Why use an Iran web proxy?
The Iranian web is largely its own ecosystem, with domestic marketplaces, classifieds, maps, ride-hailing and video platforms in Persian. Many of these sites are built for visitors inside the country, and some limit or refuse connections from abroad, so a page opened from Toronto or Berlin can fail to load or look very different from the local version.
An Iran web proxy shows the page as a local visitor sees it. Your request reaches the site from a residential connection in Iran, so Persian content, prices in rials or tomans and city listings for Tehran, Mashhad or Isfahan appear as they would at home. It is a way to view the local version of public pages, not a tool for getting around any country's laws, filtering or sanctions.
What an Iranian IP address changes
Iranian sites that check the visitor's country usually show an Iranian IP:
- Prices in rials (IRR), often quoted in tomans, on shops such as Digikala
- Local classifieds such as Divar, with listings for your chosen city
- Persian news, portal and service pages that limit foreign connections
- Domestic video and media sites such as Aparat as they appear in Iran
- Regional delivery, ride-hailing and service pages such as Snapp for Iranian cities
Residential Iranian IPs, not foreign servers
Many Iranian sites treat any foreign address with suspicion, and connections from overseas hosting companies are the easiest to spot. Shifter Web Proxy exits through residential lines from internet providers in Iran, so the site sees the kind of address an ordinary household uses.
The free tool chooses the Iranian exit for you. Paid residential and ISP proxy plans add city and ISP targeting where the pool has coverage, plus sticky IPs that keep one Iranian address across a longer session. If you need these IPs outside this tab, start with rotating residential IPs from Iran.
How to use the free Iran web proxy
Iran is already selected in the form above. Write the address in the field, press Browse and finish the short check, and the request leaves from Iran. A separate tab opens on the site through Iran, and its toolbar has back, forward, reload and a country picker. Browsing is free, with no signup and no software to install.
To compare a page in Iran with Turkey or the United Arab Emirates, choose that country from the toolbar and the page reloads from there.
Free web proxy for Iran vs paid proxies
The free web proxy is the quickest way to see a site as it appears in Iran. Paid proxies suit regular or automated work. Here is how they compare.
Free web proxy
Runs in your browser tab with no signup. Shifter picks a residential IP in Iran for you, and there is no time limit.
Best for quick checks of news, prices, listings and search results.
Residential proxies
Work in your own browser, scripts and apps. Target a city where the pool has coverage, rotate the IP on every request or keep a sticky session, on plans priced by bandwidth.
Best for regular monitoring and data collection in Iran.
ISP proxies
Each proxy stays on the city and ISP you choose in Iran, priced per IP rather than per GB.
Best for work that needs the same location for weeks. For accounts that should stay in one city, see ISP proxies in Iran.
What works well on a free proxy for Iran
A free proxy for Iran is built for light, page-by-page browsing. Knowing its limits saves time.
- Works well: news sites, online shops, classifieds, local search results and checking how your own site looks to visitors in Iran.
- Less suitable: video streaming and large downloads, which a free browser proxy is not built for.
- Not designed for: logging in to personal accounts, banking or anything tied to your real identity. Some sites also check your phone number or card country.
Who uses an Iran proxy
Iranians living in Canada, Germany, the United States and elsewhere use it to read Persian sites and check what things cost at home. Researchers and journalists look at how Iranian sites present prices and public information to local readers. Developers check how their pages behave for visitors in Iran. Whatever the reason, follow local laws, the terms of each website and any sanctions rules that apply to you.
Need Iranian IPs in your own software
Residential proxies give you Iranian IPs for your browser, scripts or apps, with city and ISP targeting and sticky sessions. ISP proxies keep the city and provider you pick in Iran, for work that needs one location over weeks.
Browse from another country
Every country works the same way: open the free web proxy, pick one of 120 countries and browse.