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๐ฎ๐ท Who needs a visa for Iran?
โ U.S. State Department travel advisory for Iran: Level 4: Do Not Travel (updated 5 December 2025). It is written for U.S. citizens; read the advisory before you book.
Travel essentials for Iran
| Capital | Tehran |
| Currency | Iranian rial (IRR, ๏ทผ) |
| Official languages | Persian (Farsi) |
| Calling code | +98 |
| Plugs and voltage | type C, F ยท 220 V |
| Internet domain | .ir |
Neighbouring countries: ๐ฆ๐ซ Afghanistan, ๐ฆ๐ฒ Armenia, ๐ฆ๐ฟ Azerbaijan, ๐ฎ๐ถ Iraq, ๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan, ๐น๐ท Turkey, ๐น๐ฒ Turkmenistan
Visa requirements by passport
Entry requirements for Iran by passport, grouped from visa-free to visa required. Data updated September 2026; confirm with an embassy of Iran before you travel.
Visa-free (43)
- ๐ฆ๐ฒ Armenia ยท 90 days
- ๐ฆ๐ฟ Azerbaijan ยท 14 days
- ๐ง๐ญ Bahrain ยท 15 days
- ๐ง๐พ Belarus ยท 15 days
- ๐ง๐ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina ยท 15 days
- ๐ง๐ท Brazil ยท 15 days
- ๐ง๐ณ Brunei ยท 15 days
- ๐ฐ๐ญ Cambodia ยท 15 days
- ๐จ๐ณ China ยท 21 days
- ๐ญ๐ท Croatia ยท 15 days
- ๐จ๐บ Cuba ยท 15 days
- ๐ช๐ฌ Egypt ยท 21 days
- ๐ฌ๐ช Georgia ยท 45 days
- ๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong ยท 21 days
- ๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia ยท 15 days
- ๐ฎ๐ถ Iraq ยท 30 days
- ๐ฏ๐ต Japan ยท 15 days
- ๐ฐ๐ฟ Kazakhstan ยท 14 days
- ๐ฐ๐ผ Kuwait ยท 15 days
- ๐ฐ๐ฌ Kyrgyzstan ยท 15 days
- ๐ฑ๐ง Lebanon ยท 30 days
- ๐ฒ๐ด Macau ยท 21 days
- ๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia ยท 14 days
- ๐ฒ๐ท Mauritania ยท 15 days
- ๐ฒ๐บ Mauritius ยท 15 days
- ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico ยท 15 days
- ๐ด๐ฒ Oman ยท 90 days
- ๐ต๐ช Peru ยท 15 days
- ๐ถ๐ฆ Qatar ยท 15 days
- ๐ธ๐ฆ Saudi Arabia ยท 15 days
- ๐ท๐ธ Serbia ยท 15 days
- ๐ธ๐จ Seychelles ยท 15 days
- ๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore ยท 15 days
- ๐ธ๐พ Syria ยท 90 days
- ๐น๐ฏ Tajikistan ยท 30 days
- ๐น๐ฟ Tanzania ยท 15 days
- ๐น๐ณ Tunisia ยท 15 days
- ๐น๐ท Turkey ยท 90 days
- ๐ฆ๐ช United Arab Emirates ยท 15 days
- ๐บ๐ฟ Uzbekistan ยท 15 days
- ๐ป๐ช Venezuela ยท 15 days
- ๐ป๐ณ Vietnam ยท 15 days
- ๐ฟ๐ผ Zimbabwe ยท 15 days
Visa on arrival (125)
- ๐ฆ๐ฑ Albania
- ๐ฉ๐ฟ Algeria
- ๐ฆ๐ฉ Andorra
- ๐ฆ๐ด Angola
- ๐ฆ๐ฌ Antigua and Barbuda
- ๐ฆ๐น Austria
- ๐ง๐ธ Bahamas
- ๐ง๐ง Barbados
- ๐ง๐ช Belgium
- ๐ง๐ฟ Belize
- ๐ง๐ฏ Benin
- ๐ง๐น Bhutan
- ๐ง๐ผ Botswana
- ๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria
- ๐ง๐ซ Burkina Faso
- ๐ง๐ฎ Burundi
- ๐จ๐ฒ Cameroon
- ๐จ๐ป Cape Verde
- ๐จ๐ซ Central African Republic
- ๐น๐ฉ Chad
- ๐จ๐ฑ Chile
- ๐ฐ๐ฒ Comoros
- ๐จ๐ท Costa Rica
- ๐จ๐พ Cyprus
- ๐จ๐ฟ Czech Republic
- ๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark
- ๐ฉ๐ฏ Djibouti
- ๐ฉ๐ฒ Dominica
- ๐ฉ๐ด Dominican Republic
