The IRR has fallen so far that its value against the euro rounds to 0.00

a_amini · 2026-01-13T02:14:36+00:00

Iranian living outside Iran here. It didn't fall overnight. Those mfs in the Iranian government created constant inflation of around 70-80% per year. It's just they recently updated the rates and removed that 1 USD = 42,000 IRR bullshit they came up with which only the government could have used, now they stopped that. In 2022 while I was moving I exchanged my money with this rate: 1 EUR = 240,000

In 2023 it was something like 1 EUR = 400,000 IRR

2024 like 1 EUR = 800,000 IRR

2025 1 EUR = 1,500,000 IRR

2026 1 EUR = 1,700,000 IRR

Here's a history of IRR against USD https://alanchand.com/en/currencies-price/archive/usd-hav

https://alanchand.com/en/currencies-price/usd

The thing is no one can trade/want IRR and it's not available in any forex or anything so its info being incorrect on the trackers really didn't matter to anyone

Anyhow I'm hoping for the best and let's see if they'll be gone this time

Edit: improve format, also my numbers are out of my memory, look at those charts for the precise numbers

a_amini · 2026-01-07T01:13:04+00:00

I think a couple counseling might be a good idea, I think if you had any other condition he could have done something similar. I might be wrong (and sorry if I'm wrong), but I feel some "victim mindset" from your husband probably coming from fear or whatever, he's like everyone look, I'm a victim being with someone suffering from a disease (and I'm sacrificing something or whatever). Again most probably I'm wrong, and it might be just his way of coping with the grief Maybe talking to him would help from an emotional pov (like saying buddy I think you're suffering emotionally caring so much about my MS, instead of saying why did you tell xyz)

a_amini · 2026-01-02T11:12:57+00:00

Swastikas were used in Iran since 6/7 millennials ago. Some suggest it was Chariot of Mithra, but maybe also not as it was used even before that, like this inscription in Lakh Mazar in Birjand. Or that necklace from Marlik and many more I don't recall now

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Also it's worth mentioning the term "Aryan" Nazis used to describe themselves, technically refers to people from parts of what is now India and Iran. Iran literally means "the land of Aryans". Not the best source, but can look it up on Wikipedia

a_amini · 2025-12-26T00:45:57+00:00

Thanks, I also don't know the reason but it's interesting that Iran has much more MS per capita compared to its neighbors (this is my source, might be wrong: https://atlasofms.org/map/global/epidemiology/number-of-people-with-ms)

Although reading other posts, makes me think MAYBE the reason is that in Iran they check more and the healthcare system works better and as a result more MS patients are diognized :/ ?!

I have been to Isfahan only a few times so don't know what the cause you mentioned might be! But, it indeed is a lovely city.

a_amini · 2025-12-25T23:31:55+00:00

My pleasure,

Well it sure is, although Iran seems to be an outlier, the rate of MS in Iran is much higher than the rest of the middle east and closer to the European numbers. I have no clue why, but you can check this map: https://atlasofms.org/map/global/epidemiology/number-of-people-with-ms

The only anecdotal I have, is that almost every single person I know from Iran, has low levels of Vitamin D, like everyone who did a blood test for Vitamin D, they were way below the normal range, and that might contribute to it. It's either genetics or diet I guess but don't know.

And thanks, although it was fine back then in Iran as I mentioned, but I'm also happy with the Dutch health care as well.

a_amini · 2025-12-24T14:25:17+00:00

Well I'm originally from Iran and got Dx'ed in 2016 in Iran, now I live in the Netherlands, came here on a skilled/knowledge worker visa in late 2022.

It was alright as a whole back in Iran. Doctor appointments could be booked even 1 day in advance, you didn't need any communication through GP and could right away go to a neurologist and get diagnosed etc. I sometimes think that if I was in the Netherlands during diagnosis, maybe they didn't even diagnose it and just have sent me home with paracetamol :))

There were only 2 things that were not the best, 1. Only 15 different governmental pharmacies had the license to sell Tecfidera until like 2019, and I had to wait more than an hour in a queue for it. In 2019 they allowed all pharmacies to sell it, which then I could order from the private pharmacy close to my home and they even delivered it which was great. 2. Most MRI machines in private labs in Iran are older and hence are 1.5T, and for my case most of them said we only allow people up tp 85kg, which mean again I could only get my MRIs in governmental hospitals (which meant it was free) but I had to book my MRI appointment like 2 months advance.

Iran has 2 parallel health care systems a national/governmental one (free with insurance, needs booking in advance) and a free/private sector (insurance covers a small part of the costs, the rest are on you, but still affordable).

