Asalem (Persian: اسالم, also Romanized as Asālem) is a city in, and the capital of, Asalem District of Talesh County, Gilan province, in northwestern Iran. The city also serves as the administrative center for Asalem Rural District. The Asalemi dialect is a variety of Talysh

At the 2006 census, its population was 3,347 in 827 households. The following census in 2011 counted 10,040 people in 2,809 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 10,720 people in 3,271 households.