List of diplomatic missions in Iran

This is a list of diplomatic missions in Iran. There are 85 embassies in Tehran, and many countries maintain consulates in other Iranian cities (not including honorary consulates).

Map of embassies in Tehran

Diplomatic missions in Tehran

Embassies

1.   Afghanistan
2. Algeria ^[1]
3. Argentina
4. Armenia
5. Azerbaijan ^[2]
6. Bangladesh
7. Belarus
8. Belgium
9. Bolivia
10. Brazil
11. Brunei
12. Burkina Faso
13. Chile
14. China
15. Croatia
16. Cuba
17. Cyprus
18. Denmark
19. Finland
20. France
21. Georgia
22. Germany
23. Ghana
24. Greece
25. Guinea
26. Holy See
27. Hungary
28. India
29. Indonesia
30. Iraq ^[3]
31. Italy
32. Ivory Coast
33. Japan
34. Jordan
35. Kazakhstan ^[4]
36. Kenya
37. Kuwait
38. Kyrgyzstan
39. Lebanon
40. Libya
41. Mali
42. Mauritania
43. Mexico
44. Netherlands
45. Nicaragua
46. Nigeria
47. North Korea
48. Norway
49. Oman
50. Pakistan
51. Palestine
52. Philippines
53. Poland
54. Portugal ^[5]
55. Qatar
56. Romania
57. Russia
58. Saudi Arabia
59. Senegal
60. Serbia
61. Sierra Leone
62. Slovenia
63. South Africa
64. South Korea
65. Spain
66. Sri Lanka
67. Sudan
68. Sweden
69.   Switzerland ^{[6] [7]}
70. Syria
71. Tajikistan
72. Thailand
73. Tunisia
74. Turkey
75. Turkmenistan
76. Uganda
77. Ukraine
78. United Arab Emirates
79. United Kingdom
80. Uruguay
81. Uzbekistan
82. Venezuela
83. Vietnam
84. Yemen
85. Zimbabwe

Other missions/delegations/offices

• Albania (Interests section -   Turkey is the protecting power) ^{[8] [9]}
•   Egypt (interests section - It is supervised by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt)
• United States (interests section -   Switzerland is the protecting power)

Gallery

• 
  Embassy of China
• 
  Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See
• 
  Embassy of Poland
• 
  Embassy of Turkey
• 
  Embassy of the United Kingdom

Consular missions

Ahvaz

•   Iraq ^[3]

Bandar Abbas

•   China ^[10]
•   India
•   Kazakhstan (Consulate) ^{[4] [11]}
•   United Arab Emirates

Gorgan

•   Kazakhstan ^{[4] [12]}

Isfahan

•   Iraq ^[3]
•   Russia

Kermanshah

•   Iraq ^[3]

Mashhad

•   Afghanistan
•   Iraq ^[3]
•   Pakistan (Consulate) ^[13]
•   Saudi Arabia ^[14]
• Tajikistan
•   Turkey
•   Turkmenistan

Rasht

•   Russia

Tabriz

• Azerbaijan ^[2]
•   Turkey

Urmia

•   Turkey

Zahedan

•   Afghanistan
•   India
•   Pakistan (Consulate-General) ^[15]

Non-resident embassies accredited to Iran

Resident in Abu Dhabi, UAE

•   Maldives
• Tanzania ^[16]
• Panama

Resident in Ankara, Turkey

• Angola ^[17]
• Colombia ^[18]
• Estonia
• Lithuania ^[19]
• Moldova
• North Macedonia
• Paraguay ^[20]
• Peru ^[21]
•   South Sudan

Resident in Kuwait City

•   Central African Republic
•   Honduras
•   Togo

Resident in London, United Kingdom

•   Dominica
•   Tonga
•   Vanuatu

Resident in New Delhi, India

• Bhutan
• Botswana ^[22]
• Cambodia ^[23]
•   Laos
• Mongolia

Resident in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

•   Cameroon
• Equatorial Guinea ^[24]
•   Chad

Resident in other cities

•   Costa Rica (Moscow)
•   Cape Verde (Moscow)
• Guatemala (New York City) ^[25]
•   Haiti (Doha)
• Iceland (Oslo) ^[26]
• Malta (Valletta) ^[27]
• Malawi (Cairo)
• Myanmar (Islamabad)
•   Nauru (New York City)
•    Nepal (Islamabad) ^[28]
• Singapore (Singapore) ^[29]
•   São Tomé and Príncipe (Addis Ababa)
•   Taiwan (Dubai)
•   Timor-Leste (Jakarta)

Former Diplomatic Missions

Host city	Sending country	Mission	Year closed	Ref.
Tehran
	Austria	Embassy	2025	Closed after War between Iran and Israel [30]
	Bahrain	Embassy [a]	2016	Closed after 2016 attack on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran [31]
	Benin	Embassy	2020
	Burundi	Embassy	Unknown	[ citation needed ]
	Bosnia	Embassy	2025	Closed after War between Iran and Israel [32]
	Bulgaria	Embassy	2025	Closed after War between Iran and Israel [33]
	Canada	Embassy	2012	Closed due to security concerns [34] [35]
	Colombia	Embassy [b]	2002	[36]
	Comoros	Embassy	2016
	Czech Republic	Embassy	2025	Closed after War between Iran and Israel [37]
	Ecuador	Embassy	1978	[38]
	Egypt	Embassy	1979	Closed after Iranian Revolution
	Ethiopia	Embassy	1997	[39]
	Gabon	Embassy	1980s	[40]
	Gambia	Embassy	Unknown	[ citation needed ]
	Ireland	Embassy	2025	Closed after War between Iran and Israel
	Israel	Embassy	1979	Closed after 1979 attack to Israeli Embassy in Tehran [41] [42]
	Malaysia	Embassy	2025	Closed after War between Iran and Israel [43]
	Morocco	Embassy	2018	[44]
	New Zealand	Embassy	2025	Closed after War between Iran and Israel [45]
	Peru	Embassy [b]	1978	[38]
	Singapore	Embassy [c]	2010
	Slovakia	Embassy	2025	Closed after War between Iran and Israel [46]
	Somalia	Embassy	2016	Closed after 2016 attack on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran [47]
United States	Embassy [d]	1979	Closed after 1979 attack on the American Embassy in Tehran
Zambia	Embassy	1992	Closed by Zambian order [48]
Khorramshahr	Japan	Consulate-General	1981	Closed temporarily in 1981 during the Iran–Iraq War, and had never been reopened until formally abolished in 1997 [49]
Mashhad	Armenia	Consulate	2018
	United Kingdom	Consulate	1981
Tabriz	United States	Consulate-General	1979	Closed after 1979 attack on the American consulate-General in Tabriz

See also

• List of diplomatic missions of Iran
• Visa requirements for Iranian citizens
• Foreign Relations of Iran

Notes

1. To be reopened.
2. Resident in Ankara, Turkey
3. Resident in Singapore
4. Under the protecting power of Switzerland.

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External links

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran