Iran: embassies, consulates & entry rules

foreign missions here: 111
Consulates: 24
missions abroad: 121
Visa-free / Visa on arrival: 188

Photo: Amir Pashaei · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Live & travel in Iran

Monthly budget

$8,000/mo

Prices vs USA: 376%

Exchange rate

1 USD = 1,684,462.65 IRR

US travel advisory

Level 4

Homicides / 100k: 2.4

travel.state.gov

Internet access

85%

of people online

Air quality

40.2

PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Official languages

Persian

Emergency

125 · 115 · 110

Plug types

Schuko, Europlug

Calling code

+98

Estimate for a remote worker (rent + living) from World Bank price levels. Capitals can be higher. · US travel advisory: Oct 22, 2026

2.5

/ 5

embassly score

Sources: World Bank · NASA · U.S. State Dept

Cost1.0
Safety2.8
Internet access4.3
Air quality1.0
Climate3.2

City guide: Tehran

SOS · Iran125 Restaurants, cafés and dishes in IranMilad Tower Revolving Restaurant · Pars Café (Lalehzar Street) · Chelow kabab · Jujeh kabab · Sheermal · Ghormeh sabzi · Sholezard

Government consensus

Do not travel· 3 of 3 governments

United StatesDo not travel
United KingdomDo not travel
CanadaDo not travel

Sources: official travel advice of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.

Upcoming public holidays

Nov 13, 2026 · Martyrdom of Fatima-Zahara
Dec 22, 2026 · Birthday of Imam Ali
Jan 5, 2027 · Mabaas of Muhammad
Jan 23, 2027 · Birthday of Imam Mahdi
Feb 11, 2027 · Anniversary of Islamic Revolution
Feb 28, 2027 · Martyrdom of Imam Ali
Mar 9, 2027 · End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)
Mar 10, 2027 · Holyday for Fetr Eeid

Cities in Iran

2.5 / 5

Iran

Tehran

$8,000/mo · 10°C

2.4 / 5

Iran

Mashhad

$8,000/mo · 5°C

2.4 / 5

Iran

Tabriz

$8,000/mo · 3°C

2.6 / 5

Iran

Zahedan

$8,000/mo · 12°C

2.5 / 5

Iran

Bandar Abbas

$8,000/mo · 26°C

Traveller essentials · Iran

Emergency: 125 · 115 · 110
Calling code: +98
Currency: IRR
Plug types: Schuko, Europlug
Drives on the: right
Capital: Tehran
Time zone: Asia/Tehran

Foreign missions in Iran

AfghanistanTehran, Zahedan, Mashhad4 AlgeriaTehran1 ArgentinaTehran1 ArmeniaTehran1 AustraliaTehran1 AustriaTehran1 AzerbaijanTehran, Tabriz2 BahrainTehran1 BangladeshTehran1 BelarusTehran1 BelgiumTehran1 Bosnia and HerzegovinaTehran1 BrazilTehran1 BruneiTehran1 BulgariaTehran1 ChileTehran1 ChinaTehran, Bandar Abbas3 Côte d’IvoireTehran1 CroatiaTehran1 CubaTehran1 CyprusTehran1 CzechiaTehran1 DenmarkTehran1 EcuadorTehran1 EgyptTehran1 FinlandTehran1 FranceTehran1 GeorgiaTehran1 GermanyTehran1 GhanaTehran1 GreeceTehran1 GuineaTehran1 HungaryTehran1 IndiaTehran, Bandar Abbas, Zahedan4 IndonesiaTehran1 IraqTehran1 ItalyTehran1 JapanTehran1 JordanTehran1 KazakhstanTehran, Sari2 KenyaTehran1 KuwaitTehran1 KyrgyzstanTehran1 LebanonTehran2 MalaysiaTehran1 MaliTehran1 MexicoTehran1 NetherlandsTehran1 New ZealandTehran1 NigeriaTehran1 NorwayTehran1 OmanTehran1 PakistanTehran, Zahedan, Mashhad3 PalestineTehran1 PhilippinesTehran1 PolandTehran1 PortugalTehran1 QatarTehran1 RomaniaTehran1 RussiaTehran, Isfahan, Tabriz5 Saudi ArabiaTehran, Mashhad2 SerbiaTehran1 SlovakiaTehran1 SloveniaTehran1 SomaliaTehran1 South AfricaTehran1 South KoreaTehran1 SpainTehran1 SwedenTehran1 SwitzerlandTehran1 SyriaTehran1 TajikistanTehran1 ThailandTehran1 TunisiaTehran1 TürkiyeTehran, Tabriz, Urmia4 TurkmenistanTehran, Mashhad2 UgandaTehran1 UkraineTehran1 United Arab EmiratesTehran1 United KingdomTehran1 United StatesTehran1 UruguayTehran1 UzbekistanTehran2 Vatican CityTehran1 VenezuelaTehran1 VietnamTehran1 YemenTehran1 ZimbabweTehran1

