# List of castles in Iran

Throughout the history of Iran, especially in prehistoric and early history, castles have played an important role in the fortification of the country. They were usually maintained by officials on important routes or cities, and most of them were in unmarked heights with steep slopes or cliffs. Such places have always served as a natural defenses against enemies and offer a panoramic view of the surrounding lands, so cities and surrounding lands can be defended. Most of Iran's castles had springs or wells, except for those that were previously surrounded by water.

## Important castles

| Name | Location | Notes |
| Arg-e Bam | Bam | There is no precise archaeological dating of the buildings of the Citadel of Bam. But through historic sources and ancient texts, the first human settlement in the area can be traced back to the fort built by the Achaemenians around 579–323 BC. Some of the citadel's features such as its establishment on a platform combining a natural hilltop and a manmade terrace have been compared by archaeologists to the Achaemenian model of Persepolis. During the Parthian rule, the fort was expanded and became Arg-e-Bam, the Citadel of Bam. |
| Alamut Castle | Alamut | The Alamut castle was built by the Justanid ruler Wahsudan b. Marzuban, a follower of Zaydi Shi'ism, around 865 AD. During a hunting trip, he witnessed a soaring eagle perch down high on a rock.$^{:29}$ Realizing the tactical advantage of this location, he chose the site for the construction of a fortress, which was called "Aluh āmū[kh]t" likely meaning "Eagle's Teaching" or "Nest of Punishment".$^{:29}$ Alamut remained under Justanid control until the arrival of the Isma'ili chief da’i (missionary) Hasan-i Sabbah to the castle in 1090 AD, marking the start of the Alamut period in Nizari Isma'ili history. |
| Atashgah Castle | Kashmar | The location of the castle is strategically interesting. This fort is one of the most prominent and superior ancient forts of Iran in terms of inaccessibility and resistance against invaders and easily competes with the fortifications of Babak Fort in Kaleybar and Alamut Castle in Alamut. This shows that the builders of the castle have carried out extensive field studies to locate it. In total, Atashgah Castle is built on a high rocky cliff and difficult to cross, three sides of which are high and dangerous precipices. Around this cliff, shortly after the precipices, the walls of other high cliffs have re-enclosed it in the form of impenetrable and inaccessible fortifications. |
| Babak Fort | Kaleybar | The castle, built on 2300–2600 meter heights, surrounded by 400 to 600 meter gorges, is accessed via a long series of broken steps that lead to the top of a hill. Thereafter, the easiest route is a long dirt track. No signs lead to the Castle. At the end of the dirt track, the route turns left. The first sign of the ruins appears on the left, leaving two peaks to cross. The first peak has views of the Castle. After ascending a second peak, with additional ruins, the trail passes sheer cliffs on the right with no railings. |
| Falak-ol-Aflak | Khoramabad | Falak-ol-Aflak castle is amongst the most important structures built during the Sassanid era. It has been known by a number of names since it was built over 1800 years ago. Recorded names have referred to it as Shapur-Khast or Sabr-Khast fortress, Dezbaz, Khoramabad castle, and ultimately the Falak-ol-Aflak Castle. Under the Pahlavi dynasty, after being used as a prison until 1968, it was transformed into a museum complex. |
| Iraj Castle | Asgarabad-e Abbasi | The structure consists of an empty area approximately 175 hectares (430 acres), surrounded by a wall 15–22 metres (49–72 ft) in width and up to 25 metres (82 ft) in height. It featured 148 densely spaced towers and four monumental gates. The massive walls contained a wealth of embedded structures: a row of around 828 rooms (circa 12 square metres (130 sq ft) in size) and hundreds of monumental arches, evoking royal Sasanian architecture. The structure was further protected by a ditch around the wall. A population of 2,000-6,000 could have been accommodated in the walls. |
| Izad-Khast Castle | Izadkhvast | The history of the castle complex dates back to the pre-Islamic era of Iran. Izad-Khast is a Sassanid castle, built during the Sassanid Empire (224 to 651 AD) which ruled Persia (Iran) and many parts of the surrounding countries. It was then used, added and improved on until Qajars era (1794 to 1925). This has left works inside the castle belonging to different periods from Sassanids to Qajars with different architectural styles. |
| Rudkhan Castle | Fuman County | Rudkhan Castle sits at the two peaks of a mountain at elevations of 715 and 670 metres and contains strong fortifications and battlements at a length of 1,550 metres. The castle's 42 towers still stand intact. |
| Rayen Castle | Rayen | it's become an attractive touristic destination. During the reign of third Yazdgerd, the Sasanid King, Arabs could not conquer this city due to its high walls. |
| Qal'eh Dokhtar | Firuzabad | The 1,800-year-old castle has lost some four meters of its original height over the last century and experts warn if urgent measures are not taken to enforce it, the castle may soon collapse. |
| Narin Castle | Meybod | This building has been built as an old fortress with 3 different floors, each for a different class of society. Although all outer gates have been destroyed the inner castle still exists. You can still see some of the outer walls. |

## List of castles in Iran

This is a list of castles in Iran.

