ISO 3166-2:IR is the entry for the Islamic Republic of Iran in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
Currently for Iran, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 31 provinces.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is , the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Iran. The second part is two digits.
Current codes Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).
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Code Subdivision name (fa) Subdivision name (fa)For reference only, Persian name in Persian script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard. Subdivision name (en)For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard. Alborz البرز Alborz Ardabīl اردبیل Ardabil آذربایجان غربی West Azerbaijan آذربایجان شرقی East Azerbaijan Būshehr بوشهر Bushehr Chahār Maḩāl va Bakhtīārī چهارمحال و بختیاری Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Eşfahān اصفهان Isfahan Fārs فارس Fars گیلان Gilan Golestān گلستان Golestan Hamadān همدان Hamadan Hormozgān هرمزگان Hormozgan ایلام Ilam Kermān کرمان Kerman Kermānshāh کرمانشاه Kermanshah Khorāsān-e Jonūbī خراسان جنوبی South Khorasan Khorāsān-e Raẕavī خراسان رضوی Central Khorasan Khorāsān-e Shomālī خراسان شمالی North Khorasan Khūzestān خوزستان Khuzestan Kohgīlūyeh va Bowyer Aḩmad کهگیلویه و بویراحمد Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Kordestān کردستان Kurdistan Lorestān لرستان Lorestan Markazī مرکزی Markazi Māzandarān مازندران Mazandaran Qazvīn قزوین Qazvin Qom قم Qom Semnān سمنان Semnan Sīstān va Balūchestān سیستان و بلوچستان Sistan and Baluchestan Tehrān تهران Tehran Yazd یزد Yazd Zanjān زنجان Zanjan Notes
Changes The following changes to the entry have been announced in newsletters by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.
Newsletter Date issued Description of change in newsletter Code/Subdivision change Partial reorganization of subdivision layout. Two new provinces. Two name corrections (IR-17 and IR-18). New reference for the list source Subdivisions added: Golestān Qazvīn Modification of the administrative structure Subdivisions added: Khorāsān-e Janūbī Khorāsān-e Razavī Khorāsān-e Shemālī Subdivisions deleted: Khorāsān
The following changes to the entry are listed on ISO's online catalogue, the Online Browsing Platform:
Effective date of change Short description of change (en) 2014-10-30 Add 1 province IR-32; update List Source 2014-12-18 Alignment of the English short name upper and lower case with UNTERM 2020-11-24 Change of subdivision code from IR-01 to IR-03, IR-02 to IR-04, IR-03 to IR-24, IR-04 to IR-10, IR-05 to IR-16, IR-06 to IR-18, IR-07 to IR-23, IR-08 to IR-14, IR-10 to IR-06, IR-11 to IR-19, IR-12 to IR-20, IR-13 to IR-11, IR-14 to IR-07, IR-15 to IR-08, IR-16 to IR-12, IR-17 to IR-05, IR-18 to IR-17, IR-19 to IR-01, IR-20 to IR-15, IR-21 to IR-02, IR-22 to IR-00, IR-23 to IR-22, IR-24 to IR-13, IR-25 to IR-21, IR-26 to IR-25, IR-28 to IR-26, IR-30 to IR-09, IR-31 to IR-28, IR-32 to IR-30; Update Code Source 2024-02-29 Change of short name upper case: replace the parentheses with a comma
See also Subdivisions of Iran FIPS region codes of Iran Neighbouring countries: AF, AM, AZ, IQ, PK, TM, TR
External links ISO Online Browsing Platform: IR Provinces of Iran, Statoids.com