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Visa Requirements for Iran Passport Holders (2026)

A Iran passport gives visa-free access to 43 of 198 destinations (visa-free, visa on arrival, or eTA). Full breakdown by entry type below.

Visa-free13
Visa on arrival27
eTA3
e-Visa41
Visa required113

Visa-free destinations (13)

Armenia (90d), Dominica (21d), Georgia (45d), Haiti (90d), Iraq (30d), Kazakhstan (14d), Malaysia (14d), Micronesia (30d), Seychelles (90d), Tajikistan (30d), Tunisia (15d), Turkey (90d), Venezuela (15d)

Visa on arrival (27)

Bolivia, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Lebanon, Macao, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nepal, Oman, Palau, Qatar, Rwanda, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Syria, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Zimbabwe

eTA required (3)

Ivory Coast, Kenya, Pakistan

e-Visa required (41)

Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Colombia, DR Congo, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Malawi, Moldova, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sao Tome and Principe, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Zambia

Visa required in advance (113)

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Laos, Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican, Yemen

Passports with similar entry access

DR Congo · Sri Lanka · Nigeria · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Myanmar

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Data source: Passport Index dataset (CC-BY). Retrieved & last verified June 26, 2026. Visa rules change frequently — always confirm with the destination’s embassy or official immigration website before you book. See our methodology.