Iran · Passport Index 2026
Iran · Passport Index 2026Iranian passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #98 in the world, with 38 places you can visit easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
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Visa-free countries for Iranian passport holders
Just show your passport at the border.
Visa on arrival
Get your visa at the airport when you land. No need to apply in advance.
eVisa and online permits
Apply online before you fly; no embassy visit.
Where the Iranian passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Iranian passport compares
Passports ranked close to it on the Passport Index 2026.
By region of the world
For each part of the world: how many countries' travellers can come easily. Easy means no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- Oceania7 of 24 countries
- Asia14 of 49 countries
- Africa12 of 58 countries
- Americas4 of 55 countries
- Europe1 of 49 countries
- Antarctic0 of 1 countries
All 236 destinations for Iranian passport holders
236 of 236 destinations
- ArmeniaVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- Cook IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean21 days
- GeorgiaVisa not requiredWestern Asia45 days
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- IraqVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- KazakhstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia14 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- NiueVisa not requiredPolynesia
- OmanVisa not requiredWestern Asia14 days
- Pitcairn IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia
- RussiaVisa not requiredEastern Europe15 days
- SurinameVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- TajikistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- TunisiaVisa not requiredNorthern Africa15 days
- TürkiyeVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- VenezuelaVisa not requiredSouth America15 days
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa45 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- MacauVisa on arrivalEastern Asia30 days
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- MauritiusVisa on arrivalEastern Africa14 days
- MozambiqueVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- QatarVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- RwandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- SamoaVisa on arrivalPolynesia90 days
- Sierra LeoneVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- ZimbabweVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa30 days
- KenyaeTA requiredEastern Africa90 days
- SeychelleseTA requiredEastern Africa90 days
- Sri LankaeTA requiredSouthern Asia30 days
- AngolaeVisaMiddle Africa30 days
- Antigua and BarbudaeVisaCaribbean
- AzerbaijaneVisaWestern Asia30 days
- BahamaseVisaCaribbean
- BenineVisaWestern Africa30 days
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- BoliviaeVisaSouth America30 days
- BotswanaeVisaSouthern Africa
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa30 days
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa30 days
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America
- CongoeVisaMiddle Africa
- CubaeVisaCaribbean90 days
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa90 days
- EcuadoreVisaSouth America
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- EthiopiaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- FijieVisaMelanesia
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- GhanaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- GuyanaeVisaSouth America
- Hong KongeVisaEastern Asia
- IndonesiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia60 days
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa90 days
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia90 days
- MalawieVisaEastern Africa30 days
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- MontserrateVisaCaribbean
- NamibiaeVisaSouthern Africa90 days
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia60 days
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaeVisaWestern Africa
- Saint Kitts and NeviseVisaCaribbean30 days
- São Tomé and PríncipeeVisaMiddle Africa
- SerbiaeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South AfricaeVisaSouthern Africa
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- TaiwaneVisaEastern Asia
- TanzaniaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- ThailandeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia60 days
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- Trinidad and TobagoeVisaCaribbean90 days
- TurkmenistaneVisaCentral Asia30 days
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- UzbekistaneVisaCentral Asia30 days
- VanuatueVisaMelanesia120 days
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- ZambiaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- AfghanistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- AlbaniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- AndorraVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- AnguillaVisa requiredCaribbean
- ArgentinaVisa requiredSouth America
- ArubaVisa requiredCaribbean
- AustriaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- BahrainVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BangladeshVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- BarbadosVisa requiredCaribbean
- BelarusVisa requiredEastern Europe
- BelgiumVisa requiredWestern Europe
- BelizeVisa requiredCentral America
- BermudaVisa requiredNorth America
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- BrazilVisa requiredSouth America
- British Virgin IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- BruneiVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- BulgariaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CanadaVisa requiredNorth America
- Cape VerdeVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Caribbean NetherlandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- Cayman IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChileVisa requiredSouth America
- ChinaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- Costa RicaVisa requiredCentral America
- CroatiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CuraçaoVisa requiredCaribbean
- CyprusVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Czech RepublicVisa requiredCentral Europe
- DenmarkVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- Dominican RepublicVisa requiredCaribbean
- DR CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa7 days
- EgyptVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- El SalvadorVisa requiredCentral America