### A

| Name | Persian name | Location | Founder and Era |
| Aamaj Castle | قلعه آماج | Bastak County | Sasanian Empire |
| Ab Sefid Ab Castle | قلعه آب سفید آب | Kashan County | Safavid dynasty |
| Abdanan Castle | قلعه آبدانان | Posht Qaleh | Sasanian Empire |
| Abarndabad Castle | قلعه ابرندآباد | Yazd County | Sasanian Empire |
| Abhar castle | قلعه ابهر | Abhar County | Historical periods after Islam |
| Abyaneh | ابيانه | Natanz County | Sasanian Empire |
| Abtar Castle | قلعه ابتر | Iranshahr County | Qajar dynasty |
| Afrasiab Khan Castle | قلعه افراسیاب خان | Arsanjan County | Qajar dynasty |
| Ahmadabad Castle | قلعه احمدآباد | Abarkuh County | Qajar dynasty |
| Agha Khan Liravi-ye Castle | قلعه آقا خان لیراوی | Deylam County | Qajar dynasty |
| Aghur Castle | قلعه آغور | Abhar County | Timurid Empire |
| Allahabad Castle | قلعه الله‌آباد | Ardakan County | Safavid dynasty |
| Alamut Castle | قلعه الموت | Masoudabad, Qazvin | Before the Medes |
| Arbabi Castle | قلعه اربابی | Azna County | Qajar dynasty |
| Ardalan Castle | قلعه اردلان | Tuyserkan County | Qajar dynasty |
| Ardi Castle | قلعه اردی | Abarkuh County | Qajar dynasty |
| Arudasht Lar Castle | قلعه آرودشت لار | Amol County | Historical periods after Islam |
| Aliabad Castle, Birjand | قلعه علی‌آباد | Birjand County | Qajar dynasty |
| Aliabad Castle, Pish Kuh | قلعه علی‌آباد | Taft County | Historical periods after Islam |
| Ali Ahmad Domab Castle | قلعه علی احمد دماب | Domab, Isfahan | Qajar dynasty |
| Ammameh Castle | قلعه امامه | Shemiranat County | Ziyarid dynasty |
| Ardal Castle | قلعه اردل | Ardal County | Qajar dynasty |
| Ardeshir Castle | قلعه اردشیر | Kerman | Sasanian Empire |
| Arrajan Castle | قلعه ارجان | Behbahan | Sasanian Empire |
| Arg Bala Castle | قلعه ارگ بالا | Bojnord County | Parthian Empire |
| Arg of Alma Dushen | ارگ آلمادوشن | Bojnord County | Parthian Empire |
| Arg of Anar | ارگ انار | Anar County | Sasanian Empire |
| Arg of Karim Khan | ارگ کریم‌خان | Shiraz | Zand dynasty |
| Arg of Kashmar | ارگ کاشمر‎ | Kashmar | Qajar dynasty |
| Arg of Kolah Farangi | ارگ بیرجند | Birjand County | Qajar dynasty |
| Arg of Murcheh Khvort | ارگ مورچه خورت | Shahin Shahr and Meymeh County | Ninth century AH |
| Arg of Tabas | ارگ طبس | Tabas | |
| Arg of Tabriz | ارگ تبریز | Tabriz | Ilkhanate |
| Arg-e Bam | ارگ بم | Bam, Iran | Achaemenid Empire |
| Aghli Beg Castle | قلعه اغلی بگ | Baneh County | |
| Akbar Khan Castle | قلعه اکبرخان | Eslamabad-e Gharb County | Chalcolithic |
| Akh Kand Bala Castle | قلعه آخکند بالا | Bijar County | Middle Ages Historical periods after Islam |
| Akh Kand Pain Castle | قلعه آخکند پائین | Bijar County | Historical periods after Islam |
| Anjir Dehloran Castle | قلعه انجیر دهلران | Dehloran County | Sasanian Empire |
| Angosht Gabri Castle | قلعه انگشت گبری | Sarvestan County | Sasanian Empire |
| Ashpaz Khaneh Zahhak Castle | قلعه آشپزخانه ضحاک | Fasa County | Parthian Empire |
| Asil Castle | قلعه اصیل | Ardakan County | Afsharid dynasty |
| Asgarabad Castle | قلعه عسگرآباد | Urmia County | Qajar dynasty |
| Asu Castle | قلعه آسو | Birjand County | Timurid Empire |
| Aq Bolagh Castle | قلعه آقبلاغ | Borujerd County | Qajar dynasty |
| Aq Qaleh Golabar Castle | قلعه آق قلعه گلابر | Ijrud County | Middle Ages Historical periods after Islam |
| Avarsin Castle | قلعه آوارسین | Kaleybar County | 1st millennium BC |
| Atashgah Castle | قلعه آتشگاه | Kashmar | Sasanian Empire |
| Atashgah Castle | قلعه آتشگاه | Qehi | Safavid dynasty |
| Azna Castle | قلعه ازنا | Azna County | Prehistoric times of ancient Iran |
| Azhdeha Peykar Castle | قلعه اژدهاپیکر | Lar, Iran | Sasanian Empire |
| Azizabad Castle | قلعه عزیزآباد | Boshruyeh County | Qajar dynasty |

### B

| Name | Persian name | Location | Founder and Era |
| Babak Fort | قلعه بابک | Kaleybar | Sasanian Empire |
| Babuk Castle | قلعه بابوک | Birjand County | Qajar dynasty |
| Bahaabad Castle | قلعه بهاءآباد | Zarand County | Safavid dynasty |
| Bandbon castle | قلعه بندبن | Rudsar County | Hundreds of years ago |
| Bakhtak Leylan Castle | قلعه بختک لیلان | Leylan | |
| Bampur Castle | قلعه بمپور | Bampur | Sasanian Empire |
| Ban Qaleh | بان‌قلعه | Qasr-e Shirin County | Sasanian Empire |
| Baqerabad Castle | قلعه باقرآباد | Bafq County | Qajar dynasty |
| Bagh Tirjerd Castle | قلعه باغ تیرجرد | Abarkuh County | Qajar dynasty |
| Bar Bar Castle | قلعه بربر | Onar, Ardabil | 9th century |
| Bard Zanjir Castle | قلعه بردزنجیر | Javanrud County | Parthian Empire |
| Bardarud Castle | قلعه بردارود | Torshiz (Kashmar) | |
| Bardel Castle | قلعه بردل | Andimeshk County | Safavid dynasty |
| Bardestan Castle | قلعه بردستان | Bardestan | Qajar dynasty |
| Bajul Ab Barik Castle | قلعه باجول آب باریک | Aligudarz County | Qajar dynasty |
| Bajul Castle | قلعه باجول | Aligudarz County | Zand dynasty and Qajar dynasty |
| Baloch Got Castle | قلعه بلوچ گت | Tis, Iran | 1st millennium BC |
| Barvish Kani Castle | قلعه برویشکانی | Baneh County | |
| Bayazeh Castle | قلعه بیاضه | Khur and Biabanak County | Sasanian Empire |
| Bazm Castle | قلعه بزم | Bavanat County | Late centuries of post-Islamic historical periods |
| Bedaf Castle | قلعه بدافت | Abarkuh County | Sasanian Empire |
| Behestan Castle | قلعه بهستان | Mahneshan County | Sasanian Empire |
| Belqeys Castle | قلعه بلقیس | Esfarayen | Sasanian Empire |
| Bezanjerd Castle | قلعه بزنجرد | Bezanjerd | More than 200 years |
| Bidesgan Castle | قلعه بیدسکان | Bidesgan | Qajar dynasty |
| Bidvaz Castle | قلعه بیدواز | Bidvaz | Parthian Empire |
| Birjand Castle | قلعه بیرجند | Birjand | Safavid dynasty |
| Biuk Khan Castle | قلعه بیوک خان | Abhar County | Timurid Empire |
| Borazjan Castle | دژ برازجان | Borazjan | Qajar dynasty |
| Buyni Yugun Castle | قلعه بوینی یوغون | Nir County | Achaemenid Empire |

