Vehicle registration plates of Iran

Iranian license plates (Persian: شماره پلاک) have had European standard dimensions since 2005.

However, as codes started getting exhausted, numbers and letters have been assigned more liberally and without following this rule of thumb anymore Iran's license plate format is entirely in Persian alphabet.

It follows the format ## X ### - NN Iranian license plates are entirely in Persian alphabet.

The letter ب can be dependent on where the car's owner's principal address is located.

For example, while regional code 24 belongs to Khuzestan province, letter ب (B) is dedicated to residents of Abadan County, while letter ج (J) is dedicated to Khorramshahr County residents.

In each province, numbers 11 ♿︎ 111 - XX and upwards have been assigned to veterans (mostly from Iran-Iraq war) with a disability.

The rest of the plates were introduced on May 30, 2016, with full replacement planned to be done by March 2017.

The following plate is installed on vehicles belonging to IRGC (Sepah Pasdaran in Persian).

The following plate is installed on cars belonging to Islamic Republic of Iran Army.

The following plate is installed on cars belonging to Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics.

The following plate is installed on cars belonging to General Staff of Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The letter ف on the plate is fixed for all cars belonging to the general staff and these types of plates are issued nationally, starting from regional code 11 regardless of which province the vehicles serves.

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.

Each country or international organization is assigned a three-digit number (like the ۳۶۵ (365) shown in both examples below).

[2] These license plates are issued nationally, starting from regional code 11 regardless of which province the vehicles serves.

For example, while provincial code 24 belongs to Khuzestan province, letter ب (B) is dedicated to residents of Abadan County, while letter ج (J) is dedicated to Khorramshahr County residents.

Some types of vehicles such as police cars and diplomatic plates are allocated nationally, starting from code 11, regardless of the province in which they serve.

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.