'''Iran–Uruguay relations''' are foreignDiplomatic relations between [[Iran]] and [[Uruguay]] were established in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uruguay.mfa.ir/en/generalcategoryservices/9069|title=Political section|author=<!--Not Bothstated-->|publisher=Embassy countriesof establishedthe diplomaticIslamic Republic of Iran - Montevideo|access-date=2022-10-14|quote=The political relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Uruguay were formally established after the preliminary talks in XXXXApril 1983. --The Uruguayan Embassy opened in Tehran in 1983, and the Islamic Republic of Iran Embassy in Montevideo set up in 1990.}}</ref> Iran has an embassy in [[Montevideo]].<ref>[http://embassy-finder.com/es/iran_in_montevideo_uruguay Embassy of Iran in Montevideo]</ref> Uruguay has an embassy in [[Tehran]],.<ref>[http://embassy-finder.com/es/uruguay_in_tehran_iran Embassy of Uruguay in Tehran]</ref> the ambassador being also concurrent to [[Pakistan]].
Iran is an important trading partner for Uruguay, with important sales of rice, wool, and soybeans.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uruguayxxi.gub.uy/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Comercio-Uruguay-Iran-2011.pdf |title=Commerce between Uruguay and Iran |accessdateaccess-date=8 September 2013 |publisher=CNCS |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726194443/http://www.uruguayxxi.gub.uy/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Comercio-Uruguay-Iran-2011.pdf |archive-date=26 July 2014 |url-status=dead }} {{esin iconlang|es}}</ref> The current Uruguayan government is increasing its relationship with Iran;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prensaislamica.com/nota7020.htmL |title=Growing cooperation between Uruguay and Iran|date=11 April 2011 |publisher=PrensaIslamica.com}} {{esin iconlang|es}}</ref> in early 2011, [[Ivonne Passada]], Speaker of the [[Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay]], made an official visit to Iran,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://noticias.terra.com.ar/internacionales/la-presidenta-del-parlamento-uruguayo-inicia-una-visita-oficial-a-iran,6f7ff46dc129d210VgnVCM20000099f154d0RCRD.html |title=Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay visiting Iran|date=7 January 2011|publisher=terra.com.ar }} {{esin iconlang|es}}</ref> followed afterwards by Foreign Minister [[Luis Almagro]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elobservador.com.uy/noticia/111644/almagro-destaco-cooperacion-entre-iran-y-uruguay/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131008003429/http://www.elobservador.com.uy/noticia/111644/almagro-destaco-cooperacion-entre-iran-y-uruguay/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 October 2013 |title=Almagro highlights cooperation between Iran and Uruguay |date=10 April 2011 |publisher=[[El Observador (Uruguay)|El Observador]] }} {{esin iconlang|es}}</ref> In early 2012, Ali Asghar Khaji, Iranian Vicechancellor for Latin America, made himself an official visit to Uruguay.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://historico.elpais.com.uy/121209/pnacio-680739/nacional/Para-Iran-Uruguay-seria-otra-Venezuela/ |title=Iran aims at closer relations with Uruguay |date=17 January 2012 |publisher= [[El País (Uruguay)|EL PAIS]] }} {{esin iconlang|es}}</ref>
Both countries are members of the [[Group of 77]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.g77.org/doc/Joint%20Declaration.html|title=Joint declaration of the G77|access-date=23 June 2018 }}</ref>
