From: farzin@apollo3d.apollo3.ntt.JP (Farzin Mokhtarian)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
Subject: Re: MoAfee (Exemption from Military Service)
Date: 19 Aug 92 00:03:53 GMT
Organization: none

In article <1992Aug18.143322.1033@mdd.comm.mot.com> bahman@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bahman Khamneian) writes:

 @I got the following info from the Iranian interest section (202)965-4990.
 @
 @
 @To obtain your exemption from M. service (MoAfee) you need to do the
 @following prior to the March of 1993: 
 @
 @- Validate your degree through the interest section. they have a
 @  special validation form (Taeed-e Madrak) referred to as form 54.
 @  The representative connected me to an auto-answering system
 @  that asks for the form number and the destination fax number and then
 @  automatically faxes the from to you. I did not get the direct phone number for
 @  this system. 
 @
 @- Send a letter indicating that the the degree you are validating is
 @  your highest/latest/last degree.
 @
 @- Have someone in Iran to pay the required amount of money.
 @  The interest section does not handle the financial part.
 @  He said that for one or more B.S. it costs 1,000,000 tomans.
 @
 @Bahman Khamneian

The information I posted about moAfee in my "News of Iran" article
was inaccurate and may have misled some people. I apologize for that.
I read Kayhaan Havaii (issue 993) more carefully and here is what it
says about moAfee:
    
        The amount a mashmool must pay to receive moAfee depends
        *(regardless of whether he is inside or outside the country)*
        on the last degree obtained as following (Toman-to-US Dollar
        conversion have been done using the Floating rate):
                    
        1. Medical Doctor with "phogh-e takhasos" 
           2.5 million Tomans or $17,360.
                     
        2. Medical Doctor with "takhasos", Dentist
           2.2 million Tomans or $15,280.
               
        3. Medical Doctor, Dentist (?), Pharmacist, Veterinarian
           1.8 million Tomans or $12,500.
               
        4. Civil Engineer, "saazeh va omraan" Engineer
           1.5 million Tomans or $10,420.
                   
        5. Other Engineering fields (I suppose any degree)
           [that's a lot of you guys]
           1.2 million Tomans or $8330.
                
        6. Post-Doctoral, PhD and MS or MA in non-Engineering fields
           [such as Computer Science degrees, {Hey, that's me :-) }]
           1 million Tomans or $6940.
              
        7. Agricultural Engineer, non-Engineering BS
           0.9 million Tomans or $6250.
                   
        8. "Phogh-e diplom"
           0.6 million Tomans or $4170.
               
        9. High school Diploma
           0.5 million Tomans or $3470.
                 
        10. Below high school diploma
            0.35 million Tomans or $2430.
                     
        ***This "Aeen-nAmeh" expires at the end of 1371 (March 1993).
           So all mashmools who want to take care of their moAfee
           situation must take action before that date. I don't know
           what happens after that date.
             
        ***It is also stated that those who have already paid $16,600
           to receive permanent moAfee, will NOT get any money back. :-(
           Those who have already paid $6,600 to receive temporary
           moAfee can pay only the extra amount required by this
           Aeen-nAmeh provided their temporary moAfee has NOT expired.


Money must be paid to account number 222 at Bank-e Markazi but this 
must be for those living in Iran. You should contact the embassy or
Interest Section for detailed information on how to proceed.
    
 - Farzin Mokhtarian
   farzin@apollo3.ntt.jp
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