diff --git a/compiler/semstmts.nim b/compiler/semstmts.nim
index ce8b59f9cd3e..af4384b99889 100644
--- a/compiler/semstmts.nim
+++ b/compiler/semstmts.nim
@@ -1131,7 +1131,7 @@ proc semForVars(c: PContext, n: PNode; flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
         # BUGFIX: don't use `iter` here as that would strip away
         # the ``tyGenericInst``! See ``tests/compile/tgeneric.nim``
         # for an example:
-        v.typ = iterBase
+        v.typ = makeIterTupleType(c, iterBase)
         n[0] = newSymNode(v)
         if sfGenSym notin v.flags and not isDiscardUnderscore(v): addDecl(c, v)
         elif v.owner == nil: setOwner(v, getCurrOwner(c))
diff --git a/compiler/semtypes.nim b/compiler/semtypes.nim
index 42efcd239994..77973521dfcb 100644
--- a/compiler/semtypes.nim
+++ b/compiler/semtypes.nim
@@ -1787,6 +1787,23 @@ proc maybeAliasType(c: PContext; typeExpr, prev: PType): PType =
   else:
     result = nil
 
+proc makeIterTupleType(c: PContext; typ: PType): PType =
+  if typ.kind == tyTuple:
+    var hasView = false
+    result = newTypeS(tyTuple, c)
+
+    for i in 0..<typ.len:
+      if typ[i].kind in {tyVar, tyLent}:
+        hasView = true
+      rawAddSon(result, typ[i].skipTypes({tyVar, tyLent}))
+
+    if hasView:
+      result.n = typ.n
+    else:
+      result = typ
+  else:
+    result = typ
+
 proc fixupTypeOf(c: PContext, prev: PType, typ: PType) =
   if prev != nil:
     let result = newTypeS(tyAlias, c)
@@ -2021,6 +2038,9 @@ proc semTypeOf2(c: PContext; n: PNode; prev: PType): PType =
       result = base
   fixupTypeOf(c, prev, result)
 
+  if result.kind == tyTuple:
+    result = makeIterTupleType(c, result)
+
 proc semTypeIdent(c: PContext, n: PNode): PSym =
   if n.kind == nkSym:
     result = getGenSym(c, n.sym)
diff --git a/compiler/transf.nim b/compiler/transf.nim
index a2090af84186..74139a035506 100644
--- a/compiler/transf.nim
+++ b/compiler/transf.nim
@@ -385,6 +385,47 @@ template assignTupleUnpacking(c: PTransf, e: PNode) =
       let rhs = transform(c, newTupleAccess(c.graph, e, i))
       result.add(asgnTo(lhs, rhs))
 
+proc makeTupleUnpack(c: PTransf; lhs: PNode; rhs: PNode): PNode =
+  result = newNodeI(nkStmtList, lhs.info)
+
+  let temp = newSym(skTemp, getIdent(c.graph.cache, "tmpTupleAsgn"), c.idgen, getCurrOwner(c), rhs.info)
+  temp.typ = rhs.typ
+  temp.flags.incl(sfGenSym)
+  var v = newNodeI(nkLetSection, rhs.info)
+  let tempNode = newSymNode(temp) #newIdentNode(getIdent(genPrefix & $temp.id), value.info)
+  var vpart = newNodeI(nkIdentDefs, v.info, 3)
+  vpart[0] = tempNode
+  vpart[1] = c.graph.emptyNode
+  vpart[2] = rhs
+  v.add vpart
+  result.add(v)
+
+  var tupleConstr = newNodeIT(nkTupleConstr, lhs.info, lhs.typ)
+
+  for i in 0..<rhs.typ.len:
+    var field: PNode = nil
+    if rhs.typ[i].kind in {tyVar, tyLent}:
+      let tupleType = newTupleAccessRaw(tempNode, i)
+      tupleType.typ() = rhs.typ[i]
+      field = newDeref(tupleType)
+    else:
+      field = newTupleAccessRaw(tempNode, i)
+
+    field.typ() = rhs.typ[i].skipTypes({tyVar, tyLent})
+
+    tupleConstr.add field
+
+  result.add newAsgnStmt(c, nkFastAsgn, lhs, tupleConstr, false)
+  result = transform(c, result)
+
+proc hasViewTypes(typ: PType): bool =
+  if typ.kind == tyTuple:
+    result = false
+    for i in 0..<typ.len:
+      if typ[i].kind in {tyVar, tyLent}:
+        return true
+  else:
+    return false
 
