Iran

	Picture	Date of first issue	Date of last issue	Type	Description	Remarks
1		50s?		temp	A 123456 (B 605458)	text on the plate is Kerman a provincial capital van der Valk
2		1947		truck	1234 (T 7376)	'b' = T = Tehran NPCC 26 means 1326 + 621 = 1947 (the difference between the Persian year and our year is on the 21st of Mar is 621 years: calendar converter)
3		1956		car	1234 (T 4255)	'b' = Tehran year validation tab 35 means 1335= 1956 Fox
4		1959		truck	1234 (T 9599)	'b' = Tehran year validation tab 38 means 1338 = 1959
5		1960		car	1234 (T 1827)	'b' = Tehran year validation tab 39 means 1339 = 1960 PP
6		1961		car	12345 (T 22875)	'b' = Tehran year validation tab 40 means 1340 = 1961 Gordon
7		1961		truck	12345 (T 77461)	'b' = Tehran year validation tab 40 means 1340 = 1961 Klotz
8		1963		car	12345 (T 62019)	'b' = Tehran year validation 42 means 1342 = 1963 Klotz
9		?		diplo	1234 (9354)	diplomatic Klotz
10		1964	1972?	car	1234 (1231) (9421) (6828) (5844)	Tehran numerals are serial extensions known 12, 13, 16, 21, 24, 30, 40 (truck), 43 and 44 Francoplaque (3x) Goodwin (2nd)
11		1964		truck	1234 (2322)	Tehran numerals are serial extensions Francoplaque
12		1966		other	TH 1234 (TH 1118 - 1562)	for international use Tehran Francoplaque
13		1972?	1993?	car	12345 (J - 94699)	Tehran letter is a serial extensions (J) Francoplaque
14				truck	12345 (A - 76175)	Tehran letter is a serial extensions (A) also for taxi and bus van der Valk
15				govt	1234 12345 (34027)	government Gordon
16	bk/purple			govt	12345	Tehran local government? imperial court?
17				diplo	12345 (15769)	non diplomatic embassy staff (service) no embassy code? van der Valk
18				diplo	12345 (41629)	Tehran numerals are a country code 91 = Venezuela Francoplaque
19		1972?	1998?	other	TEH 1234 (170-96272)	Tehran for international use by 1978 TEH 12345 Francoplaque
20		1993?	1998?	car	12345 (14 - 41798)	first a letter and later numerals as a serial extension Brekke
21		1993?	1998?	truck	12345 (14 - 41818) (14 - 42419)	same color? Francoplaque (1980) Brekke (1998)
22				mc	1234 12345
23	yellow	1998	now	car	12 A 345
24		1998	now	truck	12 A 345 (19 T 497)	Tehran 320x155mm Elie
25	blue	1998	now	govt	12 A 345
26		1998	now	other	THR 12345 (THR 35965-75523)	Tehran for international use 1998 THR 39695 2003 THR 75523 Brekke Elie
27		2003	now	truck	AA 12345 (AA 12173 - 43611)	Francoplaque
28		2005?	now	truck	123456 (18 A 718 - 11)	Euro Tehran Elie
29		2006?	now	other	THR 12345	Euro Tehran for international use

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