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West Azarbaijan province, Iran: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: West Azarbaijan province

Search engines are asked not to list this page. They list a region page at 30 or more events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. This page has 22.

UCDP recorded 1 eventP of organized violence in West Azarbaijan province, Iran in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in this event is 1P. The count for August 2026 was 2 eventsP.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 22 eventsP in West Azarbaijan province, Iran. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 64P. The low estimate is 63 and the high estimate is 87P. UCDP counts 17P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 20 regions of Iran with a page, West Azarbaijan province has the 8th highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. West Azarbaijan province holds 4 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 3 events in West Azarbaijan province. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 22P, which is up 633 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 West Azarbaijan province, the three types of violence have shares within 5 points of the shares for Iran.

Table 1. West Azarbaijan province, Iran: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events1222
Estimated deaths, best estimate1264
Low estimate of deaths1263
High estimate of deaths1287
Deaths of civilians0117

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 West Azarbaijan province, Iran on record. ConflictStats read the UCDP files on . The data cover events through . Changes in the data

24 months

0510Jan 2025Jan 2026GEDCandidate
Figure 1. Events in West Azarbaijan 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 West Azarbaijan province, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 22 events with 64 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. West Azarbaijan 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 UCDP3P5P
Government of Iran18P58P
Government of Israel, Government of United States of America10P31P
KDPI3P16P
PJAK3P6P
PKK2P5P

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

Table 3. Second-level areas of West Azarbaijan province in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Bukan county2P6P
Chaldoran county2P5P
Mahabad county2P2P
Naqadeh county1P11P
Piranshahr county3P15P
Sardasht county4P5P
Shahin Dezh county1P3P
Urmia county5P10P

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

Type of violence

Table 4. West Azarbaijan province: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict20P91%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians2P9%

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 West Azarbaijan province, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20261P1PCandidate Events
August 20262P2PCandidate Events
July 20265P12PCandidate Events
June 20263P16PCandidate Events
May 20261P2PCandidate Events
March 20268P25PCandidate Events
February 20262P6PCandidate Events
June 202526GED
October 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. West Azarbaijan province, Iran: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP. https://conflictstats.com/country/iran/west-azarbaijan-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 West Azarbaijan province, Iran in September 2026?

UCDP recorded 1 eventP of organized violence in West Azarbaijan province, Iran in September 2026. The count for August 2026 was 2 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 West Azarbaijan province, Iran in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 64P. The low estimate is 63 and the high estimate is 87P.

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.