| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Versions | Number | Years | Notes |
| HESA Saeqeh | Iran | Light fighter | Saegheh-1/2 | 6 | 2006–present | Is claimed to be heavily upgraded and indigenously made |
| HESA Kowsar | Iran | Fighter aircraft | | 5 | 2018–present | A redesigned F-5. Western analysts have described the plane as inefficient as a weapon, but having potential for training a new generation of Iranian fighter pilots. According to the Iranian state-media, this fighter jet has "advanced avionics" and multipurpose radar, and it was "100-percent indigenously made". It uses digital data networks, a glass cockpit, heads-up display (HUD), ballistic computers and smart mobile mapping systems. |
| HESA Azarakhsh | Iran | Light fighter | First Generation (includes twin-seat version) | 4 | 2015 | Rebuilt F-5E. |
| Chengdu J-7 | China | Fighter aircraft | N/MB | 24 | 1991–present | |
| Mirage F1 | France | Multi-role fighter | F1EQ/F1BQ | 23 | 1991–present | Iran received 24 F1BQs and F1EQs flown over from Iraq, during the 1991 Persian Gulf War. One Mirage F1BQ from Mashhad AFB (TFB.14) was shot down in July 2001 by the Taliban with Sa-16/18 Manpad while involved in countering drug-smuggling at the Afghan border. |
| McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II | US | Fighter-Bomber | F-4D/ERF-4E | 63 | 1968–present | 225 ordered and delivered. In 2014, 60 F-4D/E and 4 RF-4Es remained. 10 are F-4Ds and 50 are F-4Es. F-4Ds/Es are currently undergoing an upgrade program which includes a new Chinese-built radar and other avionics and weapons, namely PL-5E, PL-11 and C-801. In October 2013, the anti-ship Qader cruise missile was successfully tested on an F-4. 1 was lost in January 2025. |
| Northrop F-5 Tiger II | US | Light fighter | F-5EF-5F | 60 | 1974–present | 181 ordered and delivered. In 2014, 60 F-5s remained. This included about 16 F-5F dual seat trainers and 44 F-5E fighter bomber. |
