Iran–North Korea relations (Korean: 이란-조선민주주의인민공화국 관계; Persian: روابط ایران و کرۀ شمالی) are described as being positive by official news agencies of the two countries.

But in academic circles, it is presumed that both countries had active cultural exchanges during the 7th century Silla era which means the relationship between Korea and Iran dates to 1500 years ago.

Other items uncovered during the excavation include a silver bowl engraved with an image of the Persian goddess Anahita; a golden dagger from Persia; clay busts; and figurines portraying Middle Eastern merchants.

Samguk sagi — the official chronicle of the Three Kingdoms era, compiled in 1145 — contains further descriptions of commercial items sold by Middle Eastern merchants and widely used in Silla society.

In 1971-1972, the DPRK expressed support for Iraq's territorial claims against Iran, and condemned the Iranian seizure of Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs.

[8] North Korea's Rodong Sinmun consistently refrained from covering the Iranian protests until the departure of the Shah and the collapse of Shahpour Bakhtiar’s provisional government, but once Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini established his administration, the DPRK diplomats in Tehran made intense efforts to ingratiate themselves with him.

[9] In early October 1980, shortly after the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq War, three Iranian Boeing 747 cargo planes flew to North Korea and returned with medical supplies and artillery shells, which is the first known instance of military cooperation between the countries.

On the other hand, North Korea and Iran held substantially different views about the conflicts in which the Taliban, Boko Haram, and the Iraqi wing of ISIL were involved.

While the North Koreans stressed that U.S. efforts to suppress these organizations constituted interference in the internal affairs of Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Iraq, the Iranian leaders, who regarded Sunni Salafi extremism as a direct threat to their own interests, repeatedly accused America of not striving hard enough to eliminate these groups or even seeking to reach an agreement with them.

In general, Iranian reformists were more negatively disposed toward the DPRK than conservative hard-liners, as they were of the opinion that Iran could not afford to pursue a confrontational nuclear strategy akin to North Korea's policy.

[31] In March 2013 North Korea and Iran, as well as Syria, blocked a UN Arms Trade Treaty[36] aimed at setting "standards for all cross-border transfers of conventional weapons".