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Hormozgan province, Iran: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: Hormozgan provincePopulation about 1,776,415 (Wikidata)

UCDP recorded 3 eventsP of organized violence in Hormozgan province, Iran in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 9P. The count for August 2026 was 1 eventP.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 40 eventsP in Hormozgan province, Iran. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 259P. The low estimate is 259 and the high estimate is 280P. UCDP counts 196P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 20 regions of Iran with a page, Hormozgan province has the 3rd highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Hormozgan province holds 8 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Iran in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2025, UCDP recorded no events in Hormozgan province. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 40P, which is up from no events. Over the same periods, the count for Iran as a whole went from 84 to 519P, which is up 518 percent. Events of one-sided violence are 3 percentP of the events in Hormozgan province in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. For Iran, the share is 9 percentP.

Table 1. Hormozgan province, Iran: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events3140
Estimated deaths, best estimate92259
Low estimate of deaths92259
High estimate of deaths93280
Deaths of civilians50196

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Since the last update

The log has no change for Hormozgan province, Iran on record. ConflictStats read the UCDP files on . The data cover events through . Changes in the data

24 months

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Figure 1. Events in Hormozgan province by month. A hollow column is a preliminary month. The line marks the change of dataset: GED to the left, Candidate Events from Jan 2026 to the right. The two datasets are not made in the same way, so a step at the line is not only a change in the events. The figures are in Table 5.
Figure 2. Events in Hormozgan province, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 40 events with 259 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Hormozgan province: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Iran40P259P
Government of Israel, Government of United States of America39P255P

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Second-level areas

The areas in Hormozgan province that UCDP names in the events. The table has 10 areas at most.

Table 3. Second-level areas of Hormozgan province in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Abumusa county1P1P
Bandar Abbas county9P34P
Bandar Lengeh county8P18P
Hajjiabad county2P7P
Jask county3P5P
Khamir county2P7P
Kūhestak county2P7P
Minab county4P160P
Qeshm county5P9P
Rudan county1P1P

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Type of violence

Table 4. Hormozgan province: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict39P98%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians1P3%

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

Monthly reports

One report for each month with events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events.

Table 5. Monthly reports of Hormozgan province, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20263P9PCandidate Events
August 20261P2PCandidate Events
July 20269P23PCandidate Events
April 20264P10PCandidate Events
March 202614P26PCandidate Events
February 20268P185PCandidate Events
January 20261P4PCandidate Events

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. Hormozgan province, Iran: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP. https://conflictstats.com/country/iran/hormozgan-province/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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Questions

How many events did UCDP record in Hormozgan province, Iran in September 2026?

UCDP recorded 3 eventsP of organized violence in Hormozgan province, Iran in September 2026. The count for August 2026 was 1 eventP.

How does UCDP count deaths?

UCDP gives a best estimate, a low estimate and a high estimate for each event. This page uses the best estimate. For Hormozgan province, Iran in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 259P. The low estimate is 259 and the high estimate is 280P.

Are the figures of the latest months final?

No. The figures from January 2026 are from UCDP Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them. UCDP releases the reviewed dataset, the GED, one time each year.