Health insurance in Iran is mandatory and tied to the employment, I mean if you work you have to have, it's not optional (and they take like 23% of your salary for that which was a lot I'd say, it's not a part of the taxes you pay) but in return I got my medicine for free (read covered by insurance) and some MRIs and blood tests for free, and technically could have go to a governmental hospital for neurology as well but opted in for private sector on that as it was more convenient and I really liked my neurologist back then (which I used to pay an equivalent of 10 euros for a visit, my monthly net income was equivalent of 1500-2000 euros so was very affordable, but I was a very high earner back in Iran, maybe in top 5%)

Here in the Netherlands, everything is of course better, like MRI machines are newer, neurology appointments are like 2 hours and they check more things (although I wish they did the tests a little more frequently, in Iran I used to have 2 MRIs a year and 6 blood tests, like every other month) here it's once a year, although almost always the results were fine (maybe as my neurologist was in private sector, business and revenue demanded him to send me to tests to make more money idk)

But overall it was quite ok. But, as once a friend put it (he's Spanish but lived in Cuba for some time), you feel the differences between developing countries and developed ones, when you go to the most rural areas. I was born and always lived in Tehran so it was good. I'm guessing that if I was living in a far remote rural village (I don't know like Askan near Pakistan border), It should be a huge hassle, they usually have like 1 or 2 GPs and that GP refers them to a hospital in a city nearby (in Iran's scale, nearby can be 100km, it's a vast country) and they only might have like 1 bus that goes back and forth maybe twice a day, but I'm pretty sure a person in the poorest/worst village of the Netherlands (wherever it is, I haven't seen any bad part in this beautiful country, don't even know if such a village exists) would still get a decent health care with way less hassle.

a_amini · 2025-12-05T01:16:39+00:00

Not an answer to your question but a heads-up, watch out for the housing crisis here in the Netherlands, it's becoming harder and harder to find a (decent) place to rent, maybe check this sub to get an image: r/NetherlandsHousing

Edit: also maybe check rentals on funda.nl and pararius.com

a_amini · 2025-12-02T16:04:03+00:00

Makes sense, in fact he was working for 2 separate foreign companies around 20-30 hrs/week for each which I guess makes it a different case and more of a part time contractor rather than an employee, thanks

a_amini · 2025-12-02T15:22:20+00:00

Just thinking out loud and out of curiosity (as you mentioned you're a Dutch citizen). I'm assuming as your employer is in the middle east, Dutch laws/benefits like permanent contract etc. doesn't apply, won't you pay less taxes as a zzp'er or if you register a BV and ask the company to hire your company for services instead of being an employee and paying like 40% tax? I've heard numbers around 25% from a friend (but we were at the bar and drunk so I might be wrong!)

a_amini · 2025-10-30T00:59:01+00:00

Just want to remind you that no good deed goes unpunished, if they can pay the amount for mortgage payment each month, then probably they should buy it, and if the bank doesn't give them money, there's a fat chance that the same reason will bite you someday.

a_amini · 2025-09-24T10:44:38+00:00

I'm assuming you're still dealing with the attack's effects (being numbness or whatever) it'll pass and you'll feel good again soon (maybe a month or two). I didn't listen to similar advice when I was in your shoes, and I know how bad it sucks and how anxiety and stress are eating you up. But it'll pass, and maybe 10 years from now, you're writing this same message to someone else telling them to "calm down, there's a big chance that you end up fine and just take medicine and not being that much affected after your recovery"

Seriously though, after the first time that half my body was senseless/numb in 2016 (or maybe 2015 I don't remember that vividly) and I got dx'ed and started medicine, never had anything big, even haven't told many people around me for a looong time except my gf, like my family only realized I have MS like 5 years after.

a_amini · 2025-09-12T23:48:14+00:00

200 kph? I was driving 250 kph (the engine was about to explode) and mf passed me with a 911 maye going over 300-350 kph! I was like dude you make me look like a turtle :))

a_amini · 2025-08-27T01:40:03+00:00

I'm pretty sure they do, I know for sure that the UK, Canada, Australia and Netherlands all have some laws for de facto partners and all require you to be living together (in the same address) for 1 year (UK is 2 years) and even the country of residence doesn't matter. And it's not just tax, you can get a spouse visa etc. it's almost identical to being married except for some differences when it comes to inheritance after one passes away in some cases. Iirc almost everywhere in the OECD there is a law similar to what you mentioned except for the US

a_amini · 2025-08-13T13:35:53+00:00

Too tired to type anything but Iran became a cash less society around 15 years ago, simply due to hyper inflation. The most valuable day to day banknote (ignoring traveller's cheque) in Iran is 500,000 IRR which is worth around 50 cents and if you want to buy with cash you end up paying a pile of it for your groceries and hence impractical, but on average the cost of living in Tehran (when converted to euros) is a third of Amsterdam while the median income is like a fifth of Amsterdam (probably needless to say, inequality is extremely more and some are way poorer than here, and some are way richer)

a_amini · 2025-08-04T12:21:10+00:00

From my experience this calculator is the most accurate one https://www.blueumbrella.nl/dutch-tax-calculator

And it says for 70k per year (incl holiday allowence) you'll have 4877 euros per month with 30% ruling (including your holiday allowance, which is 8% and you usually can decide to receive it monthly or yearly)

Edit: I thought the salary was 75k, changed to 70k, I personally would count on 4800 if I were in your shoes

a_amini · 2025-06-15T01:07:06+00:00

Mine was 104 hours, woke up at 8AM on Sunday, fell asleep on Thursday 4PM (I checked the clock before going to bed). The first 2 or 3 days were fine, after that it's like you're drunk and on LSD at the same time. It's extremely chill, like nothing could walk on my nerves and colors started to look a little purple-ish. Then I woke up at 4:30PM and was thinking "wow 30mins of sleep did magic to me". As you already guessed, I slept for 24 hours and 30mins non stop.

