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Iran visa for citizens of Sierra Leone

Citizens of Sierra Leone get an Iran visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of Sierra Leone: the passport opens 39 countries visa-free; Freetown — Tehran: ≈ 7,170 km, about 9.5 hours of flying.

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

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Can I travel to Iran without a visa on a Sierra Leone passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Sierra Leone get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Iran visa rules at a glance

With a Sierra Leone passport you can visit 39 countries visa-free, 18 with a visa on arrival and 42 with an e-visa; 99 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Sierra Leone passport ranks 125th of 199.
Sierra Leone passport: visa-free access to 39 countries; Iran passport: 13.
Citizens of Sierra Leone and Iran can travel together visa-free to 5 countries, for example: Dominica, Haiti, Seychelles, Malaysia, and Micronesia.
Citizens of Iran, in turn, get a visa on arrival in Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone visa for citizens of Iran

Travelling to Iran: good to know

Freetown — Tehran: about 7,170 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 9.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +3.5 hours.
Local time: Freetown 12:00 — Tehran 15:30.
Local currency: Iranian Rial.
Languages: Persian.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ IRR 1,541,045.
Iran is the 134th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Sierra Leone.