Algeria’s embassy in Tehran: verified contacts and safer next steps
The Algerian Embassy in Tehran is at No. 20, 11th Street, Mahestan Street, Shahrak-e Gharb. Algeria’s central diplomatic directory and the mission portal agree on the address, telephone lines ending 82 and 83, and fax. The mission also publishes a third line ending 84, a general mailbox and a visa mailbox. Its public window is Sunday to Thursday, 08:30–15:30, except national and religious holidays. The central directory carries a different older email, so this guide uses the mission contact page and withholds that legacy mailbox. Before travelling, paying or sending documents, state your nationality, lawful residence and exact procedure and obtain a dated reply.
Reviewed 28 July 2026Published address and contact channels
Name the exact transaction and your usual place of residence in the first enquiry, and say whether it concerns a consular, visa or institutional matter. Confirm the receiving section, appointment, submission and return method before travelling, paying or sending an original.
Embassy address in Tehran
No. 20, 11th Street, Mahestan StreetShahrak-e Gharb
Tehran, Iran
Contacts published by the Tehran mission
- Telephone +98 21 885 618 82
- Telephone +98 21 885 618 83
- Telephone +98 21 885 618 84
- General email
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Visa email
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Fax +98 21 883 770 31
- Published hours Sunday to Thursday, 08:30–15:30; closed on national and religious holidays
- Official website embtehran.mfa.gov.dz
The verified public address identifies the chancery, not the entrance for every procedure. In your first message, name the visa, civil-status, registration or other consular service you need and ask whether an appointment or personal attendance is required. If you live outside Iran, ask first whether Tehran is still competent for that procedure. Do not send a passport, residence permit or original civil record until the mission confirms the receiving address, accepted delivery method, tracking and return arrangements in writing.
How the contact fields were checked
The two Algerian sources converge on the address, +98 21 885 618 82, +98 21 885 618 83 and fax +98 21 883 770 31. The mission contact page adds +98 21 885 618 84,
Historical appointment evidence is not a current roster
A 2022 diplomatic record names an ambassador, but the live biography and staff pages do not. No current name is presented here.
Why is no current ambassador named?
Current personnel is not independently confirmed
The mission’s live biography page contains only a heading, and its staff page lists no names. Exact Iranian host-government credential links were checked, but they did not expose a current diplomatic roster. A historical intergovernmental record from November 2022 is useful for chronology, not proof that the same appointment remains current in July 2026.
For a practical enquiry, use the mission’s functional contact channels and ask which desk owns the procedure. Do not address a time-sensitive application to a named official copied from an old article or directory.
Choose the route by residence and procedure
Iran is the confirmed host state of the Tehran mission. No wider accreditation or service-by-service jurisdiction has been frozen. Readers outside Iran should ask which Algerian post currently handles their country of lawful residence and exact procedure before sending a file, paying a fee or booking travel.
If you live lawfully in Iran
Start with the official Tehran contact page. Give your nationality, city of lawful residence and exact procedure. For a visa, add the purpose and intended travel dates. For an Algerian consular matter, state your registration position and the document or civil-status act required. Ask which desk owns the case, whether personal attendance is required, and which current copies, translations or originals must be shown.
If you live outside Iran
Put your country and city of lawful residence in the subject line. Ask whether Tehran is competent for your nationality and procedure or whether another Algerian post must handle it. Request the correct official link and wait for a written answer before travelling, paying for legalisation or translations, or releasing an original document.
Protect passports and original records
The frozen official evidence does not establish a current courier or postal process for originals. Obtain written confirmation of the exact receiving desk, delivery company, tracking, insurance, return envelope, collection method and responsibility for loss before releasing any passport or civil-status record. Keep complete copies and the dated official reply.
Use official pages for orientation, then confirm
The portal provides a useful starting point, but its general visa page is dated 22 January 2023 and operational details can change. Reopen the official page when preparing the case and request a dated checklist before travel, payment or document submission.
Visa enquiries in Tehran
The official visa page outlines categories, forms, passport validity and supporting evidence. It also contains mutable fee, validity and processing statements, including a 48-hour line for some organised tour files. Because the page dates from January 2023, treat those details as orientation only. Email the visa desk with nationality, lawful residence, purpose and intended dates, and request the current form, appointment channel, complete checklist, fee, payment route, processing estimate and passport-return method.
