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Resources

Online Resources

• Shahre Farang - A small collection of birth certificates of Iranian Men and Women born in 1942 from a private collection
• Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran - A large collection of Iranian photos and documents from the Qajar era
  • Property records
  • Inheritance
  • Marriages
• Archives catalog at the National Library and Archives of Iran - May contain some government-issued records. These documents are not digitized and must be viewed in-person with necessary paperwork; see details about visiting the archive here.
• Digital Persian Archive at Asnad - Searchable database of digital records from Iran, including marriage contracts, Shari'a court documents, vaqf deeds (property) and sale/lease documents.
• U.S. State Department Reciprocity and Civil Documents - (Iran) Contains information about record-keeping practices in Iran and offices to contact
• British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms at Findmypast - index & images ($)
• British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages at Findmypast - index & images ($)
• British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials at Findmypast - index & images ($)

Several records of the Great Britain Consulates from the following locations:

• Bīrjand, Iran at FamilySearch Catalog
• Bushire, Iran at FamilySearch Catalog
• Bushehr/Bushire, Iran at FamilySearch Catalog
• Isfahan, Iran at FamilySearch Catalog

Offices to Contact

Governmental Civil Registration Office
PCG5+65X District 6
Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran

Telephone: +98 21 8871 2662

National Organization for Civil Registration
MCP4+MQ4 District 11
Tehran, Iran

Telephone: +98 21 6674 2876

Background

Over the centuries, Iran has been invaded by several nations, including Turks, Mongols, Ilkhans, the Timurids, Safavids, and Russians, so has a mixture of races.

Coverage and Compliance

Since July 1925, all Iranian citizens, in or out of the country, are required to have a birth certificate.