A ceremony marking the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism was jointly organized by the Foreign Ministry’s Institute for Political and International Studies and the Habilian Association, representing families of Iranian victims of terrorism. The event was attended by a number of families of terrorism victims and victims of the recent war. During the ceremony, Habilian unveiled its book, “Annual Report on Terrorism in Iran 2025.”
According to Habilian, 2025 was a complex and challenging year for Iran, marked by two externally imposed wars involving the United States and the Israeli regime, as well as domestic unrest. Nevertheless, one major development distinguished the year from 2024: a significant decline in terrorist attacks and terrorism-related fatalities inside the country.
The number of terrorist attacks fell from 52 in 2024 to 26 in 2025, a 50 percent decrease. The number of victims also declined from 100 to 57, representing a 43 percent reduction.
The decline, however, did not mean the end of the threat. Rather, it reflected changes in the pattern of terrorism and a growing concentration in southeastern Iran. In 2025, all terrorist attacks targeting Iranian citizens occurred inside the country, with more than 84 percent concentrated in Sistan and Baluchestan Province.
In other words, more than eight out of every ten victims of terrorism in 2025 were killed in that province.
Jaish al-Adl, which continued operating under the new name “People’s Fighters Front” from late 2025, remained the most active terrorist group in Iran, with 14 attacks and 28 victims. Even so, the number of attacks attributed to the group fell by about 48 percent compared with 2024.
By contrast, the Israeli regime, which ranked second in 2024 with nine terrorist attacks, recorded no operations in 2025 following the conventional pattern seen the previous year. The withdrawal of Iranian advisers from Syria and Lebanon, together with a shift in the form of confrontation toward two wars of aggression and the assassination of political and military officials and scientific figures within the context of war, were cited as the main reasons for this change.
PJAK, which had been inactive the previous year, carried out three attacks in western Iran in 2025. The group has also resumed terrorist operations against Iran in 2026, a change in the scale of its activity that the report says may be linked to the Ramadan War.
The composition of the victims also changed. The number of IRGC personnel killed fell from 27 in 2024 to one in 2025. Law-enforcement personnel, however, accounted for the largest share of fatalities, with 19 deaths, or 33 percent of the total. Eleven Basij members were also killed.
Direct armed attacks using firearms were the predominant tactic, accounting for 18 incidents and more than 87 percent of all victims. No suicide or inghimasi attacks, which had been recorded the previous year, occurred in 2025.
The report describes 2025 as a year of transition from terrorism targeting Iranian interests abroad to terrorism concentrated inside Iran. Although the overall figures declined, the concentration of the threat in one region and the renewed activity of some militant groups were identified as warning signs for the future. The report also argues that the Israeli regime’s failure to achieve its principal objectives in the war could lead it to place greater emphasis on disruptive actions carried out through terrorist groups. Despite the statistical decline in Sistan and Baluchestan, continued insecurity associated with militant activity underscores the need for greater policy attention to the province.
Although the number of terrorism victims in Iran declined in 2025, the report stresses that behind every statistic is a human being, a family, and a world of hopes and aspirations.