Iran Press Visa

If you have plenty of time before you intend to travel (at least 8 weeks), you can apply for a visa by contacting your nearest Iranian Embassy.

To apply for a press visa independently you need to contact the Iranian Embassy nearest to where you live and ask for/download a visa application form. Click here for a list of Iranian Embassies.

In the UK, the current press attaché is Mr. Hamid Babaei. He can be contacted at:

Press Section
Embassy of the I.R.Iran
16 Prince’s Gate 
SW7 1PT
London

Tel: 0207 225 4219
Fax: 0207 823 8282

Once you have completed your press visa application form, send it to the above address along with:

• A photocopy of the ID page of your passport
• Two current passport size photographs. (Females should always wear a headscarf in their visa application photographs.)
• A letter of reference from the media commissioning you.

Once the embassy has received your application they will then contact you to arrange an interview.

If successful, you will then need to take your passport to the consular section of the embassy for them to stamp your visa into your passport. In the UK, the Iranian Consulate is at:

50 Kensington Court
London W8 5DB
Tel: 020 736 10823