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Iran passport

Rank #106 · Strength 31 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 5.3

Iran passport

Citizens of Iran can reach 31 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 13 visa-free, 13 visa on arrival and 5 eTA. Ranked #106 for passport strength worldwide.

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13Visa-free
13Visa on arrival
5eTA
61e-⁠Visa
155Visa required

Iran passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 3% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Asia it ranks 44 of 51; the strongest in the region is Singapore, with 209 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Japan require a consular visa; Australia issues an e-⁠Visa online. Beyond those 31 destinations, 61 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 155 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (13)

Armenia Cook Islands Dominica Georgia Kazakhstan Malaysia Micronesia Oman Samoa Tunisia Turkey Tuvalu Venezuela

Visa on arrival (13)

Burundi Cambodia Comoros Guinea-Bissau Macao Madagascar Maldives Mauritius Pitcairn Islands Qatar Rwanda Timor-Leste Zimbabwe

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (5)

Kenya Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Sri Lanka Suriname

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (61)

Albania Angola Antigua and Barbuda Australia Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Benin Bhutan Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands Iraq Kyrgyzstan Liberia Libya Malawi Mauritania Moldova Mongolia Mozambique New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Russia Saint Kitts and Nevis Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vietnam Zambia

Visa required (155)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Argentina Aruba Austria Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Belize Bermuda Bolivia Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Eritrea Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gambia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kiribati Kuwait Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua Niger North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Palau Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sudan Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tokelau Tonga Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Vatican City Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Yemen Åland Islands

What the index measures

  • 248 destinations, countries and territories
  • Strength = visa-free + visa on arrival + eTA; e-⁠Visa is not taken into account.
  • Passports with the same score share a rank

Data sources

  • Government portals of each destination.
  • Immigration authorities, foreign ministries, and official e-⁠Visa and eTA portals.
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Method

  • How each entry condition is classified
  • The limits of the data and how to check official sources
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