Vehicle registration plates of Iran

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The plate is white on red. To distinguish the type of the plate, there is the word الف (aleph) 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.

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.

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 IRGC vehicles 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 army vehicles 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. The letter ز is reserved for this type of plate. The code in the square represents the regional codes. The letter ز on the plate is fixed for all cars belonging to the ministry 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 cars belonging to the general staff and these types of plates are issued provincially.

This type of plate is used for older and historically significant vehicles like ones on display at museums. The plate is white on brown with the word تاریخی, meaning historical written above a five-digit number. On the left, there is an Iranian flag and a picture of Bagh-e Melli in Tehran. The dimensions of the plate are American-Standard.

The new format for political and service plates was introduced on March 6, 2016. Each country or international organization is assigned a 3 digit number (like the ۳۶۵ (365) shown in both examples below). For example, 214 is reserved for Germany. So far, 133 countries have been numbered. For each country's embassy, the first two digits increase (11D, 12D or 11S, 12S).[1]

Political (e.g., Diplomatic/Consular Corps)

Service (e.g., UNHCR)

Previous Format

Area codes in Iran depend on the province the car is registered in.

The order of letter the plates are issued in follows the alphabetical order of the Persian alphabet, and excludes letters reserved for special license plates. The order is as follows:

• ب
• ج
• د
• س
• ص
• ط
• ق
• ل
• م
• ن
• و
• هـ
• ی

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 Latin digits on the bottom. On the left, there is an Iranian flag and the logo of the respective Free Trade Zone with its name written in English below it. The size of the plate is American Standard. Below are a few examples of these plates.

Anzali

Aras

Arvand

Kish