| Cities | | Population | | Highrises | • | Tehran | | 7,797,520 | | 45 | | | • | Esfahan | | 1,547,164 | | 2 | | | • | Tabriz | | 1,424,641 | | 2 | | | • | Kish | | 20,667 | | 1 | | | • | Shiraz | | 1,249,942 | | 1 | | |
| • | Abyek | | 47,233 | | | | | • | Andimeshk | | 133,810 | | | | | • | Arak | | 511,127 | | | | | • | Bushehr | | 161,674 | | | | | • | Dezfoul | | 228,507 | | | | | • | Gol Dasteh | | 8,537 | | | | | • | Gonbad-e Qabus | | 135,868 | | | | | • | Gorgan | | 269,226 | | | | | • | Ilam | | 168,427 | | | | | • | Laft | | 3,899 | | | | | • | Mashhad | | 2,307,177 | | | | | • | Nazarabad | | 97,684 | | | | | • | Qom | | 1,011,034 | | | | | • | Rasht | | 1,010,193 | | | | | • | Sarkhun | | 1,887 | | | | | • | Soltaniyeh | | 5,864 | | | | | • | Yazd | | 423,006 | | | | | → additional cities |
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