You need to know that traveling to Iran requires adhering to certain rules, among them dress code.

The Iranian dress code is not as strict as you might have heard , but it is not also as relaxed either.

Women need to wear cloths that cover their body modestly. Here are some tips:

1- come with your own cloths and then buy some new ones in Iran. This would help you to integrate easier in the society and therefore to travel more comfortably.

2- Whether you want to buy your travel cloths in Iran or not, you need to wear the following cloths as you enter Iran.

- a long sleeve shirt

- a pair of long pants that doesn't show your legs.

-a headscarf that modestly covers your hair.

- if possible wear a mantou. Mantou is a trench coat. nowadays majority of Iranian women wear mantou as their main cover  dress , when they need to go out to work or street. Chech the images on the left and also the following link for a better understanding of the kind of dress code that you would see nowadays in Iran streets.

Beginning to understand the dress code... 

Limitations in what you wear in Iran:

There is a quit wide range of variety within the limitations of the kind of the dress code that government wants its people to wear. And you are not an exception to that either. So don't think that you have to stick to certain kind of style, color or design. just try to wear modestly if not conservatively !

Men can wear T-shirts , jeans, ...etc except shorts on the street.

Public dress code:

Traditionally Iranian women wear Chador. Chador is a long cloak, usually made from dark color fabric.

You are not required nor need to wear chador. Chador usually signifies some degree of conservative and traditional minded dress code.

Some religious sites like ShaheCheragh in Shiraz would provide chador to female tourist , if they want to visit inside of the mausoleum .

I guess it is a good idea to buy one chador as a gift and something to keep. Something  that would always reminds you of Iranian women, of their ... and .... . I let you to fill the blanks on your discern!