List of state visits to Iran

This is a list of foreign heads of state, heads of government who have visited the Iran, which is classified by the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as either a state visit, official visit, or working visit.

Scheduled future visits

Country GuestTitle Date
 Sri LankaMaithripala SirisenaPresidentNovember 2016
 IndonesiaJoko WidodoPresidentNovember 2016

Summary of visits

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Country GuestTitle Date Significance
Islamic Republic of Iran (1979 – present) •
Hassan Rouhani Presidency
(2013–present)
 SloveniaBorut PahorPresidentNovember 21-22, 2016
 European UnionFederica MogheriniHigh RepresentativeOctober 28-29, 2016
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBakir Izetbegović[1]Chairmen of the PresidencyOctober 25, 2016
 FinlandSauli Niinistö[2]PresidentOctober 25–26, 2016
 VenezuelaNicolás MaduroOctober 22, 2016
 BulgariaBoyko BorissovPrime MinisterJuly 11, 2016
 IndiaNarendra ModiMay 22, 2016
 AfghanistanAshraf GhaniPresident
 CroatiaKolinda Grabar-KitarovićMay 17, 2016
 Republic of KoreaPark Geun-hyeMay 1, 2016
 South AfricaJacob ZumaApril 24, 2016
 SerbiaTomislav NikolićApril 17, 2016
 European UnionFederica MogheriniHigh RepresentativeApril 16, 2016
 ItalyMatteo RenziPrime MinisterApril 12, 2016
 KazakhstanNursultan NazarbayevPresidentApril 11, 2016
 VietnamTrương Tấn SangMarch 13, 2016
 TurkeyAhmet DavutoğluPrime MinisterMarch 4, 2016
  SwitzerlandJohann Schneider-AmmannPresidentFebruary 26, 2016
 AzerbaijanIlham AliyevFebruary 23, 2016
 GhanaJohn Dramani MahamaFebruary 14, 2016
 GreeceAlexis TsiprasPrime MinisterFebruary 7, 2016
 ChinaXi JinpingPresidentJanuary 22, 2016
 PakistanNawaz Sharif[3]Prime MinisterJanuary 19, 2016
 AfghanistanAbdullah Abdullah[4] Chief Executive OfficerJanuary 5, 2016
 HungaryViktor Orbán[5]Prime MinisterDecember 1, 2015
 BoliviaEvo MoralesPresidentNovember 23, 2015Third GECF summit
 RussiaVladimir Putin[6][7]
 VenezuelaNicolás Maduro
 Equatorial GuineaTeodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
 NigeriaMuhammadu Buhari
 AlgeriaAbdelmalek SellalPrime Minister
 AzerbaijanIlham AliyevPresident
 EgyptAbdel Fattah el-Sisi
 KazakhstanKarim MassimovPrime Minister
 QatarTamim bin Hamad Al ThaniEmir
 Trinidad and TobagoKeith RowleyPrime Minister
 IraqFuad MasumPresident
 TurkmenistanGurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
 European UnionFederica MogheriniHigh Representative
 OPECAbdallah Salem el-BadriSecretary General
 AustriaHeinz Fischer[8]PresidentSeptember 8, 2015
 KyrgyzstanAlmazbek Atambayev[9]September 5, 2015
 Iraq Nouri al-Maliki[10] Prime MinisterAugust 16, 2015
Fuad Masum[11]PresidentMay 13, 2015
 AfghanistanAshraf Ghani[12]April 19, 2015
 TurkeyRecep Tayyip Erdoğan[13]April 7, 2015
 KuwaitSabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah[14] EmirJune 1, 2014
 European UnionCatherine Ashton[15]High RepresentativeMarch 9, 2014
 TurkeyRecep Tayyip ErdoğanPrime MinisterJanuary 29–30, 2014
 AfghanistanHamid Karzai[16]PresidentDecember 8, 2013
 OmanQaboos bin Said al Said[17] SultanAugust 25, 2013
 AfghanistanHamid KarzaiPresidentAugust 4, 2013Inauguration of Hassan Rouhani
 ArmeniaSerzh Sargsyan
 Guinea-BissauManuel Serifo Nhamadjo
 KazakhstanNursultan Nazarbayev
 KuwaitSabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah[18]Prime Minister
 KyrgyzstanAlmazbek AtambayevPresident
 LebanonMichel Suleiman[19]
 Democratic People's Republic of KoreaKim Yong-Nam[20]
 PakistanAsif Ali Zardari[21]
 QatarTamim bin Hamad Al Thani Emir
 Sri LankaMahinda RajapaksaPresident
 SwazilandBarnabas Sibusiso DlaminiPrime Minister
 SyriaWael Nader Al-Halqi[22]
 TajikistanEmomalii RahmonPresident
 TogoFaure Gnassingbé
 TurkmenistanGurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
 Organisation of Islamic CooperationEkmeleddin İhsanoğluSecretary-General
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Presidency
(2005–2013)
 Afghanistan Hamid Karzai[23] PresidentAugust 26–31, 201216th Non-Aligned Summit
 Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina[24] Prime Minister
 Benin Yayi Boni[25] President
 Bhutan Jigme Thinley[26] Prime Minister
 Burkina Faso Blaise Compaoré President
 Cambodia Hun Sen[27] Prime Minister
 Central African Republic François Bozizé[28] President
 Djibouti Ismail Omar Guelleh[28]
 Egypt Mohamed Morsi[23]
 Gabon Ali Bongo Ondimba[25]
 Guinea-Bissau Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo
 India Manmohan Singh[29] Prime Minister
 Iraq Nouri al-Maliki[30]
 Lebanon Michel Suleiman[23] President
 Mauritania Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
 Mongolia Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj[31]
 Morocco Abdelillah Benkirane Prime Minister
   Nepal Baburam Bhattarai[32]
 Democratic People's Republic of Korea Kim Yong-nam[33][34] President
 Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari[35]
 Palestine Mahmoud Abbas[36]
 Qatar Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani[37] Emir
 Senegal Macky Sall President
 Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa[38]
 Sudan Omar al-Bashir[23]
United Nations United Nations General Assembly Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser
 United Nations Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General
 Arab League Nabil el-Araby
 Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu
African Union African Union Yayi Boni Chairperson
 Syria Wael Nader al-Halqi[39] Prime Minister
 Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow[40] President
 Uganda Yoweri Museveni[41]
 Vietnam Nguyen Tan Dung Prime Minister
 Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe[23] President
 Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon[30]
 TurkeyRecep Tayyip ErdoğanPrime MinisterMarch 27–28, 2012
 TurkmenistanGurbanguly Berdimuhamedow[42]President March 27, 20112nd Norouz Festival
 IraqJalal Talabani
 TajikistanEmomalii Rahmon
 AfghanistanHamid Karzai
 ArmeniaSerzh Sargsyan
 BoliviaEvo Morales[43]October 25–28, 2010
 VenezuelaHugo Chavez[44]October 19–21, 2010
 AlgeriaAbdelaziz Bouteflika[45] May 15–17, 201014th G-15 summit
 BrazilLuiz Inacio Lula da Silva[45]
 SenegalAbdoulaye Wade[45]
 Sri LankaMahinda Rajapaksa[45]
 TurkeyRecep Tayyip Erdogan[45]Prime Minister
 ZimbabweRobert Mugabe[46]President
 TurkmenistanGurbanguly Berdimuhamedow[47] April 17–18, 2010Conference on Disarmament
and Non-Proliferation
 IraqJalal Talabani[48]
 TurkmenistanGurbanguly Berdimuhamedow March 27, 20101st Norouz Festival
 IraqJalal Talabani
 TajikistanEmomalii Rahmon
 AfghanistanHamid Karzai
 OmanQaboos bin Said al Said[49] SultanOctober 5, 2009
 TurkeyAbdullah GülPresidentMarch 10–11, 200910th summit of the ECO
 AfghanistanHamid Karzai
 TajikistanEmomalii Rahmon
 TurkmenistanGurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
 AzerbaijanIlham Aliyev
 PakistanYousaf Raza GillaniPrime Minister
 UzbekistanShavkat Mirziyoyev
 KazakhstanKarim Massimov
 KyrgyzstanKurmanbek BakiyevPresident
 EcuadorRafael Correa[50][51]December 6, 2008
 BoliviaEvo Morales[52] September 1, 2008
 RussiaVladimir Putin[53]October 16, 20072nd Caspian Summit
 AzerbaijanIlham Aliyev
 KazakhstanNursultan Nazarbayev
 TurkmenistanGurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
 TurkeyRecep Tayyip ErdoğanPrime MinisterDecember 2–3, 2006
Mohammad Khatami Presidency
(1997–2005)
 TurkeyRecep Tayyip ErdoğanPrime MinisterJuly 28–30, 2004
 IndonesiaMegawati Sukarnoputri[54]PresidentFebruary 18, 2004D-8 4th Summit
 NigeriaOlusegun Obasanjo
 TurkeyAhmet Necdet Sezer
 MalaysiaAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
 PakistanZafarullah Khan Jamali[55]Prime Minister
 BangladeshKhaleda Zia
 AustriaThomas Klestil[56]PresidentJanuary 24-27, 2004
 ChinaJiang ZeminApril 2001
 AfghanistanBurhanuddin Rabbani[57] June 10, 2000ECO 6th Summit
 AzerbaijanHeydar Aliyev
 KyrgyzstanAskar Akaev
 TajikistanEmomali Rahmonov
 TurkmenistanSaparmurad Niyazov
 UzbekistanIslam Karimov
 KazakhstanKassym-Jomart TokayevPrime Minister
 PakistanPervez MusharrafChief Executive
