No visa needed

Do citizens of Armenia need a visa for Iran?

Citizens of Armenia don’t need a visa for Iran and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Armenia: the passport opens 33 countries visa-free; Yerevan — Tehran: ≈ 780 km, about 1.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Iran without a visa on a Armenia passport?

Yes, citizens of Armenia don’t need a visa for Iran for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Iran visa rules at a glance

With a Armenia passport you can visit 33 countries visa-free, 31 with a visa on arrival and 42 with an e-visa; 91 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Armenia passport ranks 138th of 199.
Armenia passport: visa-free access to 33 countries; Iran passport: 13.
Citizens of Armenia and Iran can travel together visa-free to 8 countries, for example: Georgia, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Seychelles, Malaysia, Dominica, Haiti, and Micronesia.
Armenia and Iran share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Iran, in turn, don’t need a visa for Armenia. Armenia visa for citizens of Iran

Travelling to Iran: good to know

Yerevan — Tehran: about 780 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −0.5 hours.
Local time: Yerevan 12:00 — Tehran 11:30.
Local currency: Iranian Rial.
Languages: Persian.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ IRR 1,541,045.
Iran is the 3rd closest of 196 destinations open to citizens of Armenia.