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Free Online Radio Stations in Iran

Stream live radio from Iran for free — news, talk and music stations, playable instantly in your browser. Use the genre filter to narrow down by style, or search for a specific station by name.

Radio in Iran at a glance

Iran has 39 radio stations registered in the Radio-Browser directory, and 23 of them currently stream over a secure (HTTPS) connection, which is what this page lists. The most-played stations at the moment include Radio Navahang, ایران‎ Radio Liberty (Iran) (official stream) and Iran International (HTTPS stream). Common genre tags include iran, classical, international, news and persian. Where stations report a language, the most common are Persian, Iranian and Arabic. Stations are based in places such as Tehran, California and Gachsaran.

The figures below describe all 23 working stations that offer a secure stream, based on directory data refreshed on 9 October 2026. A station can carry more than one genre tag or language, so shares can add up to more than 100%. Language figures cover only the 13 stations that report a language.

Most common genre tags

Genre tagStationsShare
iran417%
classical313%
international313%
news313%
persian313%
akhbar29%
donya29%
farsi29%

Broadcast languages

LanguageStationsShare
Persian1185%
Iranian215%
Arabic18%
Faroese18%
Irani18%

Where stations are based

RegionStationsShare
Tehran29%
California14%
Gachsaran14%

Stream quality

Stream quality: the median bitrate is 128 kbps, from the 15 stations that report one. Of the stations that report a codec, 96% use MP3 and 4% use AAC.

Frequently asked questions about radio in Iran

How many radio stations are there in Iran?

Iran has 39 radio stations registered in the Radio-Browser directory. 23 of them currently stream over a secure (HTTPS) connection and are listed on this page.

What are the most popular radio stations in Iran?

Ranked by how often listeners have played them through the directory, the most-played stations include Radio Navahang, ایران‎ Radio Liberty (Iran) (official stream), Iran International (HTTPS stream), iraninternational and Radio Iran International. Rankings change as listening changes.

What kinds of radio can I listen to in Iran?

Among the stations we sampled, the most common genre tags are iran, classical, international, news and persian. Use the Genre filter at the top of this page to narrow the list.

What languages do radio stations in Iran broadcast in?

Where stations report a language, the most common are Persian, Iranian and Arabic.

Do I need an account or an app to listen to radio from Iran?

No. Open a station and press Play; it streams directly in your web browser. There is nothing to install and no account to create.

Why won't a station from Iran play?

Stations occasionally go offline, and some only allow listeners inside their own country. Try another station, or work through our guide to fixing radio streams that will not play.

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Station counts, genre tags, languages and regions come from the community-maintained Radio-Browser directory and were last refreshed on 9 October 2026. Summaries on this page are generated automatically from that data; see how we list stations.