Vehicle registration plates of Iran

Private cars

The plate is black on white. The code in the square represents the regional codes. The letter ب can be any letter depending on the district within the region covered by the numerical code.

Private cars of people with disabilities

The plate is black on white. To distinguish the type of the plate, there is a wheelchair symbol put on the plate. The code in the square represents the regional codes. The wheelchair symbol in the plate is fixed for all private cars of people with disabilities and these types of plates are issued provincially. This means that for example in Khuzestan Province the code 24 will not be used before the code 14 is full.

Taxis

The plate is black on yellow. To distinguish the type of the plate, there is the letter ت which stands for the word تاکسی, meaning taxi in Persian put on the plate and the English word TAXI above it. The code in the square represents the regional codes. The letter ت with the word "Taxi" on the plate is fixed for all taxis and these types of plates are issued provincially. This means that for example in Khuzestan Province the code 24 will not be used before the code 14 is full.

Public cars

The plate is black on yellow. To distinguish the type of the plate, there is the letter ع which stands for the word عمومی, meaning public in Persian put on the plate. The code in the square represents the regional codes. The letter ع on the plate is fixed for all public cars and these types of plates are issued provincially. This means that for example in Khuzestan Province the code 24 will not be used before the code 14 is full.

Agricultural cars

The plate is black on yellow. To distinguish the type of the plate, there is the letter ک which stands for the word کشاورزی, meaning agricultural in Persian put on the plate. The code in the square represents the regional codes. The letter ک on the plate is fixed for all agricultural cars and these types of plates are issued provincially. This means that for example in Khuzestan Province the code 24 will not be used before the code 14 is full.

Governmental cars

The plate is white on red. To distinguish the type of the plate, there is the word الف which is how the first letter of alphabet is pronounced put on the plate .The code in the square represents the regional codes. The word الف on the plate is fixed for all governmental cars and these types of plates are issued provincially. This means that for example in Khuzestan Province the code 24 will not be used before the code 14 is full.

Protocol Vehicles

The plate is white on red and there is the word تشریفات with its English translation under it on the plate. The rest is simply a four-digit number.

Military and Law Enforcement

Police license plates were introduced first on September 30, 2012. The rest of the plates were introduced on May 30, 2016, with full replacement planned to be done by March 2017.

Police (NAJA) Vehicles

The plate is white on dark green. To distinguish the type of the plate, there is the letter پ which stands for the word پلیس, meaning police in Persian put on the plate. The code in the square represents the regional codes. The letter پ on the plate is fixed for all police cars and these types of plates are issued provincially.

IRGC

The following plate is installed on cars belonging to IRGC (Sepah pasdaran in Persian). The plate is white on dark green. To distinguish the type of the plate, there is the letter ث is used. The code in the square represents the regional codes. The letter ث on the plate is fixed for all police cars and these types of plates are issued provincially.

Islamic Republic of Iran Army

The following plate is installed on cars belonging to Islamic Republic of Iran Army. The plate is black on a light shade of brown. To distinguish the type of the plate, there is the letter ش is used. The code in the square represents the regional codes. The letter ش on the plate is fixed for all police cars and these types of plates are issued provincially.

Ministry of Defence

The following plate is installed on cars belonging to Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics. The plate is white on light blue. To distinguish the type of the plate, there is the letter ز is used. The code in the square represents the regional codes. The letter ز on the plate is fixed for all police cars and these types of plates are issued provincially.

General Staff of Armed Forces

The following plate is installed on cars belonging to General Staff of Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The plate is white on light blue. To distinguish the type of the plate, there is the letter ف is used. The code in the square represents the regional codes. The letter ف on the plate is fixed for all police cars and these types of plates are issued provincially.

Classic Vehicles

The plate is white on brown and there is the word تاریخی meaning historical on the plate. The rest is simply a five-digit number. On the left, there is an Iranian flag and a picture of Bagh-e Melli in Tehran. The size of the plate is American Standard, unlike the plates above.

Political and Services Plates

The new format for political and service plates were introduced on March 6, 2016. The format for these license plates are different from the other types of plate. Each country or international organization is assigned a 3 digit number (the 365 shown in both examples below, ۳۶۵). For example, 214 refers to Germany. So far, 133 countries have been numbered. For each country's embassy, the first two digits increase (11D, 12D or 11S, 12S).

Area codes

In the samples above, 79 is the area code. Area codes in Iran depend on the province the car is registered in.

Letters

The order of letters is like this

Free Trade Zones

The plate is black on white and consists of a five-digit number written once in eastern Arabic-Indic digits on the top and in European digits on the bottom. On the left, there is an Iranian flag and a logo of the Free Trade Zone with the name of it written in English below it. The size of the plate is American Standard, unlike the plates above.