There are 5 ways to get from Europe to Iran by train, plane, car, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Frankfurt, fly to Shahid Madani Of Tabriz International Airport
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Shahid Madani Of Tabriz International Airport (TBZ)plane FRA - TBZ
15h 30m$210–758Train to Frankfurt, fly to Tehran International Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Tehran International Airport (IKA)plane FRA - IKA
- Take the bus from Tehran Imam Khomeini to Azadi Squarebus
12h 30m$191–549Drive 4,291.4 km
- Drive from Europe to Banārūdcar 4,291.4 km
2d 1h$862–1,245Train, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Shahid Madani Of Tabriz International Airport
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Shahid Madani Of Tabriz International Airport (TBZ)plane NUE - TBZ
14h 59m$313–990Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly to Tehran International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Tehran International Airport (IKA)plane HAJ - IKA
- Take the bus from Tehran Imam Khomeini to Azadi Squarebus
15h 54m
Frankfurt (FRA) to Shahid Madani Of Tabriz International Airport (TBZ) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Iran is to train and fly and bus which costs $190 - $550 and takes 12h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Iran is to train and fly and bus which takes 12h 30m and costs $190 - $550.
The distance between Europe and Iran is 3446 km. The road distance is 4291.4 km.
It takes approximately 15h 30m to get from Europe to Iran, including transfers.
Iran is 2h 30m ahead of Europe. It is currently 6:03 PM in Europe and 8:33 PM in Iran.
Yes, the driving distance between Europe to Iran is 4291 km. It takes approximately 2 days 1h to drive from Europe to Iran.
What companies run services between Europe and Iran?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Iran. However, you can take the line 315 bus to Bebra Bahnhof, walk to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to Shahid Madani Of Tabriz International Airport (TBZ), then take the taxi to Tabriz. Alternatively, you can drive from Europe to Banārūd in around 2d 1h.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Shahid Madani Of Tabriz International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Frankfurt to Tehran International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–750
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Shahid Madani Of Tabriz International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Hannover Airport to Tehran International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Tehran International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–600
Flights from Hannover Airport to Tehran International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Tehran International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Hannover Airport to Tehran International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Tehran International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–490
Flights from Hannover Airport to Tehran International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–700
- Website
- mahan.aero
Flights from Hannover Airport to Tehran International Airport via Erbil
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $300–900
- Website
- iaa.ir
Flights from Hannover Airport to Tehran International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $27–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $27–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–19
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- Abellio GmbH
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $14–19
- Schedules at
- Abellio GmbH
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- ABELLIO Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbH
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–20
- Schedules at
- ABELLIO Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbH
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $10
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $34
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $29–45
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
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