### C

| Name | Persian name | Location | Founder and Era |
| Chah Afzal castle | قلعه چاه افضل | Ardakan County | Safavid dynasty |
| Chah Nu castle | قلعه چاه نو | Ardakan County | Afsharid dynasty |
| Chahkanduk castle | قلعه چهکندوک | Birjand County | Qajar dynasty |
| Chaleshtar castle | قلعه چالشتر | Chaleshtar | Qajar dynasty |
| Chanef castle | قلعه چانف | Nik Shahr County | Qajar dynasty |
| Chavar Qala Castle | قلعه چوارقلا | Ilam County | |
| Chakor Buli Chavar Castle | قلعه چکر بولی چوار | Ilam County | |
| Chehel Dar castle | قلعه چهل در | Savadkuh County | 13th century |
| Chehel Dokhtar Castle | قلعه چهل دختر | Iranshahr County | Sasanian Empire |
| Chehel Dokhtar castle | قلعه چهل دختر | Qaen County | Nizari Ismaili state |
| Chehel Dokhtaran castle | قلعه چهل دختران | Hamun County | Sasanian Empire |
| Chehriq | قلعه چهریق | Chahriq-e Olya | Before the Medes |
| Chimarud castle | قلعه چیمارود | Rudbar County | Nizari Ismaili state |
| Chobin Castle | قلعه چوبین | Malayer County | Sasanian Empire |
| Chogha Zanbil | چغازنبیل | Susa | Elam |
| Chowgan castle | قلعه چوگان | Bafq County | Qajar dynasty |

### D

| Name | Persian name | Location | Founder and Era |
| Dag Castle | قلعه داغ | Ahar County | Sasanian Empire |
| Daman Castle | قلعه دامن | Iranshahr County | Qajar dynasty |
| Dashtab Castle | قلعه های دشتاب | Baft County | More than 4 centuries |
| Davudabad Castle | قلعه داوودآباد | Anar County | Safavid dynasty |
| Deh Asgar Castle | قلعه ده عسگر | Behabad County | Qajar dynasty |
| Deh Kord Castle | قلعه دهکرد | Borujerd County | Qajar dynasty |
| Deh Shad Castle | قلعه دهشاد | Shahriar County | Qajar dynasty |
| Deh-e Khvajeh Castle | قلعه ده خواجه | Rafsanjan County | Late Centuries Historical Periods of Islam |
| Dezak Castle | قلعه دزک | Dezak | Qajar dynasty |
| Dezh Estakhr Castle | قلعه دژ استخر | Birjand County | Safavid dynasty and Qajar dynasty |
| Didehban Castle | قلعه دیده‌بان | Bastak County | |
| Dimdim Castle | قلعه دیمدیم | West Azerbaijan Province | Emirate of Bradost (Rebuilt) |
| Div Castle | قلعه دیو | Meshginshahr | Urartu |
| Do Qolleh Castle | قلعه دوقله | Abadeh County | Historical periods after Islam |
| Do Sineh Castle | قلعه دوسینه | Baneh County | |
| Dokhtaran Castle | قلعه دختران | Maragheh County | Historical periods after Islam |
| Doran Castle | قلعه دران | Kerman County | Zand dynasty |
| Dulab Castle | قلعه دولاب | Bastak County | Sasanian Empire |
| Dutch Castle | قلعه هلندی‌ها | Kharg Island | 1748 AD |

### E

| Name | Persian name | Location | Founder and Era |
| Esfandaqeh castle | قلعه اسفندقه | Jiroft County | Pahlavi dynasty |
| Estanavand Naruheh castle | قلعه استاناوند ناروهه | Garmsar County | Nizari Ismaili state |
| Eshgaft-e Moneh castle | قلعه اشگفت منه | Bastak County | Sasanian Empire |
| Eshkanan castle | قلعه اشکنان | Lamerd County | Qajar dynasty |
| Espakeh castle | قلعه اسپکه | Espakeh | Middle Ages Historical periods after Islam |
| Espidezh castle | قلعه اسپیدژ | Iranshahr County | Early centuries of historical periods after Islam |
| Ernan castle | قلعه ارنان | Ernan, Yazd | Qajar dynasty |

### F

| Name | Persian name | Location | Founder and Era |
| Falak-ol-Aflak | فلک‌الافلاک | Khorramabad | Sasanian Empire |
| Falis castle | قلعه فالیس | Taleqan County | Historical periods after Islam |
| Fathabad castle | قلعه فتح‌آباد | Ekhtiarabad | |
| Fatuyeh castle | قلعه فتویه | Bastak County | Pre-Islamic period |
| Faizabad castle | قلعه فیض‌آباد | Buin Zahra County | Historical periods after Islam |
| Fin Castle | قلعه فین | Bandar Abbas County | |
| Firuzabad castle | قلعه فیروزآباد | Sarbaz County | Historical periods after Islam |
| Firuzkuh castle | قلعه فیروزکوه | Firuzkuh | 13th century |
| Faradonbeh castle | قلعه فرادنبه | Borujen County | Qajar dynasty |
| Forud Castle | قلعه فرود | Kalat | Parthian Empire |
| Fort of Our Lady of the Conception | قلعه هرمز | Hormuz Island | Safavid dynasty |
| Furg Citadel | قلعه فورگ | Furg, Darmian | Afsharid dynasty |

