The Interests Section of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the United States[1] (Persian: دفتر حفاظت منافع جمهوری اسلامی ایران در آمریکا) is a part of the Pakistani Embassy in Washington, D.C., and is the de facto diplomatic and consular representation of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the United States.

However, when Iranian leaders expressed support for the Islamic Salvation Front in January 1992, Algeria refused to continue serving as Iran's protecting power.

The Section is also equipped to handle various other consular matters, including the translation of birth certificates, Iranian driver's licenses, registering marriage and divorce, and powers of attorney.

Since 2019, the Interest Section has been open in person only two days a week, Tuesdays and Thursdays, due to the large volume of mail consular requests received from approximately 1.5 million Iranians in the United States and Canada.

As the sole consular mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the United States, the Section dedicated the rest of the week to handling these requests.

In September 2023, Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, requested to visit Washington to review the Iranian Interest Section following the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

The staffer, Ramezan Soltan-Mohammadi, has received a temporary restraining order from the Maryland court system that prevents him from coming close to at least one protest leader's home and workplace.

[10] As of 2024, U.S. visa/green card services and interviews for Iranian citizens are conducted at U.S. Embassies and Consulates in other locations, namely Ankara, Turkey, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Yerevan, Armenia, which accordingly are staffed with Persian-speaking consular officers.