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Iran: events and estimated deaths in March 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 221 eventsP of organized violence in Iran in March 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 884P. The low estimate is 880 and the high estimate is 1,107P. UCDP counts 459P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for February 2026 was 100 eventsP.

The count for March 2025 was 2 events. The change from March 2025 to March 2026 is up 10950 percentP. Among the 24 months with a report for Iran, March 2026 has the highest count of events. Iran holds 11 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in March 2026. In March 2025, the share was 0 percent.

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.

Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Iran, March 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
East Azarbaijan province1858
Esfahan province1691
Fars province1047
Hormozgan province1426
Kermanshah province1132
Khuzestan province923
Lorestan province1146
Markazi province1131
Tehran province52270
West Azarbaijan province825

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

Figure 1. Events in Iran, March 2026. The map shows 221 events with 884 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 the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Iran has each event.

Table 2. Iran, March 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (21 of 221 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
1 Mar 2026Mehran county, Ilam provinceGovernment of Iran; Government of Israel, Government of United States of AmericaState-based434343
1 Mar 2026Tehran county, Tehran provinceGovernment of Iran; Government of Israel, Government of United States of AmericaState-based202020
1 Mar 2026Kerman county, Kerman provinceGovernment of Iran; Government of Israel, Government of United States of AmericaState-based131313
1 Mar 2026Kashan county, Esfahan provinceGovernment of Iran; Government of Israel, Government of United States of AmericaState-based121212
4 Mar 2026Tehran county, Tehran provinceGovernment of Iran; Government of Israel, Government of United States of AmericaState-based202020
5 Mar 2026Tehran county, Tehran provinceGovernment of Iran; Government of Israel, Government of United States of AmericaState-based101010
5 Mar 2026Abhar county, Zanjan provinceGovernment of Iran; Government of Israel, Government of United States of AmericaState-based171717
6 Mar 2026Shiraz county, Fars provinceGovernment of Iran; Government of Israel, Government of United States of AmericaState-based202022
6 Mar 2026Tehran county, Tehran provinceGovernment of Iran; Government of Israel, Government of United States of AmericaState-based212121
7 Mar 2026Naqadeh county, West Azarbaijan provinceGovernment of Iran; Government of Israel, Government of United States of AmericaState-based111121
9 Mar 2026Tehran county, Tehran provinceGovernment of Iran; Government of Israel, Government of United States of AmericaState-based404059
12 Mar 2026Dezful county, Khuzestan provinceGovernment of Iran; Government of Israel, Government of United States of AmericaState-based111111
14 Mar 2026Esfahan county, Esfahan provinceGovernment of Iran; Government of Israel, Government of United States of AmericaState-based151515
18 Mar 2026Dorud county, Lorestan provinceGovernment of Iran; Government of Israel, Government of United States of AmericaState-based121212
19 Mar 2026Tabriz county, East Azarbaijan provinceGovernment of Iran; Government of Israel, Government of United States of AmericaState-based141414
20 Mar 2026Tehran county, Tehran provinceGovernment of Iran; Government of Israel, Government of United States of AmericaState-based101010
26 Mar 2026Esfahan county, Esfahan provinceGovernment of Iran; Government of Israel, Government of United States of AmericaState-based302640
27 Mar 2026Kermanshah county, Kermanshah provinceGovernment of Iran; Government of Israel, Government of United States of AmericaState-based101010
27 Mar 2026Ray county, Tehran provinceGovernment of Iran; Government of Israel, Government of United States of AmericaState-based101013
29 Mar 2026Tehran county, Tehran provinceGovernment of Iran; Government of Israel, Government of United States of AmericaState-based151515
30 Mar 2026Mahallat county, Markazi provinceGovernment of Iran; Government of Israel, Government of United States of AmericaState-based111111

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

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 3. Iran: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of March 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Iran221P884P
Government of Israel, Government of United States of America218P874P
Jaish al-Adl2P7P

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.

Type of violence

Table 4. Iran: events by type of violence, March 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict220Pover 99%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians1Punder 1%

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

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.

Iran: all figures

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ConflictStats. Iran: events and estimated deaths in March 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/iran/month/2026-03/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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