### G

| Name | Persian name | Location | Founder and Era |
| Gabar Hesar castle | قلعه گبر حصار | Kuhsorkh County | second to fifth centuries AH |
| Gabaran castle | قلعه گبران | Savojbolagh County | Historical periods after Islam |
| Gabri Castle | قلعه گبری | Ray | Sasanian Empire |
| Gabri Dehdaq Castle | قلعه گبری دهدق | Abadeh County | |
| Gachi castle | قلعه گچی | Arsanjan County | |
| Gahur Castle | قلعه گهور | Eshtehard | |
| Gari Kouh Tower | برج گری کوه | Kuhij | |
| Ganj Ali Khan castle | قلعه گنجعلیخان | Kerman County | Safavid dynasty |
| Gerdkooh Hills | تپه گردکوه جمنان | Qaem Shahr | Parthian Empire |
| Gerdkuh | گردکوه | Damghan | |
| Garmez castle | قلعه گرمز | Behbahan County | Sasanian Empire |
| Geli castle | قلعه گلی | Mohammadabad, Qomrud | Parthian Empire |
| Golshekanan castle | قلعه گل شکنان | Ardestan County | Safavid dynasty |
| Gouged Stronghold | ارگ گوگد | Guged | |
| Gud Qalat castle | قلعه گود قلات | Arsanjan County | Sasanian Empire |
| Guria castle | قلعه گوریا | Eyvan County | Sasanian Empire |
| Gurkanan castle | قلعه گورکنن | Esfarayen County | Early and middle centuries of post-Islamic historical periods |

### H

| Name | Persian name | Location | Founder and Era |
| Haruni castle | قلعه هارونی | Abarkuh County | Sasanian Empire |
| Hamzehkhani castle | قلعه حمزه خانی | Qir and Karzin County | Qajar dynasty |
| Haj Wakil castle | قلعه حاج وکیل | Arak | Qajar dynasty |
| Hajjiabad castle | قلعه حاجی‌آباد | Hajjiabad County | Ilkhanate, Timurid Empire and Safavid Empire |
| Hasan Abdal castle | قلعه حسن ابدال | Bahar County | Qajar dynasty and Pahlavi dynasty |
| Heriduk castle | قلعه هریدوک | Nik Shahr County | Qajar dynasty |
| Heliveh castle | قلعه هلیوه | Abdanan County | Sasanian Empire |
| Hesar castle | قلعه حصار | Deylam County | Qajar dynasty |
| Hezar Darb castle | قلعه هزار درب | Abdanan | Sasanian Empire |
| Hezarani castle | قلعه هزارانی | Abdanan County | Sasanian Empire |
| Hezareh castle | قلعه هزاره | Minab | Qajar dynasty |
| Hoseynabad castle | قلعه حسین‌آباد | Taft County | Zand dynasty |
| Hoshoun castle | قلعه هشون | Baft County | Safavid dynasty |
| Hosseini castle | قلعه حسینی | Andimeshk County | Safavid dynasty |
| Howgend castle | قلعه هوگند | Howgend | Qajar dynasty |
| Howz Gholam Kesh castle | قلعه حوض غلام کش | Birjand County | 7th and 8th centuries AH |
| Hoz Leh castle | قلعه حوض له | Abhar County | Historical periods after Islam |
| Hulagu Khan castle | قلعه هولاکوخان | Osku County | Sasanian Empire |

### I

| Irandegan_Castle.jpgName | Persian name | Location | Founder and Era |
| Ilud castle | قلعه ایلود | Bastak County | Parthian Empire and Safavid dynasty |
| Iraj Castle | قلعه ایرج | Pishva County | Sasanian Empire |
| Irandegan castle | قلعه ایرندگان | Deh Qaleh | Qajar dynasty |
| Ismail Khan castle | قلعه اسماعیل‌خان | Ilam County | Historical periods after Islam |
| Ispahbudhan castle | قلعه اسپهبدان | Rudbar County | Nizari Ismaili state |
| Izad-Khast Castle | دژ ایزدخواست | Izadkhast | Sasanian Empire |

### J

| Name | Persian name | Location | Founder and Era |
| Jalal al-Din castle | قلعه جلال‌الدین | Jajarm County | |
| Jalali Castle | قلعه جلالی | Kashan | Seljuq dynasty |
| Jamshidi Castle | قلعه جمشیدی | Nimvar | Sasanian Empire |
| Jiq Qareh Tapeh Daz castle | قلعه جیق قره تپه داز | Aqqala County | Historical periods after Islam |
| Junqan castle | قلعه جونقان | Junqan | Qajar dynasty |
| Jushin castle | قلعه جوشین | Varzaqan County | Sasanian Empire |

