Telephone numbers in Iran



Telephone numbers in Iran consist of an area code and a subscriber number. The dial plan type in Iran is closed, and "0" is the internal trunk prefix in Iran, while the country calling code is +98. the country's telephone numbers are regulated by the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology of Iran.''''''

Format

All telephone numbers are 11 digits long. The first two digits are the area code. The possibilities are: XXXX XXXX, 09XX XXX XXXX and 099XX XXX XXX.
Either of the trunk prefixes may be used when making an internal national call.
When making a call within the same landline area code, the trunk prefix and the area code can be omitted.

Landlines

Landlines telephone numbers have these formats: XXXX XXXX and +98 AC XXXX XXXX. where AC is the area code shown in the list below

Area code

Premium-rate telephone number

has these formats :
  • 7020 XXXX: Provincial
  • 7070 XXXX: access from all provinces
  • 909 AAC XXXX. AAC shown in below list :
No.AreaAvailable Area CodeNumbers Format
1access from all provinces907909 907 XXXX
2universal access numbers221909 221 XXXX
3access from Tehran province230909 230 XXXX
4access from Qom province252909 252 XXXX
5access from West Azerbaijan province444909 444 XXXX
6access from Razavi Khorasan province512909 512 XXXX

Free phone numbers

Free phone numbers have these formats :
  • 900 212 XXXX
  • 9000 XXXX

    Personal number service

Personal number service has this format : 8080 XXXX

SIP Trunk">SIP trunking">SIP Trunk

; Provincial: needs an area code by landline in different province or via a cellphone
  • 9100 XXXX: ShatelTalk
  • 9101 XXXX: AsiaTel
  • 9102 XXXX: SabaTel
  • 9103 XXXX: Fanap Telecom
  • 9107 XXXX: NexFon
  • 9108 XXXX: FanAva
  • 9109 XXXX: Pishgaman
  • 9130 XXXX: AsiaTel
  • 9131 XXXX: Lazer
  • 9132 XXXX: Shatel
  • 9155 XXXX: TakNet
  • 9311 XXXX: Wenex
  • 9411 XXXX: AloIran
  • 9511 XXXX: Arian Rasaneh Pars
  • 966x XXXX: AloTehran
  • 9686 XXXX: AloTehran
; Country
  • 94220 XXXXX: AsiaTel
  • 94260 XXXXX: NexFon

    Universal access number

This service allows a subscriber to publish a national number and have the incoming calls routed to different destinations based on various criteria such as the geographical location of the caller, the time of day and the date on which the call is made.
Universal access number has these formats :
  • 909 221 XXXX
  • 8081 XXXX

    Mobile phones

In order to identify the country which a mobile subscriber belongs to, in wireless telephone networks Mobile Country Codes are used.
MCC is allocated by the International Telecommunication Union and MCC for Iran is 432.
If you intend to use your SIM card, make sure to put your phone on flight mode after using SIM cards from Iranian companies. Irancell, Hamrah Aval and RighTel are the main 3 phone operators in Iran. Fortunately the existing mobile network provides 4G & 5G cellular data coverage in all the small and big cities around the country. Also in most of the main roads between cities you can have access to call and data services.
In order to identify mobile subscriber in a country, Mobile Network Code are used.
MNC is allocated by the national regulator.
The Home Network Identity is the combination of the MCC and the MNC. This is the number which fully identifies a mobile subscriber. This combination is also known as the PLMN.
There are 9 mobile phone providers in Iran, listed below.

IR-MCI">Mobile Telecommunication Company of Iran">IR-MCI (HNI : 43211)

; 0910-XXX-XXXX
; 0911-XXX-XXXX
; 0912-XXX-XXXX
; 0913-XXX-XXXX
; 0914-XXX-XXXX
; 0915-XXX-XXXX
; 0916-XXX-XXXX
; 0917-XXX-XXXX
; 0918-XXX-XXXX
; 0919-XXX-XXXX
; 0990-XXX-XXXX
; 0991-XXX-XXXX
; 0992-XXX-XXXX
; 0993-XXX-XXXX
; 0994-XXX-XXXX
; 2nd digit after 091 is the code of mobile number. 09124XXXXXX is code4 or 09121XXXXXX is code 1. The lowest code has the highest price, meaning that the owner is wealthier.

Premium-rate telephone

Premium-rate telephone number for IR-MCI has this format : 9922-XXXX

Espadan (HNI : 43219)

; 0931-XXX-XXXX: pre-paid.

MTCE (HNI : 43270)

Iraphone (HNI : 43290)

Taliya">Taliya Communications">Taliya (HNI : 43232)

; 0932-XXX-XXXX

TeleKish (HNI : 43214)

; 0934-XXX-XXXX: post-paid

[MTN Irancell] (HNI : 43235)

; 0900-XXX-XXXX
; 0901-XXX-XXXX
; 0902-XXX-XXXX
; 0903-XXX-XXXX
; 0904-XXX-XXXX
; 0905-XXX-XXXX
; 0930-XXX-XXXX
; 0933-XXX-XXXX
; 0935-XXX-XXXX
; 0936-XXX-XXXX
; 0937-XXX-XXXX
; 0938-XXX-XXXX
; 0939-XXX-XXXX
; 0941-XXX-XXXX:

RighTel">RighTel Communications">RighTel (HNI : 43220 & 43221)

; 0920-XXX-XXXX: post-paid
; 0921-XXX-XXXX: pre-paid & data SIM
; 0922-XXX-XXXX: pre-paid & data SIM
; 0923-XXX-XXXX: pre-paid & data SIM

[MobinNet] (HNI : 43240)

; 0955-XXX-XXXX:

Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO)

Shatel Mobile">Shatel">Shatel Mobile (HNI : 43208 & 43250)

;0998-1XX-XXXX: pre-paid & data SIM

PH.Lotus

;0999-0XX-XXXX: pre-paid

ApTel (NeginTel) (HNI : 43202)

;0999-1XXX-XXX: post-paid

Avacell (HiWeb) (HNI : 43212)

;0999-14XX-XXX: pre-paid

SamanTel (HNI : 43210)

; 0999-99X-XXXX: post-paid
; 0999-98X-XXXX: pre-paid & data SIM

Farabord Dadeh Haye Iranian Co. (Zi-Tel) (HNI : 43245)

; 0999-99X-XXXX: data SIM

Ertebatat-e Arian Tel Co. (Arian-Tel) (HNI : 43206)

; 0999-87X-XXXX
; 0999-88X-XXXX
; 0999-89X-XXXX

Ertebatat-e Farzanegan Pars (Wenex) (HNI : 43293)

; :data SIM

Emergency numbers

The following numbers are used for emergency services within Iran
110 - Police
112 - Hilal Ahmar Ambulance
115 - Ambulance
125 - Fire Department
911 - Redirected to 112 on mobile phones