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I am going to fly from one of the US airport to Iran (with a connection in Doha, Qatar). As you know Iran is not a normal country, as per its relation with the US.

I am planning to take a relatively large amount of money (+50,000 in US dollars) with me in handbag. I have investigated Iran's custom regulation, and it is fine with them (as long as I declare it).

However, I am not sure if the US allows me to do it or not. As per this link (https://fincen105.cbp.dhs.gov/), I could not find any restrictions on taking large sum of money to Iran, other than filling out the form FinCEN 105.

So, here I am double-checking with the experts here to see if there is anything I am missing here. I am an Iranian citizen and a US green card applicant (my case is pending), if that helps.

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Taking a suitcase full of cash to Iran is not per se illegal under US law, but certain transaction are, so it depends on why you do this. Here is a web page from Treasury with the Iran sanctions spelled out.

user6726
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Take an indirect, disconnected route.

Drive to Canada, fly to Europe, then to Qatar / Iran on separate tickets.