Aftab Rural District (Persian: دهستان آفتاب) is in Aftab District of Tehran County, Tehran province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Aftab.

At the National Census of 2006, its population was 14,847 in 3,520 households. There were 15,117 inhabitants in 4,148 households at the following census of 2011. At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 12,626 in 3,727 households. The most populous of its nine villages was Shahrak-e Resalat, with 8,625 people.