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Iran: Ally, Friendly, Unfriendly or Enemy

Please say whether you consider Iran an ally of the United States, friendly, but not an ally, unfriendly, or an enemy of the United States.

Latest wave fielded July 2 to 8, 2018. Primary source: Gallup trend table: Iran: Ally, Friendly, Unfriendly or Enemy.

Trend

Iran: Ally, Friendly, Unfriendly or Enemy: trendLine chart of 5 survey waves from 2000 May 18-21 to 2018 Jul 2-8. Exact values are in the table below.0%10%20%30%40%50%60%200520102015Year of fieldworkPercentAlly, May 18 to 21, 2000: 3%Ally, June 1 to 4, 2013: 2%Ally, September 15 to 16, 2013: 2%Ally, March 22 to 23, 2014: 2%Ally, July 2 to 8, 2018: 3%Friendly, but not an ally, May 18 to 21, 2000: 14%Friendly, but not an ally, June 1 to 4, 2013: 8%Friendly, but not an ally, September 15 to 16, 2013: 8%Friendly, but not an ally, March 22 to 23, 2014: 10%Friendly, but not an ally, July 2 to 8, 2018: 14%Unfriendly, May 18 to 21, 2000: 44%Unfriendly, June 1 to 4, 2013: 34%Unfriendly, September 15 to 16, 2013: 38%Unfriendly, March 22 to 23, 2014: 41%Unfriendly, July 2 to 8, 2018: 41%Enemy, May 18 to 21, 2000: 34%Enemy, June 1 to 4, 2013: 51%Enemy, September 15 to 16, 2013: 45%Enemy, March 22 to 23, 2014: 41%Enemy, July 2 to 8, 2018: 39%No opinion, May 18 to 21, 2000: 5%No opinion, June 1 to 4, 2013: 5%No opinion, September 15 to 16, 2013: 8%No opinion, March 22 to 23, 2014: 6%No opinion, July 2 to 8, 2018: 3%
  • Ally
  • Friendly, but not an ally
  • Unfriendly
  • Enemy
  • No opinion
Source: Gallup; see Sources below. Percentages of respondents.

Toplines

Iran: Ally, Friendly, Unfriendly or Enemy: toplines by survey wave, percent (newest first)
Field datesAllyFriendly, but not an allyUnfriendlyEnemyNo opinionSample (n)Margin of error
July 2 to 8, 2018 (^)31441393----
March 22 to 23, 2014 (^)21041416----
September 15 to 16, 2013 (^)2838458----
June 1 to 4, 20132834515----
May 18 to 21, 200031444345----

Pollster footnotes: ^ Asked on Gallup Daily tracking survey

Markers in parentheses after a date (^, #, +) are the pollster's own footnotes; their meaning is given in the pollster footnotes. "*" means less than 0.5%; "--" means not asked or not reported.

Sources

  1. Gallup trend table: Iran: Ally, Friendly, Unfriendly or Enemy, accessed October 13, 2026.

Cite

Gallup, "Iran: Ally, Friendly, Unfriendly or Enemy," in Middle East Forum, U.S. Opinion on the Middle East, https://polls.meforum.org/q/gallup-iran-ally/.