Calling Emergency Services
Essential phrases for calling for help, reporting an incident, and speaking with an emergency operator in Farsi.
Key Phrases
لطفاً کمک کنین!
neutrallotfan komak konin!
Please help!
Standard urgent plea for assistance.
کمک لازم دارم!
casualkomak lazem daram!
I need help!
Very direct, used when you are in immediate distress.
لطفاً یه آمبولانس بفرستین.
politelotfan ye ambulans befrestin.
Please send an ambulance.
The most natural way to ask an operator for medical help.
به آمبولانس نیاز داریم!
casualbe ambulans niyaz darim!
We need an ambulance!
Use this urgent phrase when reporting a severe situation.
لطفاً به پلیس زنگ بزنین.
neutrallotfan be polis zang bezanin.
Please call the police.
Useful for asking a bystander to call the authorities for you.
حال یه نفر اینجا خیلی بده.
neutralhale ye nafar inja kheyli bade.
Someone here is very sick.
A common way to say someone has collapsed or is critically ill.
ما تصادف کردیم.
casualma tasadof kardim.
We had an accident.
The standard phrase for reporting a car crash.
آدرس ما خیابون آزادیه.
politeadrese ma khiyabune azadi e.
Our address is Azadi Street.
Use this structure to clearly state your exact location.
ما تو خیابون آزادی هستیم.
casualma tu khiyabune azadi hastim.
We are on Azadi Street.
More natural when you are stranded outside on a street.
لطفاً تلفن رو قطع نکنین.
politelotfan telefon ro qat nakonin.
Please don't hang up the phone.
The dispatcher will say this to keep you on the line.
آمبولانس الان تو راهه.
neutralambulans alan tu rahe.
The ambulance is on the way now.
A reassuring phrase from the emergency operator.