List of massacres in Iran

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This is a list of massacres in Iran.

Name Date Place Deaths Notes
Istakhr massacre 651 Istakhr 150,000[1] Part of Arab conquest of Persia
Mongol mass-killings of Iranians 1219–1258 Iran 10,000,000–15,000,000[2] 75%[2]-90%[3] of Iranian population killed
Siege of Isfahan (1387) 1387 Isfahan 70,000–200,000 [4][5]
1910 Shiraz blood libel 1910 Shiraz 12 Anti-Jewish pogrom
Assyrian genocide in Iran 1914–1918 Iran 12,000 According to New York Times[6]
Cinema Rex fire 1978 Abadan 470
Black Friday 1978 Tehran 88–4,000
1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners 1988 Iran 30,000 [7]
2017 Tehran attacks 2017 Tehran 23 Terrorist attack
2018 Ahvaz military parade attack 2018 Ahvaz 29 Terrorist attack

References

  1. ↑ The Persian Night: Iran under the Khomeinist Revolution. p. 1980.
  2. 1 2 Steven R. Ward (2009). Immortal: A Military History of Iran and Its Armed Forces. Georgetown University Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-58901-587-6. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Battuta's Travels: Part Three – Persia and Iraq". Archived from the original on 2008-04-23.
  4. ↑ Encyclopaedia iranica, Volume 1. ISBN 978-0933273993. the 1387 siege of Isfahan under Timur's personal direction ended in the slaughter of some 70.000 denizens of the city
  5. ↑ Chaliand, Gerard; Arnaud Blin (2007). The History of Terrorism: From Antiquity to Al Qaeda. University of California Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-0520247093.
  6. ↑ "Turkish Horrors in Persia". New York Times. 1915-10-11. p. 4. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
  7. ↑ "News". The Telegraph. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
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