U.S. Relations With Iran - United States Department of State (2024)

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As a result of the Iranian takeover of the American Embassy on November 4, 1979, the United States and Iran severed diplomatic relations in April 1980. The United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran have had no formal diplomatic relationship since that date. Switzerland is the U.S. protecting power and provides limited consular services to U.S. citizens in Iran.

Iran has no embassy in Washington, D.C.

More information about the Islamic Republic of Iran is available from the Department of State and other sources, some of which are listed here:

CIA World Factbook Iran Page
U.S. Virtual Embassy
History of U.S. Relations With Iran
U.S. Census Bureau Foreign Trade Statistics
Office of Foreign Assets Control Sanctions Page
Library of Congress Country Studies
Travel Information
2021 Trafficking in Persons Report: Iran
2020 Report on International Religious Freedom
2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Islamic Republic of Iran