Certified Persian (Farsi) and Dari translation for UAE courts, ICP, ministries, banks and employers, from an MOJ-licensed legal translation office. We translate Iranian and Afghan documents into Arabic or English, convert Solar Hijri dates with care, and translate UAE documents into Persian for use in Iran.
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Dates, Names and Dialects
An Iranian birth date that is off by a year can split your records across two identities. These are the points to watch on any Persian document.
Iranian documents use the Solar Hijri calendar (هجری شمسی). Its year starts at Nowruz, around 20 or 21 March, and its months are Farvardin to Esfand. It is not the lunar Hijri calendar used in the UAE: 1403 Solar Hijri and 1403 lunar Hijri are decades apart. To convert, add 621 to the year for dates from Farvardin to about 10 Dey, and 622 from about 11 Dey to the end of Esfand. The exact day needs a day-by-day conversion. For example, 1 Farvardin 1404 was 21 March 2025.
Dari is the Persian of Afghanistan. Grammar and script are shared, but vocabulary, official terms and month names differ: Afghan documents use month names such as Hamal and Sawr instead of Farvardin and Ordibehesht, and some recent Afghan documents use lunar Hijri dates. We read each document in its own variety and convert dates according to the calendar it actually uses.
Neither Iran nor the UAE is a party to the Apostille Convention, so Iranian documents follow full legalisation. As foreign missions in Tehran describe it, a document is usually translated by an official translator in Iran and stamped by Iran's Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Foreign Affairs before the destination country's embassy legalises it. For the UAE, MOFA attestation follows. Confirm the current route with the UAE mission before you start.
Persian Documents We Translate
Into Arabic or English for UAE use, and from Arabic or English into Persian for use in Iran.
The Iranian birth certificate booklet (شناسنامه), including its marriage, divorce and children pages, and the national card (کارت ملی) with its 10-digit national code.
Iranian marriage deeds (سند ازدواج) with the mahriyeh (dower) and conditions, divorce deeds and court decisions, for UAE personal status courts.
University degrees (دانشنامه), transcripts (ریز نمرات) and school certificates graded out of 20, for degree recognition (MoHESR) or school equivalency (MOE) and professional licensing.
Afghan national ID (تذکره), marriage certificates and court papers in Dari, with month names and dates read according to the Afghan calendar used on the document.
Articles of association (اساسنامه), Official Gazette notices (روزنامه رسمی) of incorporation and board changes, contracts and invoices.
UAE certificates, judgments, powers of attorney and employment records translated into Persian for use in Iran, with Gregorian dates and their Solar Hijri equivalents where useful.
How It Works
WhatsApp a scan of all pages, including every page of a shenasnameh that has entries, and tell us which authority will receive it. We confirm the page count and price first.
We identify the calendar, read the Persian digits, convert each date and check the result against your passport's Gregorian date of birth.
A legal translator renders the document and its stamps. Names are matched to your passport and to the Arabic spelling on your UAE records.
You receive the signed, stamped translation as a PDF, with the original Solar Hijri date kept beside the converted date where the authority needs it. Hard copies are available on request, and same-day delivery is possible for many documents.
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Excl. 5% VAT
Attestation fees in Iran, at the embassy and at MOFA are not part of our rate and are paid to those bodies. SWLT never notarises; where notarisation is needed, our legal partner arranges it.
FAQ
Our public rate is AED 250 per 200-word page, excluding 5% VAT, for Persian (Farsi) and Dari in either direction. We count the pages from your scan and confirm the total before starting.
The Solar Hijri year begins at Nowruz, around 20 or 21 March. Adding 621 gives the Gregorian year for dates from Farvardin to about 10 Dey, and 622 for the rest of the year. Because month lengths differ and leap years do not line up, we convert each date day by day, check it against your passport, and keep the original date alongside the converted one where the authority needs it.
Farsi is the Persian name for the Persian language, as spoken in Iran. Dari is the Persian of Afghanistan, and Tajik is the Persian of Tajikistan, written in Cyrillic. Iranian and Afghan documents share a script but use different official terms and month names, so we read each in its own variety.
Iran is not a party to the Apostille Convention, and neither is the UAE. The usual pattern is an official translation in Iran, stamps from Iran's Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, legalisation by the UAE mission in Iran, then MOFA attestation in the UAE. Requirements can change, so confirm with the UAE mission before you start.
Often, yes. UAE courts and many authorities want an Arabic translation by a UAE MOJ-licensed translator. We can translate from the Persian original, so dates and names are read from the source and not from an intermediate translation.
We match the Arabic spelling on your Emirates ID or visa where one exists. Persian letters such as پ, چ, ژ and گ have no standard Arabic equivalent, and compound names like Mohammadreza or suffixes like -zadeh and -pour are spelled in many ways in Latin script. We also watch for the Persian ی and ک, which look like Arabic letters but are different characters in digital systems.
Yes, at the same rate. The legalisation route for Afghan documents has changed in recent years, so check the current requirements with UAE MOFA or the receiving authority before you start.
Yes. Attest the UAE document at MOFA first, and the Iranian mission in the UAE if required. Iranian bodies may ask for the translation to be made or confirmed by an official translator in Iran, so check with the receiving office before you order.
Same-day delivery is available for many single documents. A full shenasnameh with several pages of entries, or a court file, takes longer, and we confirm the delivery time with the quote.
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WhatsApp a scan of every page and tell us which authority it is for. We confirm the page count, the price at AED 250 per page + VAT, and the delivery time.