 AustriaThomas Klestil[58]PresidentSeptember 1999
 United NationsKofi Annan[59][60]Secretary-General9-11 December, 1997OIC 8th Summit
State of Palestine Palestinian Liberation OrganizationYasser ArafatChairman
 PakistanNawaz SharifPrime Minister
 LebanonRafic Hariri
 BangladeshSheikh Hasina
 MoroccoAbdellatif Filali
 TurkeySüleyman DemirelPresident
 LebanonElias Hrawi
 SyriaHafez al-Assad
 AzerbaijanHeydar Aliyev
 AfghanistanBurhanuddin Rabbani
 SudanOmar al-Bashir
 SenegalAbdou Diouf
 YemenAli Abdullah Saleh
 MaliAlpha Oumar Konaré
 KuwaitJaber Al-Ahmad Al-SabahEmir
 QatarHamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaAlija IzetbegovićChairmen of the Presidency
 MoroccoHassan II King
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Presidency
(1989–1997)
 PakistanNawaz SharifPrime MinisterFebruary 16–17, 19921st ECO Summit
 TurkeyTurgut OzalPresident
 AzerbaijanAyaz Mutallibov
 TurkmenistanSaparmurat Niyazov
 RomaniaNicolae CeaușescuDecember 18 – 20, 1989State visit
Ali Khamenei Presidency
(1981–1989)
 SudanSadiq al-MahdiPrime Minister late 1986
 United NationsKurt WaldheimSecretary-GeneralJanuary 5, 1980
Interim Government of Iran (1979) •
Mehdi Bazargan Prime Ministership
(1979)
State of Palestine Palestinian Liberation OrganizationYasser ArafatChairmanFebruary 17, 1979
Imperial State of Iran (1925–1979) •
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Reign
(1941–1979)
 ChinaHua GuofengPrime MinisterAugust 28, 1978
 IsraelMenachem Begin[61]February 22, 1978
 United StatesJimmy CarterPresidentDecember 31, 1977 – January 1, 1978Official visit
 JordanHusseinKing
 Israel Yitzhak RabinPrime MinisterJuly 16, 1976
August 16, 1975
 EgyptAnwar SadatPresidentApril 23, 1975
 United StatesRichard NixonMay 30–31, 1972Official visit
 West GermanyWilly Brandt ChancellorMarch 5, 1972
 AustraliaPaul HasluckGovernor-GeneralOctober 12–16, 19712,500 year celebration
of the Persian Empire
 EthiopiaHaile Selassie[62] Emperor
 DenmarkFrederick IXKing
 BelgiumBaudouin
 JordanHussein
   NepalMahendra
 NorwayOlav V
 GreeceConstantine II
 LesothoMoshoeshoe II
 BahrainIsa bin Salman Al KhalifaEmir
 QatarAhmad bin Ali Al Thani
 KuwaitSabah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah
 OmanQaboos bin Said al SaidSultan
 MalaysiaAbdul Halim of KedahYang di-Pertuan Agong
 LuxembourgJeanGrand Duke
 SwedenCarl Gustaf Crown Prince
 SpainJuan Carlos
 United Arab EmiratesZayed bin Sultan Al NahyanPresident
 CanadaRoland MichenerGovernor General
 YugoslaviaJosip Broz TitoPresident
 Soviet UnionNikolai Podgorny
 AustriaFranz Jonas
 BulgariaTodor Zhivkov
 BrazilEmílio Garrastazu Médici
 FinlandUrho Kekkonen
 TurkeyCevdet Sunay
 HungaryPal Losonczi
 CzechoslovakiaLudvík Svoboda
 PakistanYahya Khan
 LebanonSuleiman Franjieh
 LiechtensteinFranz Josef IIPrince
 South AfricaJacobus Johannes FouchéPresident
 SenegalLeopold Sedar Senghor
 IndiaV. V. Giri
 IndonesiaSuharto
 MauritaniaMoktar Ould Daddah
 MonacoRainier IIIPrince
 DahomeyHubert MagaPresident
 RomaniaNicolae Ceauşescu
 ZaireMobutu Sese Seko
  SwitzerlandRudolf Gnägi
 SwazilandMakhosini DlaminiPrime Minister
 FranceJacques Chaban-Delmas
 Republic of KoreaKim Jong-pil
 ItalyEmilio Colombo
 Holy SeePaul VI[63]PopeNovember 251, 1970
 United NationsU ThantSecretary-General8 February 1968
 IsraelLevi Eshkol[64]Prime MinisterJune 19, 1966
 FinlandUrho KekkonenPresidentFebruary 11–12, 1965
 NorwayOlav VKingJanuary 7–14, 1965
 FranceCharles de GaullePresidentMarch 21, 1963Official visit
 IsraelDavid Ben-GurionPrime MinisterNovember 4, 1961
 United KingdomElizabeth II[65]Queen 2–6 March 1961
 United StatesDwight D. EisenhowerPresidentDecember 14, 1959Addressed Iranian Parliament
 JordanHusseinKing2 May 1959
 IraqNuri as-SaidPrime Minister16 April 1956CENTO Summit
 TurkeyAdnan Menderes
 Soviet UnionJoseph StalinNovember 27 - December 2, 1943Tehran Conference
 United KingdomWinston Churchill
 United StatesFranklin D. RooseveltPresident
Reza Shah Reign
(1925–1941)
Sublime State of Persia (1907–1925) •

See also

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