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OCTOBER 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rahim Tavakoli executed in Isfahan on October 6
OCTOBER 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Meysam Khodadadi executed in Gorgan on October 5
- OCTOBER 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on October 5
Jahanbakhsh Rakhshani, Mohammad Soltanpour, Farzad Rasoulzadeh
- OCTOBER 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
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
- OCTOBER 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
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.
- OCTOBER 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
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
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IRAN - Khosro Moradlou executed in Zanjan on October 1
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IRAN - Khodayar Faraji executed in Birjand on October 1