Taxis are cheap and safe in our experience. Taxameters are not the norm, but you’ll soon acquire a feeling of how much it should be.

Ask how much it is and when you feel it is a bit more than it should be, say a lower number, if it is reasonable, it will get accepted.

Prices are mostly quoted as numbers you can easily show with your hand. “One” for example means 10.000 Rials, “two” 20,000 and so on. Two (less than a dollar) would get you a decent hop away.

Rarely, but we encountered the old politeness ritual of Ta’arof, where out of politeness, the driver would say your trip was free, but of course you should pay nevertheless.

Note there are many (domestically produced) Peugeots in Iran.