Current risks in Iran

This page tracks significant risk events worldwide in near real time — earthquakes, disaster alerts, armed conflict, unrest and government travel-advisory changes — combining data from the USGS, GDACS, NASA EONET, UCDP, GDELT, ACLED and official travel-advisory sources. Browse what is happening now, or open the monthly and yearly archive for any country.

1 earthquake, 157 unrest events, 0 conflict events, and 0 travel advisory changes are active.

158 eventsSources: usgs · gdelt

158 events· IranFire activity within the 30-day mean

UnrestEarthquake

World map of risk events0 countries with events, 11 events plottedDemonstration in Shush, Iran · Iran · 20 Aug 2026Strike in Najafabad, Iran · Iran · 20 Aug 2026Demonstration in Najafabad, Iran · Iran · 20 Aug 2026Demonstration in Najafabad, Iran · Iran · 20 Aug 2026Demonstration in Isfahan (Esfahan), Iran · Iran · 20 Aug 2026Demonstration in Shush, Iran · Iran · 20 Aug 2026Demonstration in Najafabad, Iran · Iran · 19 Aug 2026Strike in Shush, Iran · Iran · 19 Aug 2026Demonstration in Izeh, Iran · Iran · 19 Aug 2026Riot in Najafabad, Iran · Iran · 19 Aug 2026M4.5 — 13 km NNW of Yasuj, Iran · Iran · 1 Sept 2026

Totals for Iran, last 30 days

Earthquake
3
1 in the list
Disaster
0
0 in the list
Conflict
1,543
0 in the list
Unrest
143
157 in the list
Advisory
0
0 in the list

Signal

How the picture is developing in Iran

Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days

Events by type in Iran

Against the 90-day baseline

Earthquake
90-day baseline: 3.3
3
Disaster
90-day baseline: 0
0
Conflict
90-day baseline: 4,042.7
1,543
Unrest
90-day baseline: 361
143
Advisory
90-day baseline: 0
0

Events per day in Iran

Last 30 days · fire hotspots as line

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Events per bucket and type (data behind the chart)
DateEarthquakeDisasterConflictUnrestAdvisoryFire hotspots
2026-08-0500868031
2026-08-060010911087
2026-08-070094100197
2026-08-08008190162
2026-08-09008712082
2026-08-10108514027
2026-08-11001207071
2026-08-120011540214
2026-08-131011980187
2026-08-14008470108
2026-08-15008511069
2026-08-16008512052
2026-08-170010490212
2026-08-180010680221
2026-08-190010470111
2026-08-200079604
2026-08-210000027
2026-08-2200000132
2026-08-2300000247
2026-08-2400000122
2026-08-250000088
2026-08-260000042
2026-08-2700000433
2026-08-2800000701
2026-08-29000000
2026-08-3000000380
2026-08-3100000383
2026-09-0110000512
2026-09-0200000154
2026-09-03000000

Events

What is happening in Iran

158 events · newest first

  1. Earthquake

    M4.5 — 13 km NNW of Yasuj, Iran

    M4.5 · Yasuj · Source: usgs

  2. Unrest

    Demonstration in Shush, Iran

    Severity 3 · Shush · Source: gdelt

  3. Unrest

    Strike in Najafabad, Iran

    Severity 3 · Najafabad · Source: gdelt

  4. Unrest

    Demonstration in Najafabad, Iran

    Severity 3 · Najafabad · Source: gdelt

  5. Unrest

    Demonstration in Najafabad, Iran

    Severity 3 · Najafabad · Source: gdelt

  6. Unrest

    Demonstration in Isfahan (Esfahan), Iran

    Severity 3 · Isfahan (Esfahan) · Source: gdelt

  7. Unrest

    Demonstration in Shush, Iran

    Severity 3 · Shush · Source: gdelt

  8. Unrest

    Demonstration in Najafabad, Iran

    Severity 3 · Najafabad · Source: gdelt

  9. Unrest

    Strike in Shush, Iran

    Severity 3 · Shush · Source: gdelt

  10. Unrest

    Demonstration in Izeh, Iran

    Severity 3 · Izeh · Source: gdelt

  11. Unrest

    Riot in Najafabad, Iran

    Severity 4 · Najafabad · Source: gdelt

Reference

What these risk types mean

Earthquake
Significant earthquakes (magnitude 4.5+) reported by the USGS.
Disaster
Active floods, cyclones, volcanoes, droughts and wildfires reported by GDACS and NASA EONET.
Conflict
Armed conflict events above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from UCDP and GDELT.
Unrest
Unrest events — protests, strikes, riots — above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from GDELT and ACLED.
Advisory
Official government travel-advisory level changes for a country.

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