This is a list of municipalities in

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "

town twinning A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties. While there are early examples of inter ...

" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).

A

Abadan *

Taormina Taormina ( , , also , ; scn, Taurmina) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina, on the east coast of the island of Sicily, Italy. Taormina has been a tourist destination since the 19th century. Its beaches on ...

, Italy

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Delijan Delijan ( fa, دليجان, also Romanized as Delījān, Dalijān, and Dilījān) is a city and capital of Delijan County, Markazi Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 31,852, in 8,779 families. Delijan is located 80 km ...

Dilijan Dilijan ( hy, Դիլիջան) is a spa town and urban municipal community in the Tavush Province of Armenia. The town is one of the most important resorts in Armenia, situated within the Dilijan National Park. The forested town is home to num ...

, Armenia

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Gorgan Gorgan ( fa, گرگان ; also romanized as ''Gorgān'', ''Gurgān'', and ''Gurgan''), formerly Esterabad ( ; also romanized as ''Astarābād'', ''Asterabad'', and ''Esterābād''), is the capital city of Golestan Province, Iran. It lies appro ...

Aktau Aktau ( kk, Aqtau, Ақтау , russian: Актау) is a city in Kazakhstan, located on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea. Its current name means "white mountain" in Kazakh, which may be due to its cliffs that overlook the Caspian. From 1964 to ...

, Kazakhstan *

Samsun Samsun, historically known as Sampsounta ( gr, Σαμψούντα) and Amisos (Ancient Greek: Αμισός), is a city on the north coast of Turkey and is a major Black Sea port. In 2021, Samsun recorded a population of 710,000 people. The cit ...

, Turkey

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Hamadan Hamadan () or Hamedan ( fa, همدان, ''Hamedān'') (Old Persian: Haŋgmetana, Ecbatana) is the capital city of Hamadan Province of Iran. At the 2019 census, its population was 783,300 in 230,775 families. The majority of people living in Ham ...

* Bukhara, Uzbekistan * Isparta, Turkey *

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, Tajikistan

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Isfahan * Baalbek, Lebanon *

Dakar Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from :wo:daqaar, daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar ...

, Senegal *

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany Regions of Italy, region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilan ...

, Italy * Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany *

Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

, Cuba * Iași, Romania *

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, Malaysia * Kuwait City, Kuwait *

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city ...

, Pakistan *

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, Russia *

Xi'an Xi'an ( , ; ; Chinese: ), frequently spelled as Xian and also known by other names, is the capital of Shaanxi Province. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong Plain, the city is the third most populous city in Western China, after Chongqi ...

, China *

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and i ...

, Armenia

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Kermanshah * Gaziantep, Turkey Kish Island * Langkawi, Malaysia Kazerun * Al-Mada'in District, Al-Mada'in, Iraq

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Maragheh * Goražde, Bosnia and Herzegovina Mashhad * Karachi, Pakistan * Karbala, Iraq *

Kuala Lumpur , anthem = ''Maju dan Sejahtera'' , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Malaysia#Southeast Asia#Asia , pushpin_map_caption = , coordinates = , sub ...

, Malaysia *

, Pakistan * Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan * Najaf, Iraq * Santiago de Compostela, Spain * Ürümqi, China

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Nishapur * Baghdad, Iraq * Balkh, Afghanistan * Basra, Iraq * Bukhara, Uzbekistan * Ghazni, Afghanistan * Herat, Afghanistan * Kairouan, Tunisia * Karbala, Iraq * Khiva, Uzbekistan * Khoy, Iran * Khujand, Tajikistan * Konya, Turkey * Kulab, Tajikistan, Kulob, Tajikistan * Merv, Turkmenistan * Samarkand, Uzbekistan

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Qazvin * Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Qom * Baalbek, Lebanon * Karachi, Pakistan * Karbala, Iraq * Konya, Turkey * Linxiang, Hunan, Linxiang, China * Santiago de Compostela, Spain

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Rasht * Astrakhan, Russia * Moscow, Russia * Multan, Pakistan * Trabzon, Turkey

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Sari, Iran, Sari * Astrakhan, Russia Shiraz * Chongqing, China * Dushanbe, Tajikistan * Nanjing, China * Nicosia, Cyprus * Pécs, Hungary

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Tabriz * Baku, Azerbaijan * Erzurum, Turkey * Ganja, Azerbaijan, Ganja, Azerbaijan * Gaza City, Palestine * Istanbul, Turkey * Karbala, Iraq * Kazan, Russia * Khujand, Tajikistan * Mogilev, Belarus * Shanghai, China Tehran * Ankara, Turkey * Baghdad, Iraq * Beijing, China * Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan * Brasília, Brazil * Budapest, Hungary * Caracas, Venezuela * Dushanbe, Tajikistan * East Jerusalem, Palestine *

Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

, Cuba * Kabul, Afghanistan * Khartoum, Sudan * London, England, United Kingdom * Los Angeles, United States * Manila, Philippines * Minsk, Belarus * Moscow, Russia * Pretoria, South Africa * Sanaa, Yemen * Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina * Tbilisi, Georgia

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Urmia * Erzurum, Turkey * Fujian, China * Varna, Bulgaria, Varna, Bulgaria

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Yazd * Homs, Syria * Jászberény, Hungary * Poti, Georgia

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Zanjan, Iran, Zanjan * Trabzon, Turkey

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Twin towns and sister cities in Iran Lists of twin towns and sister cities in Asia, Iran Iran geography-related lists, Twin towns and sister cities Cities in Iran Foreign relations of Iran