The iron complexes of 5,10,15-tris(4-nitrophenyl)corrole have been prepared and characterized by various spectroscopic techniques. The (nitrosyl)iron complex is diamagnetic and its X-ray structure reveals an almost perfectly linear Fe–N–O bond. EPR spectroscopy in conjunction with 15N labelling were used to deduce the redox centre of the one-electron reduction and oxidation products of the (nitrosyl)iron corrole.