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OCTOBER 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abolfazl Hosseini executed in Saveh on October 6
OCTOBER 6, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SC ACQUITS TWO BROTHERS ON DEATH ROW IN PIDC BOMB BLAST CASE
The Supreme Court has set aside the death sentence handed down to two brothers and acquitted them in the 2005 PIDC (Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation) House bomb blast case, Dawn reported on October 1, 2025.
OCTOBER 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rahim Tavakoli executed in Isfahan on October 6
OCTOBER 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Meysam Khodadadi executed in Gorgan on October 5
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IRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on October 5
Jahanbakhsh Rakhshani, Mohammad Soltanpour, Farzad Rasoulzadeh
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IRAN - Mozaffar Doroudi executed in Semnan on October 5
- OCTOBER 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohsen Barzegar executed in Qazvin on October 5
- OCTOBER 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nour Mohammad Naseri executed in Shiraz on October 5
OCTOBER 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Erfan Afzali executed in Sari on October 5
OCTOBER 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Saleh Ghahremani and Fardin Firouzi executed in Qazvin on October 5
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IRAN - Sobhan Najafi executed in Malayer on October 5
- OCTOBER 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN Saman Mohammadi Khiyareh executed in Ghezel-Hesar on October 4
Kurdish political prisoner
OCTOBER 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 political prisoners executed in Ahvaz on October 4
Ali Mojaddam, Mohammadreza Moghaddam, Moein Khanfari, Habib Dris, Adnan Ghabishavi, and Salem Mousavi
OCTOBER 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahmoud Ghadimi executed in Isfahan on October 4
OCTOBER 3, 2025North CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - North Carolina. Gov. Josh Stein signed death penalty bill
OCTOBER 2, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: LHC ACQUITS DEATH ROW PRISONER IN WOMAN’S MURDER CASE
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on October 1, 2025 acquitted Sarfraz Ahmed, a death row prisoner, in a woman’s murder case registered at Ghalib Market police station, citing non-matching DNA evidence and flaws in the investigation.
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IRAN - Saeed Barahouei executed in Zahedan on October 2
OCTOBER 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran Approves Tougher Espionage Law
OCTOBER 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammadreza Shehiki executed in Iranshahr on October 2
OCTOBER 2, 2025KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTYKYRGYZSTAN: PRESIDENT ORDERS DRAFTING OF DEATH PENALTY BILL FOR HEINOUS CRIMES
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov on October 1, 2025 ordered the drafting of a bill which would reintroduce the death penalty in the country for heinous crimes against women and children.
OCTOBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Five Christian Converts Sentenced to 41 Years in Prison
Hesamoddin (Yahya) Mohammad Joneydi, Morteza (Kalvin) Faghanpour Sasi, Abolfazl (Benjamin) Ahmadzadeh Khajani + 2
OCTOBER 1, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FORMER SENIOR POLITICAL ADVISER IN GUIZHOU SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BRIBERY
A former senior political adviser in Guizhou province, Chen Yan, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on September 29, 2025 for taking bribes, Xinhua News Agency reported.
OCTOBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Ghezel Hesar on October 1
Ali Geravand, Javad Sargazi, Sajad Mahmoudi, Hamid-Reza Maleki
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IRAN - Saeed Amiri and Mehrdad Shahidi executed in Kermanshah on October 1
OCTOBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 187 executions in September (197 as for Hands off Cain)
Highest monthly toll in 20 years
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IRAN - Seydi Tabaei executed in Karaj on October 1
OCTOBER 1, 2025North CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - North Carolina. Legislature Passes Sweeping Criminal Law Legislation in Effort to Restart Executions
- OCTOBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sadegh Bazvand executed in Dezful on October 1
OCTOBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Kermanshah on October 1
OCTOBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mostafa Mahmoud Salehi and Nader Mianji executed in Isfahan on October 1