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EstoniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- EswatiniVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- Falkland IslandsVisa requiredSouth America
- Faroe IslandsVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- FinlandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- FranceVisa requiredWestern Europe
- French GuianaVisa requiredSouth America
- French PolynesiaVisa requiredPolynesia
- GambiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GermanyVisa requiredWestern Europe
- GibraltarVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- GreeceVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- GreenlandVisa requiredNorth America
- GrenadaVisa requiredCaribbean
- GuadeloupeVisa requiredCaribbean
- GuamVisa requiredMicronesia
- GuatemalaVisa requiredCentral America
- HondurasVisa requiredCentral America
- HungaryVisa requiredCentral Europe
- IcelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IndiaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IrelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IsraelVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ItalyVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- JamaicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- JapanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- JordanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KiribatiVisa requiredMicronesia
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LaosVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- LatviaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LesothoVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- LiechtensteinVisa requiredWestern Europe
- LithuaniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LuxembourgVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MaltaVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Marshall IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- MartiniqueVisa requiredCaribbean
- MayotteVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MexicoVisa requiredNorth America
- MoldovaVisa requiredEastern Europe
- MonacoVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MongoliaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- MontenegroVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- MoroccoVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MyanmarVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NepalVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- NetherlandsVisa requiredWestern Europe
- New CaledoniaVisa requiredMelanesia
- New ZealandVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- NicaraguaVisa requiredCentral America
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- North MacedoniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Northern Mariana IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- NorwayVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- PalestineVisa requiredWestern Asia
- PanamaVisa requiredCentral America
- ParaguayVisa requiredSouth America
- PeruVisa requiredSouth America
- PhilippinesVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- PolandVisa requiredCentral Europe
- PortugalVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Puerto RicoVisa requiredCaribbean
- RéunionVisa requiredEastern Africa
- RomaniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Saint BarthélemyVisa requiredCaribbean
- Saint LuciaVisa requiredCaribbean
- Saint MartinVisa requiredCaribbean
- Saint Pierre and MiquelonVisa requiredNorth America
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa requiredCaribbean
- San MarinoVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Saudi ArabiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- SenegalVisa requiredWestern Africa
- SingaporeVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- Sint MaartenVisa requiredCaribbean
- SlovakiaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- SloveniaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- Solomon IslandsVisa requiredMelanesia
- South KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- SpainVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SwedenVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- SwitzerlandVisa requiredWestern Europe
- SyriaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TongaVisa requiredPolynesia
- Turks and Caicos IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- UkraineVisa requiredEastern Europe
- United KingdomVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- United States Virgin IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- UruguayVisa requiredSouth America
- Vatican CityVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Wallis and FutunaVisa requiredPolynesia
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
- American SamoaEntry permit requiredPolynesia
- British Indian Ocean TerritoryEntry permit requiredEastern Africa
- South GeorgiaEntry permit requiredAntarctic
- Svalbard and Jan MayenEntry permit requiredNorthern Europe
- TokelauEntry permit requiredPolynesia
- AustraliaAdmission restrictedAustralia and New Zealand
- LibyaAdmission refusedNorthern Africa
- United Arab EmiratesAdmission refusedWestern Asia
- United StatesAdmission refusedNorth America
Questions
How many countries can Iranian passport holders visit without a visa?
18 countries need no visa at all, and 20 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the Iran passport rank?
#96 of 199 passports, with 34 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Iranian passport holders visit visa-free?
Russia, Türkiye, Iraq, Malaysia Venezuela, and 13 more.
Where can Iranian passport holders get a visa at the airport?
17 countries, including Mozambique, Madagascar, Cambodia Zimbabwe, and 13 more.
Which countries let Iranian passport holders apply online?
55 countries, including Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria Ethiopia, and 51 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Iranian passport holders?
137, including India, China, Brazil Bangladesh, and 133 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Iranian passport holders visit the US, UK or Europe without a visa?
United States: not allowed to enter; United Kingdom: visa needed; Canada: visa needed; Australia: entry is restricted; Japan: visa needed; France: visa needed.
Which part of the world is easiest for Iranian passport holders?
Oceania: 29% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can Iranian passport holders visit easily?
Maldives and Sri Lanka.
Does the Iran passport work for official or diplomatic travel?
Official and diplomatic passports often have their own rules. Each destination page shows them where they differ from a regular passport.
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