Is surrogacy legal in Iran?
Commercial legal
Surrogacy is legal and popular in Iran, with religious approval since 1999.
Iran is one of 5 countries classified “Commercial legal” for surrogacy — 11% of the 44 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Surrogacy laws by country
- Last checked
- 7 July 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Georgia
- Commercial legal Commercial surrogacy is legal in Georgia, with no recent changes to the law.
- Saudi Arabia
- Banned Saudi Arabia prohibits gestational surrogacy, favoring fertility restoration instead.
- Israel
- Commercial legal Israel legalized commercial surrogacy for same-sex couples, transgender people, and single men.
- Kyrgyzstan
- Altruistic only Kyrgyzstan legally regulates altruistic surrogacy with no strict restrictions for prospective parents.
- Ukraine
- Altruistic only Altruistic surrogacy is legal in Ukraine, with no parental rights for surrogate mothers, and surrogacy fully regulated since 2002.
- Greece
- Altruistic only Greece permits altruistic surrogacy with legal protection for intended parents.
Other laws in Iran
- Abortion
- Legal (limited)
- Suicide Laws
- Not a crime
- FGM Laws
- Specifically banned
- Organ Donor Consent
- Opt-out (presumed consent)
A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.