List of massacres in Iran

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This is a list of massacres in Iran.

NameDateLocationDeathsPerpetratorsNotes
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]
Massacre at the Russian Embassy in Tehran 30 January 1829Tehran, Qajar Iran 54Persian Mujahideen, Employees of the British mission in IranMass murder of members of the Russian embassy and the Armenian refugees they sheltered. Subsequently, the Mujahideen killed almost the entire Russian embassy
1903 Isfahan anti-Baháʼí riots 1903 Isfahan UnknownCrowds
1910 Shiraz blood libel 30 October 1910 Shiraz 12Angry mobsAnti-Jewish pogrom
Ottoman genocide of Assyrians during the Persian Campaign 1914–1918North-west Iran 12,000 Ottoman Empire According to The New York Times [5]
Simko Shikak revolt (1918–1922) 1918 to 1922North-Western Iran5,000
Cinema Rex fire 19 August 1978 Abadan 470Unknown
Black Friday 8 September 1978 Tehran 88–4,000State flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg Imperial Army of Iran
Haft-e Tir bombing 28 June 1981Tehran74 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 1981Tehran8 Masoud Keshmiri (agent of MEK)
Chemical bombing of Sardasht 28 June 1987 Sardasht, West Azerbaijan 130 Flag of Iraq (1963-1991); Flag of Syria (1963-1972).svg Iraq 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 Flag of Iraq (1963-1991); Flag of Syria (1963-1972).svg Iraq 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 2,800–30,000Government forces [6]
Imam Reza shrine bombing 20 June 1994 Mashhad 25-26 Ramzi Yousef, Abdul Shakoor, MEK, Al-Haraka al-Islamiya al-Iraniya70-200 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 10Drug smugglers
2017 Tehran attacks 7 June 2017 Tehran 18Islamic State flag.svg ISIS
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 massacre22 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 4Unidentified former employeea 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 13Islamic State flag.svg ISIS 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 7Iranian security forcesViolent 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 Shooting21 January 2024Kerman5Unidentified soldierA soldier opened fire inside a barracks dormitory, killing five of his comrades. [13] [14]
2024 Saravan killings 27 January 2024Saravan9Unidentified gunmenKillings of Nine Pakistani workers by unknown assailants

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