| Tehran | 8,693,706 | 686 | Tehran Province |
| Mashhad | 3,208,000 | 328 | Razavi Khorasan Province |
| Isfahan | 1,961,260 | 493.82 | Isfahan Province |
| Karaj | 1,592,492 | 162 | Alborz Province |
| Shiraz | 1,565,572 | 240 | Fars Province |
| Tabriz | 1,558,693 | 324 | East Azerbaijan Province |
| Qom | 1,201,158 | 123073 | Qom Province |
| Ahvaz | 1,184,788 | 528 | Khuzestan Province |
| Kermanshah | 945,651 | 97 | Kermanshah Province |
| Urmia | 736,224 | 42.7 | West Azerbaijan Province |
| Rasht | 679,995 | 180 | Gilan Province |
| Zahedan | 587,730 | n/a | Sistan and Baluchestan Province |
| Hamadan | 554,406 | n/a | Hamadan Province |
| Kerman | 537,718 | 180.7 | Kerman Province |
| Yazd | 529,673 | 131.55 | Yazd Province |
| Ardabil | 529,374 | 18.01 | Ardabil Province |
| Bandar Abbas | 526,648 | n/a | Hormozgan Province |
| Arak | 520,944 | n/a | Markazi Province |
| Eslamshahr | 448,129 | 45 | Tehran Province |
| Zanjan | 433,475 | n/a | Zanjan Province |
| Kashan | 432,557 | 21 | Isfahan Province |
| Sanandaj | 412,767 | 3033 | Kurdistan Province |
| Qazvin | 402,748 | 64.13 | Qazvin Province |
| Khorramabad | 373,416 | n/a | Lorestan Province |
| Sari | 347,402 | n/a | Mazandaran Province |
| Gorgan | 312,223 | 1699.04 | Golestan Province |
| Shahriar | 309,607 | n/a | Tehran Province |
| Qods | 309,605 | n/a | Tehran Province |
| Malard | 281,027 | n/a | Tehran Province |
| Dezful | 264,709 | 4762 | Khuzestan Province |
| Nishapur | 264,375 | n/a | Razavi Khorasan Province |
| Babol | 250,217 | 32 | Mazandaran Province |
| Sabzevar | 243,700 | n/a | Razavi Khorasan Province |
| Golestan | 239,556 | n/a | Tehran Province |
| Amol | 237,528 | 21 | Mazandaran Province |
| Pakdasht | 236,319 | n/a | Tehran Province |
| Najafabad | 235,281 | n/a | Isfahan Province |
| Borujerd | 234,997 | 2600 | Lorestan Province |
| Abadan | 231,476 | 1275 | Khuzestan Province |
| Qarchak | 231,075 | n/a | Tehran Province |
| Varamin | 225,628 | n/a | Tehran Province |
| Saveh | 220,762 | n/a | Markazi Province |
| Khomeyni Shahr | 218,737 | n/a | Isfahan Province |
| Qaem Shahr | 204,953 | 30 | Mazandaran Province |
| Nasimshahr | 200,393 | n/a | Tehran Province |
| Bojnord | 199,791 | 36 | North Khorasan Province |
| Sirjan | 199,704 | n/a | Kerman Province |
| Bushehr | 195,222 | n/a | Bushehr Province |
| Bukan | 193,501 | n/a | West Azerbaijan Province |
| Semnan | 185,129 | n/a | Semnan Province |
| Khoy | 182,000 | n/a | West Azerbaijan Province |
| Fardis | 181,174 | n/a | Alborz Province |
| Birjand | 178,020 | 42.8 | South Khorasan Province |
| Maragheh | 175,255 | n/a | East Azerbaijan Province |
| Shahin Shahr | 173,329 | n/a | Isfahan Province |
| Ilam | 172,213 | n/a | Ilam Province |
| Malayer | 170,237 | 140 | Hamadan Province |
| Mahabad | 168,393 | n/a | West Azerbaijan Province |
| Lahijan | 167,544 | 1428 | Gilan Province |
| Saqqez | 165,258 | n/a | Kurdistan Province |
| Bandar-e Mahshahr | 162,797 | n/a | Khuzestan Province |
| Rafsanjan | 161,909 | n/a | Kerman Province |
| Shahrekord | 159,775 | n/a | Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province |
| Gonbad-e Kavus | 151,910 | n/a | Golestan Province |
| Shahrud | 150,129 | n/a | Semnan Province |
| Marvdasht | 148,858 | n/a | Fars Province |
| Jahrom | 141,634 | n/a | Fars Province |
| Kamalshahr | 141,166 | n/a | Alborz Province |
| Torbat-e Heydarieh | 140,019 | n/a | Razavi Khorasan Province |
| Marivan | 136,654 | n/a | Kurdistan Province |
| Andimeshk | 135,116 | n/a | Khuzestan Province |
| Shahreza | 134,592 | n/a | Isfahan Province |
| Zabol | 134,590 | n/a | Sistan and Baluchestan Province |
| Miandoab | 134,425 | n/a | West Azerbaijan Province |
| Khorramshahr | 133,097 | n/a | Khuzestan Province |
| Marand | 130,825 | n/a | East Azerbaijan Province |
| Jiroft | 130,429 | n/a | Kerman Province |
| Bam | 127,396 | n/a | Kerman Province |
| Behbahan | 122,604 | n/a | Khuzestan Province |
| Dorud | 121,608 | n/a | Lorestan Province |
| Nazarabad | 119,512 | n/a | Alborz Province |
| Mohammadshahr | 119,418 | n/a | Alborz Province |
| Izeh | 119,399 | n/a | Khuzestan Province |
| Andisheh | 116,062 | n/a | Tehran Province |
| Iranshahr | 113,750 | n/a | Sistan and Baluchestan Province |
| Fasa | 110,825 | n/a | Fars Province |
| Bandar-e Anzali | 110,643 | n/a | Gilan Province |
| Borazjan | 110,567 | n/a | Bushehr Province |
| Baneh | 110,218 | 1584.5 | Kurdistan Province |
| Yasuj | 108,505 | n/a | Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province |
| Chabahar | 106,739 | n/a | Sistan and Baluchestan Province |
| Robat Karim | 105,393 | n/a | Tehran Province |
| Kashmar | 102,282 | n/a | Razavi Khorasan Province |
| Shushtar | 101,878 | n/a | Khuzestan Province |
| Quchan | 101,604 | n/a | Razavi Khorasan Province |
| Ahar | 100,641 | n/a | East Azerbaijan Province |
| Masjed Soleyman | 100,497 | n/a | Khuzestan Province |
| Torbat-e Jam | 100,449 | n/a | Razavi Khorasan Province |