Abstract: Iran is a big central Asia country between East and West, which acts as an important geographic point for researching the difference of paleolithic industry between East Asia and the west. But because of the political and historical reasons, the archaeological materials of Iran’s paleolithic age are so few and few Chinese people know about it. We first survey the physical and political geography of Iran, then introduce the brief history of Iran’s one- hundredyear paleolithic investigation, research and excavation, finally organize the current situations of discovery and research of lower paleolithic culture in Iran. We think that the degree of exploration in Iran is low, so we cannot rush to conclusions. From existing evidences, we can see there is a little Acheulian culture in west Iran, non in the east. Last we analyze the transmission of Acheulian culture, look forward to the prospect of Iran paleolithic archaeology.

Key words: Iran; Lower paleolithic culture; Research history; Summary; Acheulian