Erik
Sorry about your bad experience in the Iranian harbour but I'd like to offer the other side of the coin.
I found leaving Dubai’s port for Iran was unnecessarily expensive when I did it in 2002. For the services provided, the official charges were excessive (and someone even tried to relieve us of 140 dollars each for ‘helping’ with paperwork for half an hour).
These high fees are now replicated at Dubai Airport where you currently pay 130 US dollars in tax to use the airport. These are not all fuel and security surcharges. Abu Dhabi is currently charging 55 US dollars.
On the other hand, from the time we disembarked in Bandar Lengeh in the south to when we left at the Turkish border, we paid nothing to anybody; and no one ever asked us for anything.
Stephan
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