The dirham is the currency of the United Arab Emirates. Because of the trade, travel and transfers between Iran and Dubai, it is one of the most used currencies for Iranian traders and travellers.
The dirham is pegged to the US dollar at a fixed rate (about 3.67 dirhams to the dollar), so its price in Iran moves almost in step with the dollar.
What moves the price
The free-market dollar rate in Iran, because of the dirham's fixed peg to the dollar.
Trade and travel demand to the Emirates.
The cost and availability of transfer routes between the two countries.
Buying UAE Dirham at Sarafi Iranian
1Choose the dirham under Buy & sell; the firm price is shown before you confirm.
2To pay someone in the Emirates, if the UAE transfer route is open, Send money shows what arrives and roughly when.
Common questions
Why do the dirham and the dollar move together?
The Emirates hold the dirham at a fixed rate to the dollar, so in Iran the dirham is in effect a fraction of a dollar.
This page explains; it does not advise buying or selling. Prices are free-market rates, and every trade's firm price is shown before you confirm.