Parkinson's disease (PD) is a multi-factorial degenerative disease in the elder. Given the involvement of mammalian sterile 20-like kinase 1 (MST1) in PD, this paper was to illustrate the mechanism of MST1 in 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium ion (MPP+)-induced PD cell model. Cells were treated with different concentrations of MPP+ to establish a PD cell model. RT-qPCR and Western blot revealed that MST1 expression and iron ion concentration increased but cellular activity decreased with MPP+ concentration. Inhibition of MST1 decreased ferroptosis, increased cellular viability, iron ion content, and levels of glutathione peroxidase 4, and decreased reactive oxygen species, lactate dehydrogenase release. Upregulation of ferroptosis levels using ferroptosis agonist Erastin reduced the protective effect of MST1 inhibition on PD cells. Mechanistically, dual-luciferase analysis identified that miR-23b-3p targeted MST1 and inhibited its expression. Overexpression of miR-23b-3p inhibited MST1 levels, thereby reducing cellular ferroptosis and attenuating MPP+-induced cell injury. Collectively, MST1 expression increased with increasing MPP+ concentration and miR-23b-3p targeted MST1 to reduce ferroptosis and MPP+-induced cell injury.