Arad Rural District (Persian: دهستان ارد)[3] is in Arad District of Gerash County, Fars province, Iran.

[5] At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population (as a part of the former Gerash District of Larestan County)[a] was 6,564 in 1,446 households.

[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 5,443 in 1,610 households.

The most populous of its 11 villages was Arad (now a city),[10] with 5,094 people.

This Gerash County location article is a stub.