The list of 217 species in 74 genera of thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera) known from Iran is given. They belong to the suborder Terebrantia with four families, Aeolothripidae (23 species in 4 genera), Melanthripidae (7 species in 7 genera), Stenurothripidae (1 species in 1 genus) and Thripidae (135 species in 47 genera), and the suborder Tubulifera with 51 species and 20 genera in the single family Phlaeothripidae.