### K

| Name | Persian name | Location | Founder and Era |
| Kafar castle | قلعه کافر | Garmsar County | Middle Ages and Late Historical Periods of Islam |
| Kafar Qaleh, Esfarayen | کافر قلعه | Esfarayen County | Parthian Empire |
| Kafar Qaleh, Mehdishahr | کافرقلعه | Mehdishahr County | Nizari Ismaili state |
| Kafar Qaleh, Qazvin | کافرقلعه | Qazvin County | Historical periods after Islam |
| Kafar Qaleh Si | کافرقلعه سی | Salmas County | 1st millennium BC |
| Kafaran castle | قلعه کافران | Raz and Jargalan County | Early and middle centuries of post-Islamic historical periods |
| Kafarha castle | قلعه کافرها | Estahban County | Middle Ages Historical periods after Islam |
| Kalat Ahram castle | قلعه کلات اهرم | Ahram | Qajar dynasty |
| Kalisham castle | قلعه کلیشم | Rudbar County | Iron Age |
| Kan shir Kesh Olya castle | قلعه کن شیر کش علیا | Bijar County | 1st millennium BC |
| Kani Now Castle | قلعه کانی ناو | Baneh County | |
| Kangelo Castle | قلعه کنگلو | Kangelo | Sasanian Empire |
| Kati Abu ol Hasan Kola castle | قلعه کتی ابوالحسن‌کلا | Babol County | Historical periods after Islam |
| Karshahi castle | قلعه کرشاهی | Abuzeydabad | Qajar dynasty |
| Kamar Qala castle | قلعه کمر قلاع | Birjand County | |
| Kamiz castle | قلعه کمیز | Rudan County | middle of post-Islamic historical periods |
| Kak Kahzad Castle | قلعه کک کهزاد | Dana County | Sasanian Empire |
| Kak Kahzad Castle | قلعه کک کهزاد | Hamun County | Parthian Empire and Sasanian Empire |
| Kazhdom castle | قلعه کژدم | Izeh County | Early centuries of historical periods after Islam |
| Keshit castle | قلعه کشیت | Keshit, Kerman | Seljuq dynasty |
| Khamir castle | قلعه خمیر | Bandar Khamir | Qajar dynasty |
| Khan Baghi castle | قلعه خان باغی | Bijar County | Historical periods after Islam |
| Khan Bastak castle | قلعه خان بستک | Bastak County | Qajar dynasty |
| Khanabad castle | قلعه خان‌آباد | Isfahan County | Qajar dynasty |
| Khanik castle | قلعه خانیک | Ferdows County | Age of Insecurity and the Absence of Security Forces (Nizari Ismaili state) |
| Khandan Bahadori castle | قلعه خاندان بهادری | Komijan County | Qajar dynasty |
| Khavidak castle | قلعه خویدک | Khavidak | Sasanian Empire |
| Kheyrabad Castle | قلعه خیرآباد | Varamin County | Qajar dynasty |
| Kheshti castle | قلعه خشتی | Nushabad | Seljuq dynasty |
| Khorashad castle | قلعه خراشاد | Birjand County | 11th to 13th centuries AH |
| Khormoj castle | قلعه خورموج | Khormoj | Qajar dynasty |
| Khosrow castle | قلعه خسرو | Ardabil County | |
| Khosrowabad Castle | قلعه خسروآباد | Khosrowabad | Qajar dynasty |
| Kharanaq Castle | قلعه خرانق | Kharanaq | |
| Kol Hassan Sabbah castle | قلعه کل حسن صباح | Sarbisheh County | Nizari Ismaili state |
| Kol Kharabeh castle | قلعه کل خرابه | Urmia County | 1st millennium BC |
| Kuchar castle | قلعه کوچار | Alborz County | Historical periods after Islam |
| Kuhij castle | قلعه کوهیج | Bastak County | Safavid dynasty |
| Kuh Shakhen castle | قلعه کوه شاخن | Birjand County | Seljuk Empire |
| Kuh Qaen castle | قلعه کوه قائن | Qaen | Nizari Ismaili state |
| Kuh Zardan castle | قلعه کوه زردان | Zirkuh County | Nizari Ismaili state |
| Kuran castle | قلعه کوران | Andimeshk County | Safavid dynasty |
| Khvor castle | قلعه خور | Khvor | Safavid dynasty |
| Kohneh Castle, Agdash | قلعه کهنه | Esfarayen County | Historical periods after Islam |
| Kohneh Castle, Ardein | قلعه کهنه | Esfarayen County | Seljuk Empire and Safavid Empire |
| Kohneh Castle, Guren | قلعه کهنه | Esfarayen County | Middle Ages Historical periods after Islam |
| Kohneh Castle, Jafarabad | قلعه کهنه | Eqlid County | Prehistoric times of ancient Iran |
| Kohneh Castle, Nasrabad | قلعه کهنه | Esfarayen County | Late Centuries Historical Periods of Islam |
| Kohneh Castle, Nuk | قلعه کهنه | Esfarayen County | |
| Kohneh Castle, Kariz Dar | قلعه کهنه | Esfarayen County | Middle Ages Historical periods after Islam |
| Kohneh castle, Shaab Jereh | قلعه کهنه | Shaab Jereh | Safavid dynasty |
| Kohneh Castle, Zendeh Jan | قلعه كهنه | Kashmar | 1st millennium |
| Kohneh Qal'eh, Meshginshahr | کهنه‌قلعه | Meshginshahr | Sasanian Empire |
| Kohneh Qal'eh, Zafaraniyeh | کهنه‌قلعه | Zafaraniyeh | Qajar dynasty |
| Kong Portuguese castle | قلعه پرتقالیهای کنگ | Bandar Lengeh County | Safavid dynasty |
| Kolm castle | قلعه کلم | Badreh County | Medes |
| Kondor castle | قلعه کندر | Kondor | |
| Kordasht castle | قلعه کردشت | Kordasht | Qajar dynasty |

### L

| Name | Persian name | Location | Founder and Era |
| Laft castle | قلعه لافت | Qeshm County | Qajar dynasty |
| Larak castle | قلعه لارک | Larak Island | Safavid dynasty |
| Lambsar Castle | دژ لمسر | Qazvin | Sasanian Empire |
| Leshtan castle | قلعه لشتان | Bandar Lengeh County | Ninth century AH |
| Lawajik castle | قلعه لواجیک | Buin Zahra County | Early centuries of historical periods after Islam |
| Lisar castle | قلعه لیسار | Lisar | Seljuk Empire |

### M

| Name | Persian name | Location | Founder and Era |
| Machi castle | قلعه مچی | Hamun County | Safavid dynasty |
| Mahtabi castle | دژ مهتابی | Behbahan County | Sasanian Empire |
| Malek Bahman Castle | قلعه ملک بهمن | Shahandasht | Paduspanids |
| Malekabad Zakht castle | قلعه ملک‌آباد زاخت | Anbarabad County | Seljuk Empire |
| Mansur Kuh castle | قلعه منصور کوه | Damghan County | Nizari Ismaili state |
| Manujan castle | قلعه منوجان | Manujan County | |
| Markuh Castle | قلعه مارکو | Ramsar County | |
| Marvast castle | قلعه مروست | Marvast | Historical periods after Islam |
| Maryam Castle | قلعه مریم | Sarpol-e Zahab County | Sasanian Empire |
| Masen castle | قلعه ماسن | Birjand County | Safavid dynasty and Qajar dynasty |
| Maymun-Diz | میمون‌دژ | disputed; near Alamut Castle | |
| Mazayjan castle | قلعه مزایجان | Zarrin Dasht County | |
| Mehr Ali Farsi castle | قلعه مهر علی فارسی | Eqlid County | Prehistoric times of ancient Iran |
| Mehrjerd castle | قلعه مهرجرد | Meybod County | Afsharid dynasty and Zand dynasty |
| Mehrnegar castle | قلعه مهرنگار | Damghan County | Historical periods after Islam |
| Meimoon Ghal'eh | میمون قلعه | Qazvin | Sasanian Empire |
| Milajerd castle | قلعه میلاجرد | Komijan County | Historical periods after Islam |
| Mikal castle | قلعه میکال | Torshiz | |
| Mir Ghulam Hashemi castle | قلعه میرغلام هاشمی | Darreh Shahr County | Pahlavi dynasty |
| Moghuyeh castle | قلعه مغویه | Bandar Lengeh County | Qajar dynasty |
| Molk Kioumars castle | قلعه ملک کیومرث | Garmsar County | Historical periods after Islam |
| Mojahedabad castle | قلعه مجاهد آباد | Torshiz | |
| Mount Khajeh | کوه خواجه | Zabol | Sasanian Empire |
| Mozaffarabad castle | قلعه مظفرآباد | Qomrud | Qajar dynasty |
| Murchan castle | قلعه مورچان | Aran va Bidgol County | Buyid dynasty |

