Nationality

Asylum Grant Rate for Iran Applicants

Published EOIR nationality subset, 2020–2026; grant-or-denial outcomes only.

57.8%
Iran57.8%
All nationalities10.4%
1,282
granted
936
denied
2,218
decided
25
courts with 25+ decided

Across courts

Where Iran cases are heard.

Across 5 courts, grant rates for Iran applicants range from 48.5% to 76.4%.

EOIR decided outcomes 2020–2026 for this nationality; courts with at least 100 decided cases. A historical pattern — not a prediction for any case.

Courts

Courts deciding the most Iran cases

Santa Ana, CA226 granted · 72 denied75.8%Van Nuys, CA189 granted · 104 denied64.5%West Los Angeles, CA162 granted · 57 denied74.0%San Francisco, CA81 granted · 25 denied76.4%Port Isabel, TX49 granted · 52 denied48.5%Jena, LA43 granted · 55 denied43.9%San Diego, CA40 granted · 30 denied57.1%Otay Mesa, CA40 granted · 24 denied62.5%Pearsall, TX24 granted · 29 denied45.3%Oakdale, LA12 granted · 37 denied24.5%Seattle, WA32 granted · 17 denied65.3%Dallas, TX18 granted · 28 denied39.1%Arlington, VA24 granted · 21 denied53.3%North Los Angeles, CA23 granted · 18 denied56.1%Otero, NM19 granted · 20 denied48.7%El Paso Detained, TX22 granted · 16 denied57.9%Adelanto, CA16 granted · 17 denied48.5%Conroe, TX16 granted · 17 denied48.5%Houston Greenspoint, TX10 granted · 23 denied30.3%Laredo, TX13 granted · 20 denied39.4%Arlington West, VA17 granted · 14 denied54.8%Houston South, TX6 granted · 22 denied21.4%Sterling, VA13 granted · 15 denied46.4%Eloy, AZ13 granted · 13 denied50.0%Chicago, IL7 granted · 18 denied28.0%
How to read these numbers

Grant rate = granted / (granted + denied) for this nationality. These totals aggregate 2020–2026 court-nationality rows that met the source publication threshold (at least five cases in a court-year), so they are not all-time counts. Court mix, judge assignment, legal representation, and case facts all shift individual outcomes — historical rates are not a prediction. Open a court page to see its judges, or use the AsylumTracker app for judge-level nationality breakdowns.

Data: official EOIR records, updated 2026-10-01. Not legal advice.