No visa needed

Do citizens of Kyrgyzstan need a visa for Iran?

Citizens of Kyrgyzstan don’t need a visa for Iran and can stay up to 15 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 Kyrgyzstan: the passport opens 26 countries visa-free; Bishkek — Tehran: ≈ 2,140 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: 15 days

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

Yes, citizens of Kyrgyzstan don’t need a visa for Iran for up to 15 days. A valid passport is enough.

Iran visa rules at a glance

With a Kyrgyzstan passport you can visit 26 countries visa-free, 32 with a visa on arrival and 50 with an e-visa; 90 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Kyrgyzstan passport ranks 157th of 199.
Kyrgyzstan passport: visa-free access to 26 countries; Iran passport: 13.
Citizens of Kyrgyzstan and Iran can travel together visa-free to 10 countries, for example: Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Armenia, Turkey, Malaysia, Seychelles, Micronesia, Dominica, and Haiti.
Citizens of Iran, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyzstan visa for citizens of Iran

Travelling to Iran: good to know

Bishkek — Tehran: about 2,140 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −2.5 hours.
Local time: Bishkek 12:00 — Tehran 09:30.
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 Kyrgyzstan.