Is Seyah Cheshmeh safe? Iran travel risk
Is Seyah Cheshmeh safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Seyah Cheshmeh scores 75/100 on our travel risk index (Extreme). The US State Department rates Iran Level 4 (Do Not Travel, updated 5 Dec 2025); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to the whole country (updated 13 Aug 2026); Canada says: avoid all travel. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Seyah Cheshmeh scores 75/100 (Extreme). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Iran (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Seyah Cheshmeh: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: The US State Department and Government of Canada and UK FCDO advise against all travel here, so the score is held at 75 or higher.
A score of 75 is higher than the scores of 91% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Iran travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Seyah Cheshmeh belongs to Āz̄arbāyjān-e Gharbī (Iran), centered at coordinates 39.0619° N, 44.3825° E (1832 m above sea level). Distance to Tehran is 723.6 km towards the ESE.
Āz̄arbāyjān-e Gharbī
39.0619° N, 44.3825° E
1832 m
Asia/Tehran
17,804
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Iran
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Most earthquake events within 100 km of Seyah Cheshmeh happened in January (2 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
4 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M5.9 on 28 Jan 2023 (85 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M5.6 on 24 Mar 2023 (78 km away) — USGS details
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