How do I use Whisper 1 from inside Iran?

Create a Hormouz account and generate an API key. Hormouz gives you a stable route to the model from inside Iran, with no foreign credit card or circumvention tooling needed.

How do I call Whisper 1?

Hormouz serves Whisper 1 on two endpoints. The OpenAI-compatible POST /v1/audio/transcriptions takes the file as the multipart field "file", or as JSON input_audio with base64 data and format, and returns {text, usage} in the same response. POST /v1/predictions handles long recordings in the background: input.audio is an https URL or a data: URI, input.language is optional. Code written for OpenAI's SDK works by changing only the base URL.

OpenAI: Whisper 1: audio model

Whisper 1 is OpenAI's Whisper speech recognition model as served by its API, for transcription in 50+ languages. Reachable from inside Iran through Hormouz.

Pricing:: $0.006/minute of audio
Type:: audio

Audio

Whisper 1 is OpenAI's Whisper automatic speech recognition model, available through OpenAI's API as whisper-1. It supports transcription and translation across more than 50 languages.

Hormouz serves Whisper 1 on two endpoints: the OpenAI-compatible /v1/audio/transcriptions, which returns the text in the same response, and /v1/predictions for long recordings processed in the background. In our tests on Persian speech it produced an accurate transcript.

Billing is per minute of audio; the current rate is in the price table on this page, and you pay only for what you use. Hormouz provides stable access to it from inside Iran, with no foreign credit card or circumvention tooling required.

Whisper is OpenAI's open-source automatic speech recognition model, available via API as whisper-1. It supports transcription and translation across 50+ languages from audio files up to 25 MB. Accepts formats...

Quickstart

curl https://api.hormouz.net/v1/audio/transcriptions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ng-YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -F model=openai/whisper-1 \
  -F file=@audio.mp3

Specs

Vendor	OpenAI
Type	Audio
Context window	—
Pricing	$0.006/minute of audio
API	transcriptions

Code example

cURL

curl https://api.hormouz.net/v1/audio/transcriptions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ng-YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -F model=openai/whisper-1 \
  -F file=@audio.mp3

Python

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(api_key="ng-YOUR_API_KEY", base_url="https://api.hormouz.net/v1")
with open("audio.mp3", "rb") as f:
    tr = client.audio.transcriptions.create(model="openai/whisper-1", file=f)
print(tr.text)

JavaScript

import OpenAI from "openai";
import fs from "node:fs";
const client = new OpenAI({ apiKey: "ng-YOUR_API_KEY", baseURL: "https://api.hormouz.net/v1" });
const tr = await client.audio.transcriptions.create({
  model: "openai/whisper-1",
  file: fs.createReadStream("audio.mp3"),
});
console.log(tr.text);

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FAQ

How much does Whisper 1 cost?: Billing is per minute of audio; the current rate is in the price table on this page, and you pay only for what you use.
How do I use Whisper 1 from inside Iran?: Create a Hormouz account and generate an API key. Hormouz gives you a stable route to the model from inside Iran, with no foreign credit card or circumvention tooling needed.
How do I call Whisper 1?: Hormouz serves Whisper 1 on two endpoints. The OpenAI-compatible POST /v1/audio/transcriptions takes the file as the multipart field "file", or as JSON input_audio with base64 data and format, and returns {text, usage} in the same response. POST /v1/predictions handles long recordings in the background: input.audio is an https URL or a data: URI, input.language is optional. Code written for OpenAI's SDK works by changing only the base URL.
Does Whisper 1 handle Persian?: Yes. In our tests on Persian speech it produced an accurate transcript.

Updated 2026-10-13