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Iran: events and estimated deaths in August 2025

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UCDP recorded 8 events of organized violence in Iran in August 2025. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 26. The low estimate is 26 and the high estimate is 32. UCDP counts 1 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2025 was 13 events.

The count for August 2024 was 1 event. The change from August 2024 to August 2025 is up 700 percent. Among the 24 months with a report for Iran, August 2025 has the 11th highest count of events. Iran holds 0 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in August 2025. In August 2024, the share was 0 percent.

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.

Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Iran, August 2025: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsEstimated deaths
Kerman province11
Sistan and Baluchestan province725
Figure 1. Events in Iran, August 2025. The map shows 8 events with 26 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.

Events

The table lists each event of the month. The CSV file of Iran has each event.

Table 2. Iran, August 2025: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
10 Aug 2025Saravan county, Sistan and Baluchestan provinceGovernment of Iran; Jaish al-AdlState-based444
15 Aug 2025Iranshahr county, Sistan and Baluchestan provinceGovernment of Iran; Jaish al-AdlState-based111
22 Aug 2025Iranshahr county, Sistan and Baluchestan provinceGovernment of Iran; Jaish al-AdlState-based555
23 Aug 2025Iranshahr county, Sistan and Baluchestan provinceGovernment of Iran; Jaish al-AdlState-based111
23 Aug 2025Sistan and Baluchestan provinceGovernment of Iran; Jaish al-AdlState-based006
27 Aug 2025Iranshahr county, Sistan and Baluchestan provinceGovernment of Iran; Jaish al-AdlState-based999
27 Aug 2025Saravan county, Sistan and Baluchestan provinceGovernment of Iran; Jaish al-AdlState-based555
31 Aug 2025Rudbar-e Jonubi county, Kerman provinceGovernment of Iran; CiviliansOne-sided111

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 3. Iran: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of August 2025, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Iran826
Jaish al-Adl725

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.

Type of violence

Table 4. Iran: events by type of violence, August 2025
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict788%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians113%

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

All months

Table 5. Monthly reports of Iran, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202617P47PCandidate Events
August 202613P17PCandidate Events
July 202647P97PCandidate Events
June 202618P46PCandidate Events
May 20266P26PCandidate Events
April 202657P254PCandidate Events
March 2026221P884PCandidate Events
February 2026100P2,429PCandidate Events
January 202632P19,894PCandidate Events
December 202544GED
November 202511GED
October 202533GED
September 202558GED
August 2025826GED
July 20251327GED
June 2025371,191GED
April 202524GED
March 202523GED
February 202511GED
December 202414GED
November 2024830GED
October 2024726GED
September 202436GED
August 202411GED

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 20 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. Iran: events and estimated deaths in August 2025. https://conflictstats.com/country/iran/month/2025-08/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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