Hi all,
First of all, thanks for all the comments! It seems that most of you have a different view of Iran, compared to my experiences. I have traveled all around the world, and never have I felt more safe than in Iran. I felt really welcome, I was amazed by the kindness of the people, got invited by people at their homes, they shared their meals with me and I heard many wonderful stories about living in Iran. For those who are interested in seeing different cultures and want to by surprised by the warmth of people, I can really recommend going there.
Although most of you did not recommend it, i DID take my Mavic Pro to Iran. And I did survive without any troubles. There is a ban on drones in Tehran, so I didn't think about it to fly there. Next, I went to Kashan, another city. There was a beautiful mosque and I really wanted to take some shots and started to ask around if I was allowed to fly there. Soon many people were involved, and nobody knew if it was allowed to fly a drone there. I ended up with the local police officer and he told me I needed a permit to fly. Ok, no problem, I didn't fly my drone. As soon as people heard I was not allowed to fly, they invited me into the office of the mosque, and on the spot they burned a DVD with helicopter shots of the mosque that were shot earlier that year. Speaking of the extremely kindness of people!
I decided not to fly in any city in Iran, but luckily there are still many places with less people. So I used my drone a couple of times in the desert and on trips in the mountains. I always checked with local guides or authorities and as soon someone hinted that it was maybe not safe or ok to use it, I didn't use it. One of the local guides told me three weeks before me there were 3 German guys with a drone, so I was not even the first guy with a drone there.
My bags were not checked when I arrived in Iran and they didn't notice the drone when we left Iran. I don't know if I am extremely lucky, as I don't know what would have happened when they found it, but I never worried too much about it.
Hope you enjoy our short video of Iran: