Guide: how to buy Telegram Stars

Telegram Stars is Telegram's in-app currency, launched in June 2024. You can use Stars to pay channels and bots, send gifts, or react to messages.

Buying Stars from Iran is tricky because direct payment is unavailable. Three options:

1. Fragment: Telegram's official site for buying Stars. Doesn't accept Iranian bank cards and requires TON.

2. In-app purchase: via Google Play or App Store — both blocked in Iran.

3. Iranian intermediaries like Starexpay: Pay with your Iranian bank card; Stars are delivered to your Telegram account in seconds.

Option 3 is the fastest and easiest. Starexpay quotes live prices and requires no VPN or foreign account.