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Southern Asia travel guide
Iran
Entry rules for every passport, key facts and neighbouring destinations.
eVisa
Full requirements →
Key facts
- Official name
- Islamic Republic of Iran
- Capital
- Tehran
- Currency
- Iranian rial (IRR ﷼)
- Languages
- Persian (Farsi)
- Calling code
- +98
- Area
- 16,48,195 km²
- Region
- Southern Asia
Who can get in easily
110 of 198 passports can enter Iran without arranging a visa in advance.
- Visa-free
- Visa on arrival
- eTA
- eVisa
- Visa required
Visa requirements for Iran by passport
IndiaeVisa
United StatesVisa required
United KingdomVisa required
United Arab EmiratesVisa-free15 days
ChinaVisa-free21 days
SingaporeVisa-free15 days
PakistanVisa required
BangladesheVisa
Sri LankaeVisa
NepaleVisa
NigeriaVisa on arrival30 days
PhilippineseVisa
CanadaVisa required
AustraliaeVisa
GermanyeVisa
Pick any passport above to see the full requirements, or use the selector at the top.
Nearby countries
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Iraq
Türkiye
TurkmenistanSources: Wikipedia's "Visa requirements for … citizens" articles (CC BY-SA 4.0) for 199 passports; Passport Index Data (imorte), scraped from passportindex.org, published 17 Feb 2026 for the rest. Last checked 11 Oct 2026.