In the past few decades, a large number of Iranians have chosen to find new places of residence in foreign countries. This Iranian diaspora includes a significant number of highly-skilled workers, entrepreneurs, and owners of capital. These skills, capabilities, and capital assets have either been transferred directly from Iran as a result of migration or have been created indirectly in the host countries with the support of domestic Iranian financial and intellectual sources. Furthermore, the demand for migration has not subsided in Iran. Yet, whereas the migration of highly-qualified labor force continues to be significant, the surplus Iranian labor force with medium level of qualifications is not able to secure productive jobs abroad. The purpose of this article is to examine various important aspects of significant migration propensity observed among Iranians with an emphasis on the highly-skilled as well as semi-skilled labor force. Furthermore, in this article, government efforts placed on expatriate reconnection and the dispatch of surplus labor to foreign countries are described. Some observations on the main migration causes of the highly-skilled labor force and obstacles to the migration of the semi-skilled labor force as well as a set of recommendations for the short-term are also offered in the article.