Abstract The water distilled essential oils from aerial parts of three Artemisia species: A. kermanensis Podl., A. kopetdaghensis Krasch., M.Pop. et Lincz. ex Poljak., and A. haussknechtii Boiss. have been analyzed by a combination of GC and GC/MS. The oil of A. kermanensis and A. kopetdaghensis were rich in davanone (21.4% and 47.9%, respectively). The other main components of the oil of A. kermanensis were 1,8-cineole (16.0%) and chrysanthenone (14.8%), whereas geranial (6.5%) and ethyl nerolate (6.3%) were the other considerable compositions of A. kopetdaghensis. In the oil of A. haussknechtii, 1,8-cineole (16.5%), camphor (14.5%) and artemisia ketone (10.5%) were found to be the major constituents.