- ๐ธ๐ป El Salvador
- ๐ฌ๐ถ Equatorial Guinea
- ๐ช๐ท Eritrea
- ๐ช๐ช Estonia
- ๐ธ๐ฟ Eswatini
- ๐ซ๐ฏ Fiji
- ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland
- ๐ฌ๐ฆ Gabon
- ๐ฌ๐ฒ Gambia
- ๐ฌ๐ญ Ghana
- ๐ฌ๐ท Greece
- ๐ฌ๐ฉ Grenada
- ๐ฌ๐น Guatemala
- ๐ฌ๐ณ Guinea
- ๐ฌ๐ผ Guinea-Bissau
- ๐ฌ๐พ Guyana
- ๐ญ๐น Haiti
- ๐ญ๐บ Hungary
- ๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland
- ๐ฎ๐ช Ireland
- ๐ฎ๐น Italy
- ๐จ๐ฎ Ivory Coast
- ๐ฏ๐ฒ Jamaica
- ๐ฐ๐ช Kenya
- ๐ฐ๐ฎ Kiribati
- ๐ฝ๐ฐ Kosovo
- ๐ฑ๐ฆ Laos
- ๐ฑ๐ป Latvia
- ๐ฑ๐ธ Lesotho
- ๐ฑ๐ท Liberia
- ๐ฑ๐พ Libya
- ๐ฑ๐ฎ Liechtenstein
- ๐ฑ๐น Lithuania
- ๐ฑ๐บ Luxembourg
- ๐ฒ๐ฌ Madagascar
- ๐ฒ๐ผ Malawi
- ๐ฒ๐ป Maldives
- ๐ฒ๐ฑ Mali
- ๐ฒ๐น Malta
- ๐ฒ๐ญ Marshall Islands
- ๐ซ๐ฒ Micronesia
- ๐ฒ๐ฉ Moldova
- ๐ฒ๐จ Monaco
- ๐ฒ๐ณ Mongolia
- ๐ฒ๐ช Montenegro
- ๐ฒ๐ฟ Mozambique
- ๐ณ๐ท Nauru
- ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands
- ๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand
- ๐ณ๐ฎ Nicaragua
- ๐ณ๐ช Niger
- ๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria
- ๐ฐ๐ต North Korea
- ๐ฒ๐ฐ North Macedonia
- ๐ณ๐ด Norway
- ๐ต๐ผ Palau
- ๐ต๐ธ Palestine
- ๐ต๐ฆ Panama
- ๐ต๐ฌ Papua New Guinea
- ๐ต๐พ Paraguay
- ๐ต๐ฑ Poland
- ๐ต๐น Portugal
- ๐จ๐ฌ Republic of the Congo
- ๐ท๐ด Romania
- ๐ท๐บ Russia
- ๐ท๐ผ Rwanda
- ๐ฐ๐ณ Saint Kitts and Nevis
- ๐ฑ๐จ Saint Lucia
- ๐ป๐จ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- ๐ผ๐ธ Samoa
- ๐ธ๐ฒ San Marino
- ๐ธ๐ณ Senegal
- ๐ธ๐ฑ Sierra Leone
- ๐ธ๐ฐ Slovakia
- ๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia
- ๐ธ๐ง Solomon Islands
- ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea
- ๐ธ๐ธ South Sudan
- ๐ช๐ธ Spain
- ๐ธ๐ฉ Sudan
- ๐ธ๐ท Suriname
- ๐ธ๐ช Sweden
- ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland
- ๐ธ๐น Sรฃo Tomรฉ and Prรญncipe
- ๐น๐ผ Taiwan
- ๐น๐ฑ Timor-Leste
- ๐น๐ฌ Togo
- ๐น๐ด Tonga
- ๐น๐น Trinidad and Tobago
- ๐น๐ฒ Turkmenistan
- ๐น๐ป Tuvalu
- ๐บ๐ฌ Uganda
- ๐บ๐พ Uruguay
- ๐ป๐บ Vanuatu
- ๐ป๐ฆ Vatican City
- ๐พ๐ช Yemen
e-Visa (21)
- ๐ฆ๐ท Argentina ยท 30 days
- ๐ฆ๐บ Australia ยท 30 days
- ๐ง๐ฉ Bangladesh
- ๐ง๐ด Bolivia ยท 30 days
- ๐จ๐ฉ DR Congo ยท 30 days
- ๐ช๐จ Ecuador ยท 30 days
- ๐ช๐น Ethiopia
- ๐ซ๐ท France ยท 30 days
- ๐ฉ๐ช Germany ยท 30 days
- ๐ญ๐ณ Honduras
- ๐ฎ๐ณ India ยท 30 days
- ๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco ยท 30 days
- ๐ฒ๐ฒ Myanmar ยท 30 days
- ๐ณ๐ฆ Namibia ยท 30 days
- ๐ณ๐ต Nepal ยท 30 days
- ๐ต๐ญ Philippines ยท 30 days
- ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa ยท 30 days
- ๐ฑ๐ฐ Sri Lanka ยท 30 days
- ๐น๐ญ Thailand ยท 30 days
- ๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine ยท 30 days
- ๐ฟ๐ฒ Zambia ยท 30 days
Visa required (8)
- ๐ฆ๐ซ Afghanistan
- ๐จ๐ฆ Canada
- ๐จ๐ด Colombia
- ๐ฏ๐ด Jordan
- ๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan
- ๐ธ๐ด Somalia
- ๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom
- ๐บ๐ธ United States