No visa needed

Do citizens of Kazakhstan need a visa for Iran?

Citizens of Kazakhstan 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 Kazakhstan: the passport opens 40 countries visa-free; Astana — Tehran: ≈ 2,340 km, about 3.5 hours 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 Kazakhstan passport?

Yes, citizens of Kazakhstan 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 Kazakhstan passport you can visit 40 countries visa-free, 33 with a visa on arrival and 40 with an e-visa; 85 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Kazakhstan passport ranks 124th of 199.
Kazakhstan passport: visa-free access to 40 countries; Iran passport: 13.
Citizens of Kazakhstan and Iran can travel together visa-free to 10 countries, for example: Tajikistan, Georgia, Armenia, Turkey, Tunisia, Malaysia, Seychelles, Micronesia, Dominica, and Haiti.
Citizens of Iran, in turn, don’t need a visa for Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan visa for citizens of Iran

Travelling to Iran: good to know

Astana — Tehran: about 2,340 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −1.5 hours.
Local time: Astana 12:00 — Tehran 10:30.
Local currency: Iranian Rial.
Languages: Persian.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ IRR 1,541,045.
Iran is the 10th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Kazakhstan.