Israel and Iran are both in the Middle East, but Israel is on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea, while Iran is much larger and lies to the east of Israel, across Iraq and part of Turkey.

Where is Israel on the map?

  • Israel is in Southwest Asia , on the eastern Mediterranean coast.
  • It is west of Jordan and southwest of Syria, with Lebanon to its north and Egypt to its southwest.
  • On a world map, look for the small strip of land at the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean Sea, just south of Lebanon and west of Jordan.

Think of the Mediterranean as a horizontal “bridge” between Europe and the Middle East: Israel sits on the southeastern shore of that bridge.

Where is Iran on the map?

  • Iran is a large country in Western Asia , forming much of the eastern side of the Middle East region.
  • It lies east of Iraq, northeast of the Persian Gulf, and west of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
  • On a world map, find the big landmass east of Iraq and the Persian Gulf; that’s Iran, stretching from near Turkey and Armenia in the northwest to Pakistan and Afghanistan in the east.

How they line up relative to each other

  • Israel is on the far western side of the Middle East, by the Mediterranean Sea.
  • Iran is farther east , with Iraq, parts of Turkey, and sometimes Syria in between them.
  • They are not neighboring countries; several states lie between them on a standard political map of the region.

Quick way to picture it:
Europe → Mediterranean Sea → (coastline) Israel → Iraq → Iran as you move eastward.

TL;DR:
To find where Israel and Iran are on the map, zoom in on the Middle East: Israel is the small coastal country on the eastern Mediterranean; Iran is the large country much farther east, beyond Iraq and the Persian Gulf.

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