Visa-Free Countries for Iranian citizens (2026)
An Iranian passport enters 17 countries visa-free, gets a visa on arrival in 17 more, and an eTA in 3 — 37 of 198 destinations you can reach without arranging a visa before you go. 47 need an e-visa applied for online, and 114 need a consular visa. As of 20 July 2026.
- 17
- VISA-FREE
- 3
- ETA
- 17
- VISA ON ARRIVAL
- 47
- E-VISA
- 114
- VISA REQUIRED
Counts are for a standard tourist passport, from our open visa-matrix dataset, which cross-checks Wikipedia against a second source and records every disagreement rather than picking one silently. This is a starting point, not legal advice — a rule can change between snapshots, so confirm the current requirement with the destination's official source before you book. Rows marked ⚑ disputed are corridors where our two sources disagree; treat those as "verify first".
Visa-free 17
Walk up to the border with just your passport. No form, no fee, no advance step.
- Armenia90d
- Dominica21d
- Georgia45d
- Haiti90d
- Iraq30d
- Kazakhstan14d
- Malaysia14d
- Micronesia30d
- Norway⚑
- Oman14d⚑
- Russia15d⚑
- Suriname90d
- Tajikistan30d
- Tunisia15d
- Turkey90d
- Venezuela15d
- Vietnam15d⚑
Electronic authorisation (eTA) 3
Visa-free in practice, but you must register an eTA online before you fly. Minutes, not weeks.
- Kenya90d
- Seychelles90d
- Sri Lanka30d⚑
Visa on arrival 17
Nothing to arrange in advance — the visa is issued at the border, usually for a fee.
- Burundi30d
- Cambodia30d
- Comoros45d
- East Timor30d
- Guinea-Bissau90d
- Macao30d
- Madagascar90d
- Maldives30d
- Mauritius14d
- Mozambique30d
- Palau30d
- Qatar30d
- Rwanda30d
- Samoa
- Sierra Leone30d
- Tuvalu30d
- Zimbabwe30d
E-visa (apply online first) 47
You must apply and be approved online before departure. Not a border formality.
- Angola30d⚑
- Antigua and Barbuda90d
- Australia
- Azerbaijan30d
- Bahamas
- Benin30d
- Bhutan90d
- Bolivia
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso30d
- Cameroon30d
- Chad30d
- Colombia
- Cuba90d⚑
- Djibouti90d⚑
- Ecuador
- Equatorial Guinea90d
- Ethiopia90d
- Gabon90d
- Ghana90d⚑
- Guinea90d
- Guyana
- Hong Kong
- Indonesia60d
- Ivory Coast90d⚑
- Kyrgyzstan90d
- Liberia
- Malawi30d
- Mauritania30d
- Namibia90d
- Nigeria30d
- Pakistan90d
- Papua New Guinea60d
- Saint Kitts and Nevis30d
- Sao Tome and Principe15d
- Serbia90d⚑
- Somalia30d
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Tanzania90d
- Thailand60d
- Togo15d
- Trinidad and Tobago90d⚑
- Uganda90d
- Uzbekistan30d⚑
- Vanuatu120d
- Zambia90d
Visa required 114
A consular visa is needed before travel — start early.
- Afghanistan
- Albania⚑
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Argentina
- Austria
- Bahrain⚑
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burma
- Cabo Verde⚑
- Canada
- Central African Republic
- Chile
- China
- Congo
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- DR Congo⚑
- Egypt
- El Salvador⚑
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Gambia
- Germany
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Ireland
- Israel⚑
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon⚑
- Lesotho
- Libya⚑
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mexico
- Moldova⚑
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Nauru
- Nepal⚑
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- North Korea
- Palestine
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- San Marino
- Saudi Arabia⚑
- Senegal
- Singapore⚑
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- South Korea⚑
- Spain
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tonga
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates⚑
- United Kingdom
- United States⚑
- Uruguay
- Vatican
- Yemen