Gift Giving Etiquette in Iran

Gift giving is usually modest and thoughtful rather than flashy, with sweets, fruit, flowers, or a small souvenir from your home country being safer choices than expensive items that can create awkwardness. If you are invited to a home, it is polite to bring something for the host family and to offer it with both hands, while alcohol and anything with a pig-related motif should be avoided because of Islamic norms.