No visa needed

Do citizens of Saudi Arabia need a visa for Iran?

Citizens of Saudi Arabia 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 Saudi Arabia: the passport opens 53 countries visa-free; Riyadh — Tehran: ≈ 1,310 km, about 2 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 Saudi Arabia passport?

Yes, citizens of Saudi Arabia 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 Saudi Arabia passport you can visit 53 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 41 with an e-visa; 77 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Saudi Arabia passport ranks 102nd of 199.
Saudi Arabia passport: visa-free access to 53 countries; Iran passport: 13.
Citizens of Saudi Arabia and Iran can travel together visa-free to 11 countries, for example: Armenia, Georgia, Turkey, Tajikistan, Seychelles, Kazakhstan, Tunisia, Malaysia, Dominica, Micronesia, and Haiti.
Citizens of Iran, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia visa for citizens of Iran

Travelling to Iran: good to know

Riyadh — Tehran: about 1,310 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 2 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +0.5 hours.
Local time: Riyadh 12:00 — Tehran 12:30.
Local currency: Iranian Rial.
Languages: Persian.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ IRR 1,541,045.
Iran is the 7th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Saudi Arabia.