his Iranian cell to call their loved ones. He keeps the two together so that those who are yearning to communicate with their relatives in Iran can do so.
The individual may simultaneously connect to the Iranian and Turkish cell networks because he is near the border. Although these services are costly and inconsistent, it is one way Iranians are getting over the restrictions on phone and internet connections that the government has imposed amid the conflict with the US and Israel.
Calls from overseas are rarely successful the first time, and they typically end within two or three minutes. Additionally, BBC Persian has found that a four- or five-minute conversation costs roughly £28 ($38) due to money-transfer fees.
Ava was scheduled to tie the knot this week; like the other individuals mentioned in this piece, her identity has been altered. Before the conflict abruptly stopped air travel, her fiancé, who resides in Canada, was scheduled to go to Tehran for the wedding.
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