Number length

All telephone numbers are 11 digits long (initial 0 plus ten numbers). The first two or three digits after the zero are the

area code A telephone numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunication to assign telephone numbers to subscriber telephones or other telephony endpoints. Telephone numbers are the addresses of participants in a telephone network, re ...

. The possibilities are: (+98) (for landlines), (for cellphones) and (for

MVNO A mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) is a wireless communications services provider that does not own the wireless network infrastructure over which it provides services to its customers. An MVNO enters into a business agreement with a mobil ...

). When making a call within the same landline area code, initial 0 plus the area code can be omitted.

Example for calling

The

international call prefix An international call prefix, international dial-out code or international direct dial code (IDD code) is a trunk prefix that indicates an international phone call. In the dialling sequence, the prefix precedes the country calling code (and, furt ...

depends on the country you are calling from; e.g., 00 for most European countries, and 011 from North America. For domestic calls (within the country), 0 must be dialed before the area code. The prefix for international calls from Iran is 00 (e.g., for a

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five ma ...

number 00 1 ... should be dialled). An example for calling telephones in the city of

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the Capital city, capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is th ...

is as follows: * xxxx xxxx (within Tehran, via a landline) * 021 xxxx xxxx (within Iran but either outside Tehran or via a cellphone) * +98 21 xxxx xxxx (outside Iran) An example for mobile numbers is as follows: * 09xx xxx xxxx (in Iran) * +98 9xx xxx xxxx (outside Iran)

Landlines

Originally, there was only one provider of landline telephony,

Telecommunication Company of Iran Telecommunication Company of Iran, or TCI ( fa, شرکت مخابرات ایران, romanized: ''Sherkat-e Moxaberat-e Iran''), is the fixed-line incumbent operator in Iran offering services in fixed telepho