| Name |
Administrative region
(Name Province) |
National legal designation |
Area (ha) |
| Alagol, Ulmagol and Ajigol Lakes |
Mazandaran |
None |
1,400 |
| Amirkelayeh Lake |
Gilan |
Wildlife refuge |
1,132 |
| Anzali Wetland Complex |
Gilan |
Protected area / wildlife refuge |
15,000 |
| Bujagh National Park |
Gilan |
National Park |
3,433 |
| Choghakhor Wetland |
Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari |
No Hunting Area |
1,687 |
| Deltas of Rud-e-Gaz and Rud-e-Hara |
Hormuzgan |
None |
15,000 |
| Deltas of Rud-e-Shur, Rud-e-Shirin and Rud-e-Minab |
Hormuzgan |
None |
45,000 |
| Fereydoon Kenar, Ezbaran & Sorkh Ruds Ab-Bandans |
Mazandaran |
Non shooting area / wildlife refuge |
5,427 |
| Gavkhouni Lake and marshes of the lower Zaindeh Rud |
Isfahan |
None |
43,000 |
| Gomishan Lagoon |
Golestan |
No-hunting and no-fishing area |
17,700 |
| Gori Lake |
East Azarbaijan |
None |
120 |
| Govater Bay and Hur-e-Bahu |
Sistan & Baluchistan |
National protected area |
75,000 |
| Hamun-e-Puzak, south end |
Sistan & Baluchistan |
None |
50,000 |
| Hamun-e-Saberi & Hamun-e-Helmand |
Sistan & Baluchistan |
Protected area |
927 |
| Kanibarazan Wetland |
West Azarbaijan |
No Hunting Area |
100,00 |
| Khuran Straits |
Hormuzgan |
Protected area / UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (Global international designation ) |
120 |
| Kobi Lake |
East Azarbaijan |
None |
1,200 |
| Lake Parishan and Dasht-e-Arja |
Fars |
Protected area / UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (Global international designation ) |
6,200 |
| Miankaleh Peninsula, Gorgan Bay and Lapoo-Zaghmarz Ab-bandan |
Mazandaran |
Wildlife refuge / UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (Global international designation ) |
100,000 |
| Neiriz Lakes & Kamjan Marshes |
Fars |
Wildlife refuge |
108,000 |
| Shadegan Marshes & mudflats of Khor-al Amaya & Khor Musa |
Khuzestan |
Wildlife refuge |
400,000 |
| Sheedvar Island |
Hormuzgan
(Central Persian Gulf) |
Protected region / Wildlife refuge |
870 |
| Shurgol, Yadegarlu & Dorgeh Sangi Lakes |
East Azarbaijan |
None |
2,500 |
| Urmia Lake (or Orumiyeh) |
West Azarbaijan |
National park / UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (Global international designation ) |
483,000 |
| Zarivar |
Kurdistan |
Protection and Management - wildlife refuge |
2,186 |