Iran missions abroad

AfghanistanKabul, Kandahar, Mazar-i-Sharif3 AlbaniaTirana1 AlgeriaAlgiers1 ArgentinaBuenos Aires1 ArmeniaYerevan2 AustraliaCanberra1 AustriaVienna1 AzerbaijanBaku, Nakhchivan3 BahrainManama1 BelarusMinsk1 BelgiumBrussels1 BoliviaLa Paz1 Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo1 BrazilBrasília1 BulgariaSofia1 CanadaOttawa1 ChileLas Condes1 ChinaBeijing1 ColombiaBogotá1 Côte d’IvoireAbidjan1 CroatiaZagreb1 CubaHavana1 CyprusNicosia1 CzechiaPrague1 DenmarkCopenhagen1 DR CongoKinshasa1 EcuadorQuito1 EthiopiaAddis Ababa1 FinlandHelsinki1 FranceParis1 GeorgiaTbilisi, Batumi2 GermanyBerlin1 GhanaAccra1 GreeceAthens1 GuineaConakry1 HungaryBudapest1 IndiaNew Delhi1 IndonesiaJakarta1 IraqBaghdad, Basra2 IrelandDublin1 ItalyRome, Milan3 JapanTokyo1 JordanAmman1 KazakhstanAktau, Astana, Almaty3 KenyaNairobi1 KyrgyzstanBishkek1 LebanonBeirut1 LibyaTripoli1 MalaysiaKuala Lumpur1 MaliBamako1 MauritaniaNouakchott1 MexicoMexico City1 MoroccoRabat1 NepalKathmandu1 Netherlands's-Gravenhage1 New ZealandWellington1 NicaraguaManagua1 NigerNiamey1 NigeriaAbuja1 North KoreaPyongyang1 North MacedoniaSkopje1 NorwayOslo1 OmanMuscat1 PakistanIslamabad, Karachi, Peshawar4 PhilippinesManila1 PolandWarsaw1 PortugalLisbon1 RomaniaBucharest1 RussiaMoscow, Астрахань3 Saudi ArabiaRiyadh1 SenegalDakar1 SerbiaBelgrade1 Sierra LeoneFreetown1 SloveniaLjubljana1 South AfricaPretoria1 South KoreaSeoul1 SpainMadrid1 Sri LankaSri Jayawardenepura Kotte1 SwedenStockholm1 SwitzerlandBern1 SyriaDamascus2 TajikistanDushanbe1 TanzaniaDar es Salaam1 ThailandBangkok1 TunisiaTunis1 TürkiyeAnkara, Istanbul4 TurkmenistanAshgabat, Mary2 UgandaKampala1 UkraineKyiv1 United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi, Dubai2 United KingdomLondon2 United StatesSan Francisco1 UruguayMontevideo1 UzbekistanTashkent1 VenezuelaCaracas1 VietnamHanoi1 YemenSanaa1 ZimbabweHarare1

Who can enter Iran without a visa?

Visa-free43

Visa on arrival145

Visa required9

Visa rules change often. Always confirm with the official embassy or government site before you travel.

Frequently asked questions

Embassies & consulates in Iran?

111 missions, 88 countries.

Emergency: Iran?

125 (fire department), 115 (emergency medical services), 110 (police)

Who can enter Iran without a visa?

188: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Cuba, and Egypt…