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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 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 150,000[1] Rashidun Caliphate Part of Arab conquest of Persia[citation needed]
Mongol mass-killings of Iranians 1219–1258 Iran 10,000,000–15,000,000[2] Mongol Empire 75%[2]-90%[3] of Iranian population killed
Siege of Isfahan (1387) 1387 Isfahan 70,000–200,000 Timurid Empire [4][5]
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[6]
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
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)
Bombing of Kermanshah's park shelter 16 March 1988 Kermanshah, Kermanshah province 76 Iraq 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 2,800–30,000 Government forces [7]
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
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.[8][9][10][11]
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.[12][13]
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.[14][15]
2024 Saravan killings 27 January 2024 Saravan 9 Unidentified gunmen Killings of Nine Pakistani workers by unknown assailants

See also

References

  1. ^ The Persian Night: Iran under the Khomeinist Revolution. p. 1980.
  2. ^ a b Steven R. Ward (2009). Immortal: A Military History of Iran and Its Armed Forces. Georgetown University Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-58901-587-6. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Battuta's Travels: Part Three – Persia and Iraq". Archived from the original on 2008-04-23.
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Turkish Horrors in Persia". The New York Times. 1915-10-11. p. 4. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
  7. ^ "News". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on February 10, 2006. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  8. ^ "Iran: Killings Near Pakistani Border". Human Rights Watch. 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  9. ^ "Pakistan's Baluchis Protest Iranian Treatment Of Ethnic Brethren After Border Shootings". RFE/RL. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  10. ^ "Iran's security forces used live ammunition against unarmed fuel porters". Amnesty International. 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  11. ^ "Iran's security forces used live ammunition against unarmed fuel porters". IranHumanRights. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  12. ^ "Ex-employee of state firm kills 3 in Iran shooting rampage". Associated Press. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ "ایستگاه خبر؛ یکشنبه یکم بهمن ۱۴۰۲ برابر با ۲۱ ژانویه ۲۰۲۴ - BBC Persian". BBC News (in Persian). 21 January 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  15. ^ "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.
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