List of massacres in Iran

This is a list of massacres in Iran.

Name Date Location Deaths Perpetrators Notes
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 Likely 100's-1000 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.
Istakhr massacre 651 Istakhr 40,000 Rashidun Caliphate Part of the Arab conquest of Persia
Mongol mass-killings 1219 – 1258 Khwarazmian Empire 10,000,000 – 15,000,000 Mongol Empire 75%-90% of Iranian population killed
Siege of Isfahan (1387) 1387 Isfahan 70,000 – 200,000 Timurid Empire
Massacre at the Russian Embassy in Tehran 30 January 1829 Tehran, Qajar Iran 54 Persian Mujahideen, Employees of the British mission in Iran Mass murder of members of the Russian embassy and the Armenian refugees they sheltered. Subsequently, the Mujahideen killed almost the entire Russian embassy
1870 Shushtar Massacre 1870 Shushtar Unknown, possibly hundreds or thousands Governor of Khuzestan Much of the local Mandaean community of Shushtar was killed at the Borj-e-Ayar dam against the will of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. The site of this killing is often locally referred to as "band-i subbī kosh" (Dam of the Mandaean Massacre) for this reason. By 1877, only two Mandaean families remained in Shushtar.
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
Haftevan massacre 1915 Haftevan, Iran 750-800 Assyrians and Armenians Ottoman Empire, Kurds Ottoman forces and Kurdish collaborators attacked the Assyrian village of Haftevan in northwestern Iran, and killed between 750 and 800 Assyrians and Armenians.
Simko Shikak revolt (1918–1922) 1918 to 1922 North-Western Iran 25,650
Cinema Rex fire 19 August 1978 Abadan 377 – 470 Islamic militants
Black Friday 8 September 1978 Tehran 118 Imperial Army of Iran
Haft-e Tir bombing 28 June 1981 Tehran 74 MEK 74 people were 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)
1981–1982 Iran massacres 1981 – 1982 Iran 3,500+ Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran 3,500+ executed
Chemical bombing of Sardasht 28 June 1987 Sardasht, West Azerbaijan 130 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 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 shotdown by the United States Navy
1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners July–December 1988 Iran 2,800 – 30,000 Government forces
Chain murders of Iran 1988–1998 Iran and abroad 80+ Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran Both in Iran as well as external operations abroad, including the assassinations of Fereydoun Farrokhzad and Shapour Bakhtiar
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 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
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.
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.
2022 Shah Cheragh attack 26 October 2022 Shiraz, Fars province 13 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 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.
2024 Saravan killings 27 January 2024 Saravan 9 Unidentified gunmen Killings of Nine Pakistani workers by unknown assailants
Faryab shooting 17 February 2024 Mazraeh Imam, Faryab, Kerman 13 Bahram Jeshanpur Twelve people are killed after 30-year-old Bahram Jeshanpur opened fire on his relatives during a family dispute at a village of Mazraeh Imam in Faryab, Kerman province. The gunman was later shot and killed by police in a nearby village
Israeli strikes on Evin prison 23 June 2025 Evin, Tehran 71 – 79 Israel Defense Forces Israel struck Evin prison, killing 79 including inmates, families of prisoners, conscript prison guards, doctors, social workers, a lawyer, a 5 year old child, and residents of the area.
2026 Iran massacres December 2025–present Iran 3,117 – 36,500 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Basij, Police Command, government forces, and State-sponsored militias 23,312 to over 36,500
2026 Minab school airstrike 28 February 2026 Minab 168 – 180 United States The attack was part of a series of American airstrikes during the Iran war. The victims were primarily schoolchildren. Investigations by The New York Times, CBC and NPR among others concluded that the United States was likely responsible for the strike.
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