No visa needed

Do citizens of Egypt need a visa for Iran?

Citizens of Egypt don’t need a visa for Iran and can stay up to 21 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 Egypt: the passport opens 19 countries visa-free; Cairo — Tehran: ≈ 1,980 km, about 3 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 21 days

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

Yes, citizens of Egypt don’t need a visa for Iran for up to 21 days. A valid passport is enough.

Iran visa rules at a glance

With a Egypt passport you can visit 19 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 53 with an e-visa; 99 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Egypt passport ranks 173rd of 199.
Egypt passport: visa-free access to 19 countries; Iran passport: 13.
Citizens of Egypt and Iran can travel together visa-free to 5 countries, for example: Seychelles, Malaysia, Dominica, Haiti, and Micronesia.
Citizens of Iran, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Egypt. Egypt visa for citizens of Iran

Travelling to Iran: good to know

Cairo — Tehran: about 1,980 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +0.5 hours.
Local time: Cairo 12:00 — Tehran 12:30.
Local currency: Iranian Rial.
Languages: Persian.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ IRR 1,541,045.
Iran is the 28th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Egypt.