Risk events in Iran, May 2026

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5003 events were recorded: 8 earthquakes, 4101 conflict events, and 501 unrest events.

5003 eventsSources: gdelt · ucdp

5003 events· Iran

ConflictUnrest

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Earthquake
8
0 in the list
Disaster
0
0 in the list
Conflict
4,101
20 in the list
Unrest
501
30 in the list
Advisory
0
0 in the list

Events

What is happening now

5003 events · newest first

  1. Conflict

    Military force used in Shush, Iran

    Severity 3 · Shush · Source: gdelt

  2. Conflict

    Military force used in Najafabad, Iran

    Severity 3 · Najafabad · Source: gdelt

  3. Conflict

    Military force used in Shush, Iran

    Severity 3 · Shush · Source: gdelt

  4. Conflict

    Military force used in Najafabad, Iran

    Severity 3 · Najafabad · Source: gdelt

  5. Conflict

    Military force used in Shush, Iran

    Severity 3 · Shush · Source: gdelt

  6. Conflict

    Military force used in Najafabad, Iran

    Severity 3 · Najafabad · Source: gdelt

  7. Conflict

    Military force used in Shush, Iran

    Severity 3 · Shush · Source: gdelt

  8. Conflict

    Military force used in Shush, Iran

    Severity 3 · Shush · Source: gdelt

  9. Conflict

    Military force used in Shush, Iran

    Severity 3 · Shush · Source: gdelt

  10. Conflict

    Military force used in Najafabad, Iran

    Severity 3 · Najafabad · Source: gdelt

  11. Conflict

    Military force used in Najafabad, Iran

    Severity 3 · Najafabad · Source: gdelt

  12. Conflict

    State-based conflict in Najafabad, Iran

    5 fatalities · Najafabad · Source: ucdp

  13. Unrest

    Strike in Rasht, Iran

    Severity 3 · Rasht · Source: gdelt

  14. Unrest

    Demonstration in Shush, Iran

    Severity 3 · Shush · Source: gdelt

  15. Unrest

    Demonstration in Shush, Iran

    Severity 3 · Shush · Source: gdelt

  16. Unrest

    Demonstration in Bam, Iran

    Severity 3 · Bam · Source: gdelt

  17. Unrest

    Demonstration in Shush, Iran

    Severity 3 · Shush · Source: gdelt

  18. Unrest

    Demonstration in Najafabad, Iran

    Severity 3 · Najafabad · Source: gdelt

  19. Unrest

    Demonstration in Shush, Iran

    Severity 3 · Shush · Source: gdelt

  20. Unrest

    Demonstration in Nazarabad, Iran

    Severity 3 · Nazarabad · Source: gdelt

  21. Unrest

    Demonstration in Shush, Iran

    Severity 3 · Shush · Source: gdelt

  22. Unrest

    Demonstration in Najafabad, Iran

    Severity 3 · Najafabad · Source: gdelt

  23. Unrest

    Demonstration in Najafabad, Iran

    Severity 3 · Najafabad · Source: gdelt

  24. Unrest

    Demonstration in Shush, Iran

    Severity 3 · Shush · Source: gdelt

  25. Unrest

    Demonstration in Isfahan (Esfahan), Iran

    Severity 3 · Isfahan (Esfahan) · Source: gdelt

  26. Unrest

    Demonstration in Mashhad, Iran

    Severity 3 · Mashhad · Source: gdelt

  27. Unrest

    Demonstration in Mashhad, Iran

    Severity 3 · Mashhad · Source: gdelt

  28. Unrest

    Demonstration in Sīrjān, Iran

    Severity 3 · Sīrjān · Source: gdelt

  29. Unrest

    Demonstration in Urmia, Iran

    Severity 3 · Urmia · Source: gdelt

  30. Unrest

    Demonstration in Mashhad, Iran

    Severity 3 · Mashhad · Source: gdelt

  31. Unrest

    Demonstration in Shush, Iran

    Severity 3 · Shush · Source: gdelt

  32. Unrest

    Demonstration in Shush, Iran

    Severity 3 · Shush · Source: gdelt

  33. Unrest

    Demonstration in Najafabad, Iran

    Severity 3 · Najafabad · Source: gdelt

  34. Unrest

    Demonstration in Najafabad, Iran

    Severity 3 · Najafabad · Source: gdelt

  35. Unrest

    Demonstration in Najafabad, Iran

    Severity 3 · Najafabad · Source: gdelt

  36. Unrest

    Demonstration in Najafabad, Iran

    Severity 3 · Najafabad · Source: gdelt

  37. Unrest

    Demonstration in Najafabad, Iran

    Severity 3 · Najafabad · Source: gdelt

  38. Unrest

    Demonstration in Shush, Iran

    Severity 3 · Shush · Source: gdelt

  39. Unrest

    Demonstration in Shush, Iran

    Severity 3 · Shush · Source: gdelt

  40. Unrest

    Demonstration in Shush, Iran

    Severity 3 · Shush · Source: gdelt

  41. Unrest

    Demonstration in Shush, Iran

    Severity 3 · Shush · Source: gdelt

  42. Unrest

    Civil unrest in Shush, Iran

    Severity 4 · Shush · Source: gdelt

  43. Conflict

    Military force used in Najafabad, Iran

    Severity 3 · Najafabad · Source: gdelt

  44. Conflict

    Military posture change in Najafabad, Iran

    Severity 2 · Najafabad · Source: gdelt

  45. Conflict

    Assault in Behbahan, Iran

    Severity 2 · Behbahan · Source: gdelt

  46. Conflict

    Military force used in Ahvaz, Iran

    Severity 3 · Ahvaz · Source: gdelt

  47. Conflict

    Assault in Shush, Iran

    Severity 2 · Shush · Source: gdelt

  48. Conflict

    Nuclear alert in Najafabad, Iran

    Severity 4 · Najafabad · Source: gdelt

  49. Conflict

    Assault in Shush, Iran

    Severity 2 · Shush · Source: gdelt

  50. Conflict

    Military force used in Shush, Iran

    Severity 3 · Shush · 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.