This is a list of massacres in Iran.
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Perpetrators | Notes |
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| Destruction of Persepolis | February 330 BC | Persepolis | Unknown | Ancient Macedonian army | Civilian population and captives slaughtered at random upon conquest of the city. City burned to the ground in May 330 BC. |
| Massacre of the Cossaei | December 324 BC/Early 323 BC | Zagros Mountains | Unknown | Ancient Macedonian army | Alexander III put the entire Iranian Cossaei people to the sword in forty days. Unknown death toll but most likely a few hundred to a thousand or so . |
| Istakhr massacre | 651 | Istakhr | Unknown | Rashidun Caliphate | Part of Arab conquest of Persia[citation needed] |
| Mongol mass-killings | 1219–1258 | Khwarazmian Empire | 10,000,000–15,000,000[1] | Mongol Empire | 75%[1]-90%[2] of Iranian population killed |
| Siege of Isfahan (1387) | 1387 | Isfahan | 70,000–200,000 | Timurid Empire | [3][4] |
| 1903 Isfahan anti-Baháʼí riots | 1903 | Isfahan | Unknown | Crowds | |
| 1910 Shiraz blood libel | 30 October 1910 | Shiraz | 12 | Angry mobs | Anti-Jewish pogrom |
| Ottoman genocide of Assyrians during the Persian Campaign | 1914–1918 | North-west Iran | 12,000 | Ottoman Empire | According to The New York Times[5] |
| Simko Shikak revolt (1918–1922) | 1918 to 1922 | North-Western Iran | 5,000 | ||
| Cinema Rex fire | 19 August 1978 | Abadan | 470 | Unknown | |
| Black Friday | 8 September 1978 | Tehran | 88–4,000 |  Imperial Army of Iran
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| Haft-e Tir bombing | 28 June 1981 | Tehran | 74 | MEK | 74 people are killed in a bombing targeting a meeting of leaders of the Islamic Republican Party at the party's headquarters |
| 1981 Iranian Prime Minister's office bombing | 30 August 1981 | Tehran | 8 | Masoud Keshmiri (agent of MEK) | |
| Chemical bombing of Sardasht | 28 June 1987 | Sardasht, West Azerbaijan | 130 |  Iraq
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Iraq dropped mustard gas bombs on Sardasht, West Azerbaijan, In two separate bombing runs on four residential areas, the attack killed 130 people and injured 8,000 |
| Bombing of Kermanshah's park shelter | 16 March 1988 | Kermanshah, Kermanshah province | 76 | Iraq
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76 persons --mostly women/children-- who were in the shelter, were killed and more than 200 persons were injured |
| Iran Air Flight 655 | 3 July 1988 | Strait of Hormuz, near Qeshm Island | 290 | United States Navy | Airliner shootdown by United States Navy |
| 1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners | July–December 1988 | Iran | 2,800–30,000 | Government forces | [6] |
| Imam Reza shrine bombing | 20 June 1994 | Mashhad | 25-26 | Ramzi Yousef, Abdul Shakoor, MEK, Al-Haraka al-Islamiya al-Iraniya | 70-200 injured |
| 2009 Pishin bombing | 18 October 2009 | Pishin, Sistan and Baluchestan Province | 43 people including several notable IRGC commanders | Jundallah | 43 people died in the attack, in the province of Sistan-Baluchistan, and dozens more injured |
| 2010 Khorasan shootout | 2 January 2010 | South Khorasan Province | 10 | Drug smugglers | |
| 2017 Tehran attacks | 7 June 2017 | Tehran | 18 |  ISIS
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| 2019 Khash–Zahedan suicide bombing | 13 February 2019 | Kurin | 27 | Jaish ul-Adl | |
| Mahshahr massacre | 16-20 November 2019 | Mahshahr | 40-148 | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps | Killing of protesters during 2019–2020 Iranian protests |
| Saravan massacre | 22 February 2021 | Saravan | 10 | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps | IRGC forces blocked a road used by local fuel truckers. As residents tried to confront the military over the roadblock, the army opened fire. The shootings, which killed at least 10 people (one of them a 17-year old child), sparked outrage and triggered the 2021–2022 Sistan and Baluchestan protests.[7][8][9][10] |
| Mostazafan Foundation shooting | 14 May 2022 | Ilam province | 4 | Unidentified former employee | a former employee of the Mostazafan Foundation killed 3 workers and injured 5 more with a firearm. He later committed suicide.[11][12] |
| 2022 Shah Cheragh attack | 26 October 2022 | Shiraz, Fars province | 13 | ISIS
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Mass shooting at Shah Cheragh mosque. Authorities stated that the attackers were not Iranian nationals. |
| Attack on Izeh market | 16 November 2022 | Izeh, Khuzestan province | 7 | Iranian security forces | Violent crackdown on locals and protesters, 7 killed and 15+ injured |
| 2024 Kerman bombings | 3 January 2024 | Kerman | 96 | Islamic State – Khorasan Province | A double suicide bombing occurred on the fourth anniversary of Qasem Soleimani's assassination during a commemorative ceremony. |
| Kerman Shooting | 21 January 2024 | Kerman | 5 | Unidentified soldier | A soldier opened fire inside a barracks dormitory, killing five of his comrades.[13][14] |
| 2024 Saravan killings | 27 January 2024 | Saravan | 9 | Unidentified gunmen | Killings of Nine Pakistani workers by unknown assailants |
See also
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- ^ "Battuta's Travels: Part Three – Persia and Iraq". Archived from the original on 2008-04-23.
- ^ Encyclopaedia iranica, Volume 1. ISBN 978-0933273993.
the 1387 siege of Isfahan under Timur's personal direction ended in the slaughter of some 70.000 denizens of the city
- ^ Chaliand, Gerard; Arnaud Blin (2007). The History of Terrorism: From Antiquity to Al Qaeda. University of California Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-0520247093.
isfahan Timur.
- ^ "Turkish Horrors in Persia". The New York Times. 1915-10-11. p. 4. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
- ^ "News". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on February 10, 2006. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ^ "Iran: Killings Near Pakistani Border". Human Rights Watch. 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ^ "Pakistan's Baluchis Protest Iranian Treatment Of Ethnic Brethren After Border Shootings". RFE/RL. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ^ "Iran's security forces used live ammunition against unarmed fuel porters". Amnesty International. 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ^ "Iran's security forces used live ammunition against unarmed fuel porters". IranHumanRights. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ^ "Ex-employee of state firm kills 3 in Iran shooting rampage". Associated Press. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "چهار کشته در گروگانگیری ایلام؛ مهاجم نارنجک و سلاح گرم را 'در کیسه برنج پنهان کرده بود' - BBC News فارسی". BBC News (in Persian). 18 May 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "ایستگاه خبر؛ یکشنبه یکم بهمن ۱۴۰۲ برابر با ۲۱ ژانویه ۲۰۲۴ - BBC Persian". BBC News (in Persian). 21 January 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "Iranian soldier kills 5 comrades in southeastern city where IS attack killed dozens, state TV says". Associated Press. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.