### N

| Name | Persian name | Location | Founder and Era |
| Nahavand Castle | قلعه نهاوند | Nahavand | Sasanian Empire |
| Nakam castle | قلعه ناکام | Aligudarz County | Qajar dynasty |
| Naryn Castle, Ardabil | نارین قلعه | Ardabil | |
| Naryn Castle, Meybod | نارین‌قلعه | Meybod | Sasanian Empire |
| Naryn Castle, Nain | نارین قلعه | Nain, Iran | Parthian Empire |
| Naryn Castle, Sardrud | نارین قلعه | Sardrud | 1st millennium BC |
| Nameq Castle | قلعه نامق | Nameq | Before the Mongol conquest |
| Navader castle | قلعه نوادر | Abhar County | Early centuries of historical periods after Islam |
| Naseri Castle | قلعه ناصری | Iranshahr | Qajar dynasty |
| Nasori castle | قلعه نصوری | Bandar Siraf | Qajar dynasty |
| Nehbandan Citadel | قلعه نهبندان | Nehbandan | Parthian Empire |
| Nik Shahr castle | قلعه نیکشهر | Nik Shahr | Parthian Empire |
| Noushijan | نوشیجان | Malayer | Medes |
| Nowferest castle | قلعه نوفرست | Birjand County | 3rd and 4th centuries AH until the Safavid dynasty |
| Nughab castle | قلعه نوغاب | Birjand County | 12th to 14th centuries AH |

### O

| Name | Persian name | Location | Founder and Era | Picture |
| Owlad castle | قلعه اولاد | Savadkuh County | Sasanian Empire | |
| Owltan castle | قلعه اولتان | Parsabad | Parthian Empire | |

### P

| Name | Persian name | Location | Founder and Era |
| Pa Deh castle | قلعه پاده | Pa Deh, Semnan | |
| Pahlavan Badi castle | قلعه پهلوان بادی | Taft County | Ancient Persia |
| Palace of Ardashir | کاخ اردشیر بابکان | Firuzabad, Fars | Sasanian Empire |
| Palangan castle | قلعه پلنگان | Behshahr County | Historical periods after Islam |
| Panj Berar Murmuri castle | قلعه پنج برار مور موری | Abdanan County | |
| Paqala Hezarani castle | قلعه پاقلاع هزارانی | Ilam County | Sasanian Empire |
| Pirouz Got castle | قلعه پیروز گت | Tis, Iran | Parthian Empire and Sasanian Empire |
| Parvizeh Evaz castle | قلعه پرویزه اوز | Evaz County | Sasanian Empire |
| Posht Qaleh Abdanan castle | قلعه پشت قلعه آبدانان | Abdanan County | Sasanian Empire |
| Posht Qaleh Chavar | پشت قلعه چوار | Ilam County | Historical periods after Islam |
| Poshtab Castle | قلعه پشتاب | Ahar County | Before the Medes |
| Poulad Castle | قلعه پولاد | Nur County | Seljuq dynasty |
| Pur Ashraf Sheykh Makan castle | قلعه پور اشرف شیخ مکان | Darreh Shahr County | 1335 AH |
| Puskan castle | قلعه پوسکان | Kazerun County | Sasanian Empire |

