Middle East thumb|upright=0.75|A starving woman and child during the Assyrian genocide. Ottoman Empire, 1915 the Persian famine of 1870–1872 is believed to have caused the death of 1.5 million persons (20–25% of the population) in Persia (present-day Iran).
Middle East thumb|upright=0.75|A starving woman and child during the Assyrian .genocide Ottoman Empire, 1915 the Persian famine of 1870–1872 is believed to have caused the death of 1.5 million persons (20–25% of the population) in Persia (present-day Iran).