No visa needed

Do citizens of Azerbaijan need a visa for Iran?

Citizens of Azerbaijan don’t need a visa for Iran and can stay up to 14 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 Azerbaijan: the passport opens 35 countries visa-free; Baku — Tehran: ≈ 540 km, about 1 hour of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 14 days

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

Yes, citizens of Azerbaijan don’t need a visa for Iran for up to 14 days. A valid passport is enough.

Iran visa rules at a glance

With a Azerbaijan passport you can visit 35 countries visa-free, 33 with a visa on arrival and 42 with an e-visa; 88 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Azerbaijan passport ranks 132nd of 199.
Azerbaijan passport: visa-free access to 35 countries; Iran passport: 13.
Citizens of Azerbaijan and Iran can travel together visa-free to 10 countries, for example: Georgia, Armenia, Turkey, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Seychelles, Malaysia, Dominica, Micronesia, and Haiti.
Azerbaijan and Iran share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Iran, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan visa for citizens of Iran

Travelling to Iran: good to know

Baku — Tehran: about 540 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1 hour.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −0.5 hours.
Local time: Baku 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 197 destinations open to citizens of Azerbaijan.