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Iran visa requirements in 2026

What Iran's border demands, by nationality — 109 of the 202 nationalities we track can enter without a visa arranged in advance. Pick your passport below for your exact rules, fees and documents.

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Entry rules for everyone

These apply whichever passport you carry and however you enter.

Passport validity 6 months

Who can enter Iran

Fiji — Visa On ArrivalTanzania, United Republic of — Visa Not RequiredWestern SaharaCanada — Embassy VisaUnited States — Embassy VisaKazakhstan — Visa Not RequiredUzbekistan — Visa Not RequiredPapua New Guinea — E-VisaIndonesia — Visa Not RequiredArgentina — E-VisaChile — E-VisaCongo, The Democratic Republic of the — E-VisaSomalia — Embassy VisaKenya — Visa On ArrivalSudan — Visa On ArrivalChad — Visa On ArrivalHaiti — Visa On ArrivalDominican Republic — Visa On ArrivalRussian Federation — E-VisaBahamas — Visa On ArrivalFalkland Islands (Malvinas)Norway — E-VisaGreenland — E-VisaFrench Southern Territories — E-VisaTimor-Leste — Visa On ArrivalSouth Africa — E-VisaLesotho — Visa On ArrivalMexico — Visa Not RequiredUruguay — E-VisaBrazil — Visa Not RequiredBolivia, Plurinational State of — E-VisaPeru — Visa Not RequiredColombia — Embassy VisaPanama — E-VisaCosta Rica — Visa On ArrivalNicaragua — Visa On ArrivalHonduras — E-VisaEl Salvador — E-VisaGuatemala — Visa On ArrivalBelize — E-VisaVenezuela, Bolivarian Republic of — Visa Not RequiredGuyana — Visa On ArrivalSuriname — E-VisaFrance — E-VisaEcuador — E-VisaPuerto RicoJamaica — Visa On ArrivalCuba — Visa Not RequiredZimbabwe — Visa Not RequiredBotswana — Visa On ArrivalNamibia — E-VisaSenegal — Visa On ArrivalMali — Visa On ArrivalMauritania — Visa Not RequiredBenin — Visa On ArrivalNiger — Visa On ArrivalNigeria — Visa On ArrivalCameroon — Visa On ArrivalTogo — Visa On ArrivalGhana — Visa On ArrivalCôte d'Ivoire — Visa On ArrivalGuinea — Visa On ArrivalGuinea-Bissau — Visa On ArrivalLiberia — Visa On ArrivalSierra Leone — Visa On ArrivalBurkina Faso — Visa On ArrivalCentral African Republic — Visa On ArrivalCongo — Visa On ArrivalGabon — E-VisaEquatorial Guinea — Visa On ArrivalZambia — E-VisaMalawi — Visa On ArrivalMozambique — E-VisaEswatini — Visa On ArrivalAngola — Visa On ArrivalBurundi — Visa On ArrivalIsraelLebanon — Visa Not RequiredMadagascar — E-VisaPalestine, State of — Visa On ArrivalGambia — Visa On ArrivalTunisia — Visa Not RequiredAlgeria — Visa On ArrivalJordan — Embassy VisaUnited Arab Emirates — Visa Not RequiredQatar — Visa Not RequiredKuwait — Visa Not RequiredIraq — Visa Not RequiredOman — Visa Not RequiredVanuatu — Visa On ArrivalCambodia — Visa Not RequiredThailand — E-VisaLao People's Democratic Republic — E-VisaMyanmar — E-VisaViet Nam — Visa Not RequiredKorea, Democratic People's Republic of — E-VisaKorea, Republic of — E-VisaMongolia — E-VisaIndia — E-VisaBangladesh — E-VisaBhutan — Visa On ArrivalNepal — E-VisaPakistan — Embassy VisaAfghanistan — Embassy VisaTajikistan — Visa Not RequiredKyrgyzstan — Visa Not RequiredTurkmenistan — Visa On ArrivalIran, Islamic Republic ofSyrian Arab Republic — Visa Not RequiredArmenia — Visa Not RequiredSweden — E-VisaBelarus — Visa Not RequiredUkraine — E-VisaPoland — E-VisaAustria — E-VisaHungary — E-VisaMoldova, Republic of — E-VisaRomania — E-VisaLithuania — E-VisaLatvia — E-VisaEstonia — E-VisaGermany — E-VisaBulgaria — E-VisaGreece — E-VisaTürkiye — Visa Not RequiredAlbania — E-VisaCroatia — Visa Not RequiredSwitzerland — E-VisaLuxembourg — E-VisaBelgium — E-VisaNetherlands — E-VisaPortugal — E-VisaSpain — E-VisaIreland — E-VisaNew CaledoniaSolomon Islands — Visa On ArrivalNew Zealand — E-VisaAustralia — E-VisaSri Lanka — E-VisaChina — Visa Not RequiredTaiwan, Province of China — E-VisaItaly — E-VisaDenmark — E-VisaUnited Kingdom — Embassy VisaIceland — E-VisaAzerbaijan — Visa Not RequiredGeorgia — Visa Not RequiredPhilippines — E-VisaMalaysia — Visa Not RequiredBrunei Darussalam — Visa Not RequiredSlovenia — E-VisaFinland — E-VisaSlovakia — E-VisaCzechia — E-VisaEritrea — Visa On ArrivalJapan — Visa Not RequiredParaguay — Visa On ArrivalYemen — E-VisaSaudi Arabia — Visa Not RequiredCyprus — E-VisaMorocco — E-VisaEgypt — Visa Not RequiredLibya — E-VisaEthiopia — E-VisaDjibouti — Visa On ArrivalUganda — Visa On ArrivalRwanda — Visa On ArrivalBosnia and Herzegovina — Visa Not RequiredNorth Macedonia — E-VisaSerbia — Visa Not RequiredMontenegro — E-VisaTrinidad and Tobago — E-VisaSouth Sudan — E-Visa
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Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
China
Croatia
Cuba
Egypt
Georgia
Hong Kong
Indonesia
Iraq
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lebanon
Macao
Malaysia
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Oman
Peru
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Seychelles
Singapore
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
Tanzania, United Republic of
Tunisia
Türkiye
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Viet Nam
Zimbabwe
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Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Benin
Bhutan
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini
Fiji
Gambia
Ghana
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Holy See (Vatican City State)
Jamaica
Kenya
Kiribati
Lesotho
Liberia
Malawi
Mali
Marshall Islands
Monaco
Nauru
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Palestine, State of
Paraguay
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Sudan
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Vanuatu
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Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Botswana
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
Comoros
Congo
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
Costa Rica
Cyprus
Czechia
Côte d'Ivoire
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Faroe Islands
Fiji
Finland
France
French Southern Territories
Gabon
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Greenland
Grenada
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Holy See (Vatican City State)
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Ireland
Italy
Jamaica
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Korea, Republic of
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Latvia
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Federated States of
Moldova, Republic of
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
North Macedonia
Norway
Palau
Palestine, State of
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Sierra Leone
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
South Africa
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan, Province of China
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
Uruguay
Vanuatu
Yemen
Zambia
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Afghanistan
British Indian Ocean Territory
Canada
Colombia
Jordan
Pakistan
Somalia
United Kingdom
United States
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Terms are the destination's own, extracted from official pages. Your exact requirement depends on your passport — use the picker above.

Compiled from official government sources and kept under continuous re-verification. Entry rules can change at short notice — always confirm with the official source before you travel.