Anar, Iran

Anar is a city in the Central District of Anar County, Kerman province, Iran, and serves as both capital of the county and of the district. Anar means pomegranate in Persian. The city contains a Sassanian castle named Anar Castle.

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 12,791 in 3,227 households, when it was in the former Anar District of Rafsanjan County). The following census in 2011 counted 13,089 people in 3,660 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Anar County. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 15,532 people in 4,660 households.