Contact UNHCR in Iran

Are you a refugee, asylum-seeker, or a person at risk of statelessness in Iran looking for help?

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Due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, UNHCR Iran reception centers for persons of concern continue to operate with limited capacity for regular in-person interaction for the time being. Nonetheless, you may contact UNHCR through our hotlines:

Tehran

Contact us if you live in Alborz, Ardebil, East Azerbaijan, Esfahan, Gilan, Hamedan, Kermanshah, Kurdistan, Markazi, Mazandaran, Qazvin, Qom, Semnan, Tehran, West Azerbaijan, Zanjan provinces.

Telephone: 📞 021- 88212520 (Sunday to Wednesday from 8:30 to 15:30 and on Thursday from 8:30 to 12:00)

Esfahan 

Contact us if you live in Esfahan province

Telephone: 📞 031-3444 2841 & 031-34414201 (Sunday to Wednesday from 8:30 to 15:30 and on Thursday from 8:30 to 12:00)

Mashhad 

Contact us if you live in Khorasan Razavi, South Khorasan, North Khorasan and Golestan provinces.

Telephone: 📞 051-37685641 (Sunday to Wednesday from 8:30 to 15:30 and on Thursday from 8:30 to 12:00)

Kerman 

Contact us if you live in Kerman, Yazd, Sistan & Baluchestan and Hormozgan provinces.

Telephone: 📞 034-32476851 and 📞 034-32476850 (Sunday to Wednesday from 8:30 to 15:30 and on Thursday from 8:30 to 12:00)

Shiraz 

Contact us if you live in Fars, Bushehr, Khuzestan, Ilam and Lorestan provinces.

Telephone: 📞 071-37229692 and 📞 071-37236014 (Sunday to Wednesday from 8:30 to 15:30 and on Thursday from 8:30 to 12:00)

Media query:

UNHCR spokespeople are available to answer media inquiries and provide interviews. For UNHCR’s operation in Iran, please contact:

For information not related to Iran, you can also contact UNHCR spokespeople at our headquarters in Geneva and in many of our field operations.

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