Arad Rural District (Persian: دهستان ارد) is in Arad District of Gerash County, Fars province, Iran. It is administered from the city of Arad.

At the National Census of 2006, its population (as a part of the former Gerash District of Larestan County) was 6,564 in 1,446 households. There were 5,767 inhabitants in 1,666 households at the following census of 2011, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Gerash County. At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 5,443 in 1,610 households. The most populous of its 11 villages was Arad (now a city), with 5,094 people.