What to include in the first message
Give your full name, nationality, lawful country and city of residence, the exact service and a preferred contact method. For a visa, add the travel purpose and dates. Do not attach unnecessary identity scans. Ask for the current form, number of copies, photo rules, translations or legalisation, appointment channel, fee and payment reference, submission route, processing estimate, and collection or secure return method.
Algerian consular and civil-status matters
For registration, passport, civil-status, legalisation or assistance questions, start with the general mission mailbox and describe the request precisely. Ask which desk is responsible, whether prior registration or personal attendance is required, which authority must issue each record and whether originals are merely shown or retained. Do not infer one procedure’s checklist from the dated visa page.
Name the service in the first message
A short enquiry with enough context is easier to route than a broad request for ‘all the documents’. State who you are, where you normally live, the exact procedure and the decision you need from the embassy.
Algerian document or consular matter
Name the passport, registration, civil-status, legalisation or other procedure. Ask for the current Tehran checklist and whether attendance, an appointment, originals, copies, payment or collection are required.
Visa for Algeria
Give nationality, country of habitual residence, purpose and expected length of travel. Ask for the correct category, form, supporting papers, fee, payment method, appointment rule and personal-attendance requirement.
Institutional or diplomatic enquiry
Identify the organisation, subject, responsible contact and any genuine deadline. Do not attach personal or confidential records until the receiving address, section and transfer method have been confirmed.
Prepare a useful enquiry before calling or writing
The office can answer more accurately when the first message contains enough context. Keep it concise and do not attach sensitive documents until the recipient and method have been confirmed.
- Your full name and a safe way to reply.
- Your nationality and, when relevant, whether you are an Algerian citizen or a foreign traveller.
- Country of habitual residence, town and postcode, because residence can determine the competent Algerian post.
- The exact service: passport, civil status, consular registration, legalisation, visa or another named request.
- Any genuine deadline and the reason for it, without presenting a travel booking as a guaranteed processing date.
- A request for the current checklist, fees, payment method, appointment rule, submission method and collection method.
No reliable Tehran-specific postal procedure or return method was established in the checked material. Ask for written confirmation before posting a passport, certificate or other original. If an office authorises post, follow its current packaging, tracking and return instructions exactly and keep copies of everything sent.
Information this guide does not treat as settled
The official evidence supports a practical guide, but not these assurances:
- the central directory’s different legacy mailbox is not presented as current;
- a 2022 ambassador reference is not presented as a current personnel roster;
- no wider accreditation or service-by-service jurisdiction outside Iran is inferred;
- fees, detailed checklists, validity and the 48-hour line are not current guarantees;
- published hours are not proof of walk-in access, appointment capacity or holiday opening;
- courier acceptance, safe return of originals, emergency response, accessibility and outcomes are not inferred.
Before a visit, payment or document shipment, obtain a dated reply that names the responsible post and desk, territorial competence, current hours and appointment rule, checklist, fee and payment route, processing estimate, submission channel and safe return method.
Frequently asked questions
What is the address of the Algerian Embassy in Tehran?
No. 20, 11th Street, Mahestan Street, Shahrak-e Gharb, Tehran. Confirm the entrance and responsible desk before travelling.
What hours does the Tehran mission publish?
Sunday to Thursday, 08:30–15:30, except national and religious holidays. Confirm the service and appointment rule first.
Which email should I use?
The current mission page publishes separate general and visa mailboxes. Use the one matching the procedure and state nationality and lawful residence.
Who is Algeria’s current ambassador to Iran?
This guide does not name one because the live biography and staff pages do not provide a current roster and the available named record is historical.
Can I rely on the old visa checklist or 48-hour line?
No. The visa page dates from January 2023. Request a current written checklist, fee, appointment route and processing estimate.
Official sources checked
These seven sources and source checks establish the mission, convergent contact fields, mission-only channels, published hours, visa orientation and the boundary around historical personnel.
- Algerian Foreign Ministry directory for Iran
- Official Algerian Embassy in Tehran portal
- Official Tehran contact and hours page
- Mission biography page; no current name published
- Official visa overview, dated 22 January 2023
- Mission staff page; no names published
- ECO historical diplomatic record, 23 November 2022