Passport validity
Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months.
To apply for all types of electronic visas, your passport should have at least six months of validity, beyond your actual travel date.
Visa rules · Tourist entry
Iran visa rules for United Kingdom passport holders
Other passports: see the rules for every passport visiting Iran.
The answer
e-Visa needed. United Kingdom passport holders need an e-Visa before travel to visit Iran.
- Entry
- e-Visa
- Stay
- Not stated by the source
- Covers
- Tourist entry
All types of visa defined by the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran can be applied for through the online visa application portal.
Before you go
Tourist entry only
These rules cover tourist visits. Work, study and transit follow other rules.
The other way round
What Iran passport holders need to visit the United Kingdom.
Iran passport United Kingdom
VN 1.1. A person who meets one or more of the criteria below needs entry clearance (a visa) in advance of travel to the UK for any purpose, unless they meet one of the exceptions set out in VN2.1 and VN2.2. (subject to VN 2.3.). (a) Nationals or citizens of the following countries or territorial entities (a "*" indicates there are exceptions in VN 2.2 to VN 6.5): Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Armenia Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia Herzegovina Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad People's Republic of China* Colombia Comoros Congo Côte d'Ivoire (formerly Ivory Coast) Cuba Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Guinea Guinea Bissau Haiti Honduras India Indonesia Iran Iraq Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea (North) Kosovo Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (formerly Burma) Namibia Nauru Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Macedonia (formerly Macedonia) Pakistan Palestine Philippines Russia Rwanda São Tomé and Principe Senegal Serbia Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sri Lanka St Lucia Sudan Suriname Syria Taiwan* Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
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Visa-free nearby
Other places United Kingdom passport holders can visit without a visa, within 2,500 km of Tehran, nearest first.
Weather in Tehran
Average high and low temperature and rainfall in Tehran, month by month.
- High 9.1°CLow 1.5°CRain 32 mm
- High 11.8°CLow 3.5°CRain 32 mm
- High 17.5°CLow 8.1°CRain 41 mm
- High 22.3°CLow 12.7°CRain 34 mm
- High 29.0°CLow 18.3°CRain 16 mm
- High 34.9°CLow 22.9°CRain 2 mm
- High 37.5°CLow 25.5°CRain 2 mm
- High 35.9°CLow 24.4°CRain 1 mm
- High 32.0°CLow 20.8°CRain 1 mm
- High 25.1°CLow 15.1°CRain 14 mm
- High 15.9°CLow 7.8°CRain 33 mm
- High 10.4°CLow 3.0°CRain 31 mm
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Help with your application
An agency can prepare and file your application for Iran for a service fee. You can also apply yourself through the official source above.
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