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MARCH 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iraj Memari executed in Khorramabad on March 2
201 executions in Iran in 2025
MARCH 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - State-affiliated Sociologist Ahmad Bokharaee Admits 7,000 Await Execution
A rare and startling admission
MARCH 1, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: WOMAN EXECUTED FOR ABDUCTING, TRAFFICKING 17 CHILDREN
Yu Huaying, the woman convicted of abducting and trafficking 17 children, was executed on February 28, 2025, according to a court statement.
MARCH 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Seven men executed in Zahedan on March 1
Basir Roudini, Farhad Dahmardeh, Mousa Paheng, Ghasem Ghanbarzaki, Morad Sabrou, Saadollah Zarei e Asim Charikar
MARCH 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men and 1 woman executed in Mashhad on March 1
Asieh Ghavi Cheshm, Mehrdad Kolbeali, Hassan Shahraki, Jalal Afaq, Masoud Yaghi Zayi (Brahui), and Aref Sediqpour
MARCH 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Arsalan Pasha and Jalal Shahsavar executed in Amol on March 1
MARCH 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Tavakoli executed in Jiroft on March 1
MARCH 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Esmail Mozaffari and Yaghoub Mirzajani executed in Gorgan on March 1
MARCH 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim and Gholamhossein Khalili executed in Mashhad on March 1
8 executions on March 1 in Mashhad
MARCH 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 7 executions in various prisons on March 1
Javad and Alireza Afagh, Mohammad Araqi, Ramin Alaei, Mehrdad Asgarabadi + 2 unidentified
MARCH 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - From March 1st, executions should almost come to a halt.
For the holy month of ramadan
MARCH 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Fathi executed in Tabriz on March 1
- MARCH 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abbas Bamari and Mohammad Raei executed in Birjand on March 1
MARCH 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nasrin Barani, a woman, executed in Isfahan on March 1
MARCH 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Ahmadpour executed in Qazvin on March 1
FEBRUARY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shoeib Rezapour Hanged on Bridge in Esfarayen on February 28
First 2025 Public Hanging
FEBRUARY 28, 2025AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Gov. Ivey commutes death sentence of Robin Myers
63, Black
FEBRUARY 27, 2025TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: BUSINESSMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING, BURNING HIS WIFE
The High Court in Dar es Salaam Zone has sentenced businessman Khamis Luwonga (38) to death by hanging after finding him guilty of murdering his wife, Naomi Marijani.
FEBRUARY 27, 2025TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: EIGHT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2013 MURDER OF OPPOSITION LEADER
A Tunisian court sentenced eight defendants to death on February 25, 2025 over the 2013 assassination of leftist opposition figure Mohamed Brahmi, according to local reports.
FEBRUARY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Morteza Jafari and Javad Mohammad Khani executed in Isfahan on February 27
170 executions since the beginning of the year
FEBRUARY 27, 2025CanadaDEATH PENALTYCANADA - 54% of Canadians still favor capital punishment
The figure drops to 35% if the alternative is life without parole
FEBRUARY 27, 2025ArkansasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arkansas. HB 1489 allowing nitrogen gas for executions forwarded by House Judiciary
- FEBRUARY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamed Shiri and Enayat Rahmani executed in Rasht on February 27
FEBRUARY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Khalili executed in Sari on February 27
FEBRUARY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Jafarpanah executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on February 27
FEBRUARY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Vatankhah (Vatan-Khah) Executed in Ardabil on February 27
- FEBRUARY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hassan Mohammadi-Pour executed in Isfahan on February 27
- FEBRUARY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mir Mohammad Paridar, executed in Ahvaz on February 26
FEBRUARY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behrooz Safari executed in Kermanshah on February 26
FEBRUARY 26, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: CONTRACTOR SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER BKASH AGENT'S MURDER IN CHATTOGRAM
A Chattogram court on February 24, 2025 handed down the death penalty to a contractor over the murder of a bKash agent in 2020.