Iran passport

Rank, score and destinations reachable with the Iran passport — Passport Index ranking and visa verdict breakdown on Atlas.

The Iran passport ranks 181 worldwide, giving access to 44 destinations without a prior visa.

Iran ranks 25 in the worldwide openness ranking, and can be entered without a prior visa by 187 passports.

Passport rank
181 / 199
Visa-free travel to
44 destinations
Openness rank
25 / 199
Visa-free entry for
187 passports

Visa-free — 13

Armenia, Dominica, Georgia, Haiti, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Micronesia, Seychelles, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Venezuela

Visa on arrival — 27

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

Electronic authorisation (ETA) — 4

Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Pakistan, Suriname

E-visa — 41

Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the 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, São Tomé and Príncipe, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Zambia

Visa required — 112

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini, 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, Republic of the Congo, Romania, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Yemen

Entry refused — 1

Libya