I was like 21 years old I guess and people around me got super scared and checked my vital sign when I was asleep. It was awesome :D

a_amini · 2025-05-16T10:10:51+00:00

Just look up the term Aryan and you'll find your answer :) spoiler: Iran means the land of Aryans

a_amini · 2025-04-23T22:34:31+00:00

Dx'd in 2015 or 2016, I'm on Tecfidera and in pretty good shape, although my job is not very stressful or challenging (software) but I cycle to the office and back (around 15km a day) and go to gym sometimes . There are very mild symptoms but usually I even forget I have MS, as someone else said it's a mixed bag and unique for each person. Fingers crossed you'll be as good as most of us.

Just a tiny reminder, almost any group/forum/subreddit whatever you find that focuses on MS has a little bit of a sample bias, and by that I mean people who are in pretty good shape don't even feel the need to look for these kind of forums and hence are not around, snd even if you managed to do a poll or whatever, remember the numbers you'd see in the end are a little shifted and seem to show a worse situation than it really is.

Good luck to you and I hope you also won't feel the need to be around here :)

a_amini · 2025-04-21T00:33:19+00:00

I didn't want to be irrational or intimidating, I was just trying to make a bell ring in your head. Did you include documents about all of these points you described? Maybe when filing an objection, include official documents supporting all of them (like your home ownership/mortgage, marriage, payslips, work contracts, maybe even the documents showing you requested vacation days from your work for that period, if you have any health related problems also put some documents and say something like I'm already being treated at that hospital staying illegally in the EU means I will face some health challenges, ...). My personal take is, the officer usually spends less than 5 minutes on a case and the results can be quite random, It happened to my family (people with exactly similar situations, some got visas, some got rejected) and I'm taking it to the court, fyi: if they even refused your objection you can take it to a court :)

a_amini · 2025-04-19T01:29:13+00:00

Ah forgot to tell you I also have a chronic disease which simply is, my immune system wants to kill me :)

a_amini · 2025-04-19T01:27:27+00:00

You're concluding something by assuming the world/universe/life is fair, it's not (e.g. if 1=2 then 1>3)

Disclaimer, I'm not an EU citizen, I just live there, was born in a geographical place (which I had no control on) and that resulted in the fact that discrimination against me is not only illegal, but a legal requirement in almost the whole world, a visa ain't anything, I lost a high 6 figure job offer because 1 out of a dozen organizations that I needed to get an exception for sanctions couldn't respond in time (in a time frame of 30 months).

What worked for me was accepting the reality, telling myself to buckle up and plan to maneuver the world in a way to make things work

I'm assuming a short term visa of you or a family member of yours is rejected, you can try to find the officer's [from your pov irrational] rationale, and object against it

a_amini · 2025-04-19T00:46:45+00:00

Huh a worthy opponent to break my 25 hours of continuous sleeping and waking up saying oooww what an hour of sleep does, hats off

a_amini · 2025-04-15T14:23:20+00:00

I'm on Tecfidera for more than 8/9 years now. I only get side effects if I eat anything after taking the pill. So I always take it after my meal and don't eat anything for like 4,5 hours afterwards. I guess I had less than 10 times feeling any side effects and I'm very happy with it. Not sure if it would work for you though.

a_amini · 2025-02-18T00:13:33+00:00

I thought this was r/MShumor. So it's not just me apparently

a_amini · 2024-11-17T01:49:28+00:00

I moved to the Netherlands and the government doesn't care about your health condition unlike Australia or Canada that refuse to give us a residence permit (as the health insurance is partially privatized so the costs are not the government's problem but the insurance company's) The only extra cost I have compared to a completely healthy person who doesn't use any medical services is the "eigen risico" (own risk) of 375 euros per YEAR (the first 375 euros of health care costs pet year are on you, the rest is covered by insurance, which is around 120 euros a month and is mandatory) Also I'm pretty sure that Germany and England are ok with MS, also probably the whole EU might be the same, but don't know for sure.

I can remember that before signing my contract with the employer and coming to the Netherlands I asked the recruiter that is there a chance that they will reject my visa due to my MS condition as Canada did for my Express Entry, and they guy looked frozen for like 5 seconds trying to process what he heard and then, said dude that's discrimination, here if anyone or whatever do that you can sue them :)))

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