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Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: Sistan and Baluchestan provincePopulation about 2,775,014 (Wikidata)

UCDP recorded 9 eventsP of organized violence in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 24P. The count for August 2026 was 8 eventsP.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 58 eventsP in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 107P. The low estimate is 102 and the high estimate is 111P. UCDP counts 19P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 20 regions of Iran with a page, Sistan and Baluchestan province has the 2nd highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Sistan and Baluchestan province holds 11 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 38 events in Sistan and Baluchestan province. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 58P, which is up 53 percent. Over the same periods, the count for Iran as a whole went from 84 to 519P, which is up 518 percent. For the events in Sistan and Baluchestan province, the three types of violence have shares within 5 points of the shares for Iran.

Table 1. Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events9858
Estimated deaths, best estimate2410107
Low estimate of deaths2410102
High estimate of deaths2410111
Deaths of civilians1019

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 Sistan and Baluchestan 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 Sistan and Baluchestan 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 Sistan and Baluchestan province, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 58 events with 107 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. Sistan and Baluchestan 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
Actor not identified by UCDP7P9P
Ansar al-Furqan1P1P
Government of Iran51P98P
Government of Israel, Government of United States of America11P21P
Jaish al-Adl36P73P

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. Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

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

Second-level areas

The areas in Sistan and Baluchestan province that UCDP names in the events. The table has 10 areas at most.

Table 3. Second-level areas of Sistan and Baluchestan province in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Bampur county2P8P
Chabahar county4P6P
Dalgan county2P3P
Iranshahr county9P11P
Khash county4P8P
Mirjaveh county3P4P
Rasak county4P5P
Saravan county9P24P
Taftan county2P7P
Zahedan county9P11P

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

Type of violence

Table 4. Sistan and Baluchestan province: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict52P90%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians6P10%

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 Sistan and Baluchestan province, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20269P24PCandidate Events
August 20268P10PCandidate Events
July 202612P22PCandidate Events
June 20265P10PCandidate Events
May 20262P3PCandidate Events
April 20264P8PCandidate Events
March 20265P11PCandidate Events
February 20265P12PCandidate Events
January 20263P3PCandidate Events
December 202521GED
November 202511GED
October 202522GED
September 202546GED
August 2025725GED
July 2025815GED
June 202511GED
April 202512GED
March 202523GED
February 202511GED
December 202414GED
November 2024830GED
October 2024521GED
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 30 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP. https://conflictstats.com/country/iran/sistan-and-baluchestan-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 Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran in September 2026?

UCDP recorded 9 eventsP of organized violence in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran in September 2026. The count for August 2026 was 8 eventsP.

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 Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 107P. The low estimate is 102 and the high estimate is 111P.

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.