Iran vs Iraq

Organized violence recorded by UCDP, 12 months to 31 Jul 2026. Both countries are in the Middle East region.

Iran recorded 181 organized-violence events in the last 12 months against 78 in Iraq, about 2.3 times as many. Estimated deaths: 23,661 in Iran and 251 in Iraq. Adjusted for population, Iran had 2 events per million people and Iraq 1.7.

	Iran	Iraq
Events, last 90 days	59	19
Change vs prior 90 days	-14%	-61%
Events, last 12 months	181	78
Est. deaths, last 12 months	23,661	251
Civilian deaths, last 12 months	7,196	17
Events per million people	2	1.7
Deaths per million people	256	5.3
Regions with 5+ events	9	7
Main type of violence	State-based	State-based
Most recorded party	Government of Iran	Government of Iraq

Iran

Events per month in Iran

Iraq

Events per month in Iraq

Population: World Bank. See methodology.