### Q

| Name | Persian name | Location | Founder and Era |
| Qadamgah castle | قلعه قدمگاه | Nehbandan County | Afsharid dynasty |
| Qadimi castle | قلعه قدیمی | Bijar County | Qajar dynasty and Pahlavi dynasty |
| Qahqah castle | قلعه قهقه | Ravar County | Sasanian Empire |
| Qahqaheh Castle | قلعه قهقهه | Meshginshahr | Safavid dynasty |
| Qarloq castle | قلعه قارلق | Bojnord County | Middle Ages Historical periods after Islam |
| Qala Qiran castle | قلعه قلا قیران | Ilam County | Parthian Empire |
| Qala Qureh castle | قلعه قلا قوره | Bijar County | |
| Qalat Khawari castle | قلعه قلات خواری | Arsanjan County | Sasanian Empire |
| Qal'eh Bozi | قلعه بزی | Mobarakeh County | Sasanian Empire |
| Qal'eh Dokhtar | قلعه دختر | Firuzabad, Fars | Sasanian Empire |
| Qal'eh Dokhtar, Asiab | قلعه دختر | Birjand County | 7th to 10th centuries AH |
| Qal'eh Dokhtar, Bileh Savar | قلعه دختر | Bileh Savar County | 1st millennium BC |
| Qal'eh Dokhtar, Bishapur | قلعه دختر | Kazerun County | Sasanian Empire |
| Qal'eh Dokhtar, Doruneh | قلعه دختر | Bardaskan County | 6th to 9th centuries AH |
| Qal'eh Dokhtar, Ferdows | قلعه دختر | Ferdows | Nizari Ismaili state |
| Qal'eh Dokhtar, Estahban | قلعه دختر | Estahban County | Middle Ages Historical periods after Islam |
| Qal'eh Dokhtar, Khooshab | قلعه دختر | Khooshab | 6th to 8th centuries AH |
| Qal'eh Dokhtar, Khosrowshah | قلعه دختر | Khosrowshah | Before Islam |
| Qal'eh Dokhtar, Kuhsorkh | قلعه دختر | Kuhsorkh County | Nizari Ismaili state |
| Qal'eh Dokhtar, Kerman | قلعه دختر | Kerman | Medes |
| Qal'eh Dokhtar, Mark | قلعه دختر | Birjand County | 7th to 10th centuries AH |
| Qal'eh Dokhtar, Mianeh | قلعه دختر | Mianeh County | 1st millennium BC |
| Qal'eh Dokhtar, Qez Qaleh | قلعه دختر | Mianeh County | 1st millennium BC |
| Qal'eh Dokhtar, Qom | قلعه دختر | Qom County | Sasanian Empire |
| Qal'eh Dokhtar, Shurab | قلعه دختر | Gonabad County | Sasanian Empire |
| Qal'eh Dokhtar, Saveh | قلعه دختر | Saveh | Sasanian Empire |
| Qal'eh Dokhtar II | قلعه دختر دوم | Kerman | Over two thousand years |
| Qal'eh Kuh of Ferdows | قلعه کوه فردوس | Ferdows | Unknown |
| Qala Castle, Ark | قلعه قلاع | Khusf County | Seljuk Empire |
| Qala Castle, Chahkand | قلعه قلاع | Sarbisheh County | Seljuk Empire |
| Qala Castle, Nowzad | قلعه قلاع | Darmian County | Nizari Ismaili state |
| Qala Castle, Mud | قلعه قلاع | Sarbisheh County | Nizari Ismaili state |
| Qala Castle, Sarayan | قلعه قلاع | Sarayan County | Nizari Ismaili state |
| Qala Castle, Shadan | قلعه قلاع | Khusf County | Seljuk Empire |
| Qala Castle Nu | قلعه قلا نو | Garmsar County | Parthian Empire |
| Qalat Castle, Bastak | قلعه قلات | Bastak County | |
| Qalat Castle, Kavar | قلعه قلات | Shiraz County | Sasanian Empire |
| Qalat Castle, Qir and Karzin | قلعه قلات | Qir and Karzin County | Sasanian Empire |
| Qalat Jenah Castle | قلعه قلات جناح | Bastak County | |
| Qameshlu castle | قلعه قمشلو | Tiran and Karvan County | Qajar dynasty |
| Qari Daqu castle | قلعه قری داغو | Buin Zahra County | Historical periods after Islam |
| Qanj Ali Khan Afshar castle | قلعه غنجعلیخان افشار | Baft County | Safavid dynasty |
| Qazlar Qaleh | قزلر قلعه | Esfarayen County | Achaemenid Empire and Parthian Empire |
| Qermez castle | قلعه قرمز | Cheshmeh Shur | Qajar dynasty |
| Qasem Khan castle | قلعه قاسم خان | Esfarayen County | Middle Ages and Late Historical Periods of Islam |
| Qelich castle | قلعه قلیچ | Esfarayen County | Achaemenid Empire and Parthian Empire |
| Qeshm Castle | قلعه قشم | Qeshm Island | Safavid dynasty |
| Qez Qaleh Si, Abadeh | قزقلعه‌سی | Abadeh County | Historical periods after Islam |
| Qez Qaleh Si, Bileh Savar | قزقلعه‌سی | Bileh Savar County | Sasanian Empire |
| Qezlar Qaleh Si castle | قزلار قلعه سی | Zanjan County | 6th and 7th centuries AH |
| Qiz Castle, Jamkaran | قیزقلعه | Qom County | Sasanian Empire |
| Qiz Castle, Khoy | قیزقلعه | Khoy County | Urartu |
| Qiz Castle, Osku | قیزقلعه | Osku County | rehistoric times of ancient Iran |
| Qiz Castle Daghi | قیزقلعه | Mianeh County | Parthian Empire and Sasanian Empire |
| Qiz Castle Kondeskuh | قیزقلعه | Minudasht County | Historical periods after Islam |
| Qiz Castle Si | قیزقلعه | Mahneshan County | Historical periods after Islam |
| Qizlar Qaleh Si castle | قلعه قیزلارقلعه‌سی | Abhar County | Ilkhanate |
| Qomchoqay castle | قلعه قمچقای | Qomchoqay | 3rd millennium BC |
| Qomrud castle | قلعه قمرود | Qomrud | Safavid dynasty |
| Qoshun castle | قلعه قشون | Bojnord County | Middle Ages Historical periods after Islam |
| Qurtan castle | قلعه قورتان | Qurtan | Sasanian Empire |
| Qujileh castle | قلعه قوجیله | Baneh County | |
| Qunakh Qiran castle | قلعه قوناخ قیران | Ardabil County | Sasanian Empire |

### R

| Name | Persian name | Location | Founder and Era |
| Rahmatabad castle | قلعه رحمت‌آباد | Hamidiya | Historical periods after Islam |
| Rahmanniyeh castle | قلعه رحمانیه | Rahmanniyeh | |
| Rashkan Castle | دژ رشکان | Ray, Iran | Parthian Empire |
| Ramrud castle | قلعه رامرود | Hamun County | Timurid Empire |
| Rayen Castle | ارگ راین | Rayen | Sasanian Empire |
| Raqqeh castle | قلعه رقه | Boshruyeh County | Qajar dynasty |
| Razeh castle | قلعه رزه | Andimeshk County | Safavid dynasty |
| Remuk castle | قلعه رموک | Kerman County | Historical periods after Islam |
| Reshkuiyeh castle | قلعه رشکوئیه | Taft County | Qajar dynasty |
| Rey Castle | باروی ری | Ray, Iran | Medes |
| Razliq castle | قلعه رازلیق | Sarab County | 1st millennium BC |
| Rig castle | قلعه ریگ | Kashmar | Seljuq dynasty |
| Robat castle | قلعه رباط | Abarkuh | Safavid dynasty |
| Roknabad castle | قلعه رکن‌آباد | Abarkuh County | Qajar dynasty |
| Rostam castle | قلعه رستم | Hamun County | Safavid dynasty |
| Rostam Castle, Khusf | قلعه رستم | Khusf County | Sasanian Empire |
| Rudbar castle | قلعه رودبار | Bastak County | Qajar dynast |
| Rudkhan Castle | قلعه رودخان | Fuman County | Sasanian Empire |
| Rumyan castle | قلعه رومیان | Nasirabad | |

