Iran

The processing term is the same for all twelve catalogue categories: the how-to-apply page (evisatraveller.mfa.ir/en/request/how_to_apply/) promises that an application passes every stage within 10 WORKING days, while the visa-type catalogue itself carries no such term. The term field holds 14 calendar days — this reference keeps terms in calendar days only and converts working days by a common factor; the figure 14 is not named by the ministry. The visa catalogue and the electronic form diverge: categories E (education), F (temporary work), I (investment), M (marital) and T (medical) are NOT in the form's dropdown. As of 22.08.2026 the form offers thirteen other values — Entry, Tourist, Pilgrimage, Diplomatic, Service, Transit, Press, Family, Trading, Family visit, Tourist (Urgent), Driver visa, Tourism (diplomat's guest). The portal separately notes that certain visa types are issued to citizens of some countries only in person at an embassy.

Document certification

consular legalisation

The country does not accept apostilles: documents go through consular legalisation in three steps — ministry of justice, foreign ministry, consulate.

Limit

no limit

Quarantine

no

Antibody titre test

not needed

Identification is mandatory — a tattoo or a microchip. The veterinarian certifies the absence of contagious disease, including distemper, rabies and external parasites. Rabies vaccination is framed as a choice between two attestations (given, or no vaccine administered at all), and the intervals "not less than ... days and not more than ... months" are left blank in the form: the guidance note refers to the vaccine manufacturer's instructions rather than to a fixed period — which is why the preparation-time field is empty, since no single value for this requirement exists. The certificate is valid for ten days from the date of signature. On the import permit, the guidance note advises checking with the Iranian authorities, so it is neither named as an unconditional requirement nor ruled out. Antibody titration, quarantine on arrival and banned breeds are not mentioned in the document. No source of the country's own on importing cats and dogs could be found, so the requirements are read from a document issued on the other side of the border, with explicit attribution: the British export health certificate (DEFRA/APHA) — a description of the receiving side's requirements drawn up for export from the United Kingdom. Some of its conditions relate to the United Kingdom itself (the animal's residence there before export, the country's status as free of rabies) and are replaced, when leaving another country, by that country's own equivalents; the values set by the receiving side, however, do not depend on the country of departure. Read on 07.08.2026.

Life expectancy

77.9 years

Bread, 500 g

$ 0,49

Milk, 1 l

$ 0,65

Eggs, 12

$ 1,13

Chicken breast, 1 kg

$ 2,92

Cheese, 1 kg

$ 3,45

Rice, 1 kg

$ 2,45

Potatoes, 1 kg

$ 0,50

Apples, 1 kg

$ 0,92

Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 l

$ 2,90

Total

$ 15,4

The same set for every country, so the comparison is fair.

Rent, 1 bedroom

$ 265 a month

Rent, 3 bedrooms

$ 637 a month

Utility bills

$ 17,6 a month

Home internet

$ 8,79 a month

Monthly transport pass

$ 9,11 a month

Single transport ticket

$ 0,20

Petrol, litre

$ 0,48

Cold medicine

$ 4,50 for a week

Country averages. City prices, where collected, are shown above and are more precise.

Life expectancy

77,9 years2024

Homicides

2,4 per 100k2014 · data lags behind

Road deaths

20,6 per 100k2021

Unemployment

8,3 %2025

Unemployment, ages 15–24

21,9 %2025

Inequality (Gini)

35,92023

Health spending per person

$ 267 a year

Air pollution, PM2.5

40,3 µg/m³2023

Access to clean water

97,9 %2024

Internet, fixed line

24,9 Mbit/s2026

Governance

Political stability

low · -1,6

Control of corruption

low · -1,2

Rule of law

low · -1,2

Government effectiveness

below average · -0,7

World Bank estimates on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale, higher is better.

Natural hazards

Earthquakes

9,3 out of 10

River floods

7,3 out of 10

Coastal floods

7,4 out of 10

Tropical cyclones

1,6 out of 10

Droughts

6,4 out of 10

Tsunamis

5,5 out of 10

Each value carries the year it refers to. “Data lags behind” means this country's figure was collected noticeably earlier than the rest. Natural hazards use one 0–10 scale and are meant to be compared against each other.

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