Ashar, Iran

Ashar is a city in, and the capital of Ashar District of Mehrestan County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. It also serves as the administrative center for Ashar Rural District.

Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, Ashar's population was 2,676 in 529 households, when it was a village in Ashar Rural District of Sarbaz County. The following census in 2011 counted 3,817 people in 831 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Zaboli County (later renamed Mehrestan County). The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 3,786 people in 927 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.

After the census, the village of Ashar was elevated to the status of a city.