Citizenship through father’s citizenship
Citizenship laws
Approved on 7th September 1929
Article 1: Following people are considered as Iranian Citizen:
1: All residents of Iran except people whose foreign citizenship are confirmed, those foreign citizenship documents are confirmed in which Iran government has no objection.
2: Those whose father is Iranian, whether they were born in Iran or abroad.
3: Those who were born in Iran and their parents are unknown.
4: Those born in Iran from foreign parents, one of whom was born in Iran.
5: Those who are born in Iran from a father who is a foreign citizen and have residing in Iran after reaching the age of eighteen.
6: Any foreign woman who marries an Iranian man.
7: Any foreign citizen who has obtained Iranian citizenship.
8: Children of political and foreign consular representatives born in Iran are not subject to paragraphs 4 and 5.
Article 2: The persons mentioned in paragraphs 4 and 5 have the right to accept their father's citizenship for one year after reaching the age of 18. On conditions that they submit a written statement to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs within the above period of time and the confirmation of their father's government that they will recognize them as their citizens should be attached to the statement.
Article 3: Regarding children who were born in Iran to foreign nationals in their country of origin, children born to Iranian nationals are considered as citizens according to the regulations and their return to Iranian citizenship will be subject to mutual agreement.
Article 4: Persons who fulfill the following conditions can obtain Iranian citizenship.
1: Be 18 years old.
2: Have lived in Iran for five years, either consecutively or intermittently.
3: Doesn’t run away from Military Service.
4: haven’t been convicted of any major or non-political crime. Regarding paragraph 2 serving Iranian government in foreign
land is considered as living in Iran.
Article 5: Those who have served or contributed to Iran's public affairs, they may be accepted as Iranian citizens without fulfilling with the residency requirement.
Article 6: If it is found out within five years from the date of issuing of the citizenship certificate, the person who was accepted as a citizen of Iran, has escaped from the military services, has a major offense or convicted to any public crime, The Cabinet Ministers will order terminating his citizenship.
Article 7: Those who has obtained or will obtain Iranian citizenship will be benefitted from all rights that other Iranians has except being a minster, acting minister or assign to any political mission aboard, but they cannot be in the following positions unless after ten years from the date of issuing of the citizenship document.
1: Being a member of legislatures
2: Being a member of state and provincial associations
3: Employment in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Article 8: Citizenship application must be submitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs directly or through guardian and have the following attachments.
1: Educational and identity documents of applicant and family.
2: A letter of confirmation regarding the length of stay of the applicant in Iran, police clearance certificate and having sufficient fund or a job.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will issue a receipt specifying the date of receipt and, if necessary, complete the information related to the applicant and that it will be sent to the Cabinet of Ministers so that the competent cabinet can make the appropriate decision to accept or reject it. If the application is accepted, the citizenship document will be submitted to the applicant.
Article 9: The wife and minor children of those who obtained Iranian citizenship according to this law are recognized as citizens of the Iranian government, but the wife can make a written statement to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs within one year from the date of issuing of the husband's citizenship document and minor children within one year from the date to be eighteen years old. The ministry of Foreign affairs accepts the citizenship of the previous country of the husband or father, but the declaration mentioned in Article 2 must be attached to the statement of the male children.
Article 10: Obtaining of Iranian citizenship by the father is not effective in any way for children who are at the age of eighteen on the date of the application.
Article 11: A non-Iranian woman who becomes an Iranian citizen after marriage can return to her previous citizenship after separation or death of husband but have to give a written statement to Ministry of Foreign Affairs but if any widow who has children from her ex-husband cannot use this right until her children to be eighteen years old. If any woman uses this right and returns to her previous citizenship will not have the right to own immovable property unless that this right has been given to foreign nationals, and whenever she owns more immovable property than what is allowed for foreign nationals to have or later inherits immovable property exceeding that amount, within one year from the date of leaving Iran's citizenship or gaining the property, in the case of inheritance, the surplus amount should be transferred to the Iranian nationals, otherwise the said property will be sold under the supervision of the local public prosecutor and the price will be given to them after the sale expenses have been determined.
Article 12: An Iranian woman who marries a foreign citizen will keep her Iranian citizenship unless, according to the law of the country of the spouse, the husband's citizenship is imposed on the wife by the marriage contract, but in any case, after the death of the husband or separation, she can get her citizenship back with all privileges and rights by simply submitting an application to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with a registration form and confirmation of the death of the husband or the document of separation.
Article 13: Iranian nationals cannot leave their citizenship except under the following conditions:
1: Hasn’t been eighteen years old.
2: unless the board of Ministers gives permission.
3: Have previously promised to transfer the immovable properties own or will inherit to Iranian national even the law gives the right to foreign
national to have, within one year of leaving the citizenship. The wife and children of a person who leaves citizenship according to this article, especially if the said children are minors or Adult, cannot leave Iranian citizenship unless the permission of the board includes them.
Article 14: Any Iranian citizen who obtains foreign citizenship without complying with the above regulations, his/her foreign citizenship will be invalid and he/she will be recognized as a citizen of Iran, but at the same time, all his immovable properties will be sold under the supervision of the local public prosecutor and the sale price will be given to him/her after determining the costs of the sale. In addition, he/she cannot be employed as a minister and deputy, membership of legislative assemblies or state, provincial and municipal associations or any other government jobs.
Article 15: Iranian citizens who themselves or their fathers have obtained citizenship in accordance with the regulations and want to return to their original citizenship will be accepted for Iranian citizenship as soon as they apply.
Article 16: This law has been come in effect from the 11th of September 1929 onwards.
This law consists of 16 articles was approved by the National Assembly on 7th September 1929. Chairperson of the National Assembly. Dadgar