 proc transformYield(c: PTransf, n: PNode): PNode =
   proc asgnTo(lhs: PNode, rhs: PNode): PNode =
@@ -394,7 +435,10 @@ proc transformYield(c: PTransf, n: PNode): PNode =
     case lhs.kind
     of nkSym:
       internalAssert c.graph.config, lhs.sym.kind == skForVar
-      result = newAsgnStmt(c, nkFastAsgn, lhs, rhs, false)
+      if rhs.typ.kind == tyTuple and hasViewTypes(rhs.typ):
+        result = makeTupleUnpack(c, lhs, rhs)
+      else:
+        result = newAsgnStmt(c, nkFastAsgn, lhs, rhs, false)
     of nkDotExpr:
       result = newAsgnStmt(c, nkAsgn, lhs, rhs, false)
     else:
@@ -463,7 +507,7 @@ proc transformYield(c: PTransf, n: PNode): PNode =
           result.add(asgnTo(lhs, rhs))
     else:
       let lhs = c.transCon.forStmt[0]
-      let rhs = transform(c, e)
+      let rhs = transform(c, e) 
       result.add(asgnTo(lhs, rhs))
 
 
diff --git a/lib/pure/collections/tables.nim b/lib/pure/collections/tables.nim
index 92f85b14649d..2a327f8171a1 100644
--- a/lib/pure/collections/tables.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/collections/tables.nim
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ template withValue*[A, B](t: Table[A, B], key: A,
     discard
 
 
-iterator pairs*[A, B](t: Table[A, B]): (A, B) =
+iterator pairs*[A, B](t: Table[A, B]): (lent A, lent B) =
   ## Iterates over any `(key, value)` pair in the table `t`.
   ##
   ## See also:
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ proc `==`*[A, B](s, t: TableRef[A, B]): bool =
 
 
 
-iterator pairs*[A, B](t: TableRef[A, B]): (A, B) =
+iterator pairs*[A, B](t: TableRef[A, B]): (lent A, lent B) =
   ## Iterates over any `(key, value)` pair in the table `t`.
   ##
   ## See also:
@@ -1789,7 +1789,7 @@ proc `==`*[A, B](s, t: OrderedTable[A, B]): bool =
 
 
 
-iterator pairs*[A, B](t: OrderedTable[A, B]): (A, B) =
+iterator pairs*[A, B](t: OrderedTable[A, B]): (lent A, lent B) =
   ## Iterates over any `(key, value)` pair in the table `t` in insertion
   ## order.
   ##
@@ -2212,7 +2212,7 @@ proc `==`*[A, B](s, t: OrderedTableRef[A, B]): bool =
 
 
 
-iterator pairs*[A, B](t: OrderedTableRef[A, B]): (A, B) =
+iterator pairs*[A, B](t: OrderedTableRef[A, B]): (lent A, lent B) =
   ## Iterates over any `(key, value)` pair in the table `t` in insertion
   ## order.
   ##
@@ -2622,7 +2622,7 @@ proc `==`*[A](s, t: CountTable[A]): bool =
   equalsImpl(s, t)
 
 
-iterator pairs*[A](t: CountTable[A]): (A, int) =
+iterator pairs*[A](t: CountTable[A]): (lent A, int) =
   ## Iterates over any `(key, value)` pair in the table `t`.
   ##
   ## See also:
@@ -2899,7 +2899,7 @@ proc `==`*[A](s, t: CountTableRef[A]): bool =
   else: result = s[] == t[]
 
 
-iterator pairs*[A](t: CountTableRef[A]): (A, int) =
+iterator pairs*[A](t: CountTableRef[A]): (lent A, int) =
   ## Iterates over any `(key, value)` pair in the table `t`.
   ##
   ## See also:
diff --git a/tests/arc/t24720.nim b/tests/arc/t24720.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9f4eb2f698e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/arc/t24720.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+discard """
+  matrix: "--mm:orc"
+  output: '''
+found entry
+'''
+"""
+
+import std/tables
+type NoCopies = object
+
+proc `=copy`(a: var NoCopies, b: NoCopies) {.error.}
+
+# bug #24720
+proc foo() =
+  var t: Table[int, NoCopies]
+  t[3] = NoCopies() # only moves
+  for k, v in t.pairs(): # lent values, no need to copy!
+    echo "found entry"
+
+foo()