### S

| Name | Persian name | Location | Founder and Era |
| S.P.R | اس‌پی‌آر | Neyriz County | Historical periods after Islam |
| Saheb Ekhtiarieh castle | قلعه صاحب اختیاریه | Asadabad County | Qajar dynasty |
| Sarmaj castle | قلعه سرماج | Harsin County | Sasanian Empire |
| Samabad castle | قلعه سام‌آباد | Qomrud | Qajar dynasty |
| Sang castle | قلعه سنگ | Sirjan County | Sasanian Empire |
| Sar Firuzabad castle | قلعه سر فیروزآباد | Eslamabad-e Gharb County | Sasanian Empire |
| Sar Tapeh castle | قلعه سرتپه | Bandar-e Gaz County | |
| Sar Yazd Fortress | قلعه سریزد | Sar Yazd | Sasanian Empire |
| Saru Castles | قلعه سارو | Semnan | Kayanian dynasty |
| Sarvestan Palace | کاخ سروستان | Sarvestan | Sasanian Empire |
| Sarv-e Jahan castle | قلعه سروجهان | Abhar County | Ilkhanate and Seljuk Empire |
| Sarv-e Olya castle | قلعه سروعلیا | Ardakan County | Late Islamic period |
| Sarv-e Sofla castle | قلعه سرو سفلی | Ardakan County | Qajar dynasty |
| Salavatabad castle | قلعه صلوات‌آباد | Bijar County | Safavid dynasty |
| Sangar castle | قلعه سنگر | Esfarayen County | Parthian Empire and Sasanian Empire |
| Sam Castle | قلعه سام | Chardavol County | Late Parthian Empire |
| Sam Castle | قلعه سام | Hamun County | Parthian Empire |
| Sasan castle | قلعه ساسان | Qazvin County | Historical periods after Islam. |
| Sefid castle, Nadushan | قلعه سفید | Meybod County | Afsharid dynasty |
| Seh Kohye castle | قلعه سه کوهه | Zabol County | Qajar dynasty |
| School Castle 1 | قلعه مدرسه ۱ | Izeh County | Safavid dynasty |
| Selasal castle | قلعه سلاسل | Shushtar | Achaemenid Empire |
| Sen Sarud castle | قلعه سن سارود | Marand County | 7th or 8th century AH |
| Semiran castle | قلعه سمیران | Bahramabad, Qazvin | Sasanian Empire |
| Semoran castle | قلعه سموران | Anbarabad County | Seljuk Empire |
| Shah Neshin castle | قلعه شاه‌نشین | Larestan County | Sasanian Empire |
| Shah Neshin Asiab Sar castle | قلعه شاه نشین آسیاب سر | Behshahr County | Early centuries of historical periods after Islam. |
| Shah Neshin Gorj castle | قلعه شاه نشین گورج | Amlash County | Historical periods after Islam |
| Shahdiz | قلعه شاهدژ | Nehbandan County | Seljuq dynasty |
| Shafiabad castle | قلعه شفیع‌آباد | Shafiabad | Qajar dynasty |
| Shargeh Castle | قلعه شرگه | Baneh County | |
| Sherbit castle | قلعه شربیت | Ahar County | Parthian Empire |
| Shavvaz castle | قلعه شواز | Shavvaz, Yazd | Sasanian Empire |
| Sheikh Makan Fort | قلعه شیخ مکان | Sheykh Makan | Sasanian Empire |
| Shemiran castle | قلعه شمیران | Eyvan County | Sasanian Empire |
| Shian castle | قلعه شیان | Eslamabad-e Gharb County | Prehistoric times of ancient Iran |
| Shirkuh castle | قلعه شیرکوه | Qazvin County | Sasanian Empire |
| Shir Qal'eh | شیر قلعه | Mehdishahr County | Parthian Empire |
| Shindan Castle | قلعه شیندان | Astara County | Before the advent of Islam |
| Simakan castle | قلعه سیمکان | Bavanat County | Qajar dynasty |
| Shojaabad Castles | قلعه‌های شجاع آباد | Aran va Bidgol County | Qajar dynasty |
| Shush Castle | قلعه شوش | Susa | Qajar dynasty |
| Sib and Suran castle | قلعه سیب سوران | Sib and Suran County | Qajar dynasty |
| Siba Castle | قلعه سیبه | Bastak County | Sasanian Empire |
| Soltaniyeh castle | قلعه سلطانیه | Soltaniyeh | 1st millennium BC |
| Sonni castle | قلعه سنی | Abarkuh County | Qajar dynasty |
| Surin castle | قلعه سورین | Baneh County | |

### T

| Name | Persian name | Location | Founder and Era |
| Tabreh Castle | دژ طبره | Isfahan County | Sasanian Empire |
| Tarq Castle | قلعه طرق | Tarq, Isfahan | Parthian Empire |
| Tak Aghaj Castle | قلعه تک آغاج | Astara County | Seljuk Empire |
| Takht-e Soleymān | تخت سلیمان | West Azerbaijan Province | Sasanian Empire |
| Tang Lorun Castle | قلعه تنگ لرون | Bavanat County | Sasanian Empire |
| Tawseelah Castle | قلعه توصیله | Kukherd | Sasanian Empire |
| Tepe Sialk | تپه سیلک | Kashan | Proto-Elamite |
| Timur Castle | قلعه تیمور | Zabol County | Timurid Empire |
| Tis Castle | قلعه تیس | Tis | Safavid dynasty |
| Tizak Castle | قلعه تیزک | Abarkuh County | Qajar dynasty |
| Tut Castle | قلعه توت | Ilam | |
| Tutangi Meseh Castle | قلعه توتنگی مسه | Bavanat County | Sasanian Empire |
| Tus Citadel | قلعه توس | Tafresh County | Sasanian Empire |

### V

| Name | Persian name | Location | Founder and Era | Picture |
| Valy Castle | قلعه والی | Ilam | Qajar dynasty | |

### Y

| Name | Persian name | Location | Founder and Era |
| Yahn castle | قلعه یهن | Birjand County | Timurid Empire to Safavid dynasty |
| Yazdegerd castle, Zardeh | قلعه یزدگرد | Zardeh | Parthian Empire |
| Yengejeh castle | قلعه ینگجه | Ardabil County | Seljuk Empire |

### Z

| Name | Persian name | Location | Founder and Era |
| Zahhak Castle | قلعه ضحاک | Arablu, East Azerbaijan | Parthian Empire |
| Zar Bolagh castle | قلعه زاربلاغ | Aliabad, Qom | Medes |
| Zard Castle | قلعه زرد | Damghan County | Historical periods after Islam |
| Zardak Castle | قلعه زردک | Ardakan County | Qajar dynasty |
| Zendan Castle | قلعه زندان | Deyr County | Sasanian Empire |
| Ziaratgah Castle | قلعه زیارتگاه | Ziaratgah | Qajar dynasty |
| Zibad Castle | قلعه زیبد | Zibad | |
| Ziwiyeh | تپه قلعه زیویه | Ziviyeh | 1st millennium BC |