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APRIL 17, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Who are the death row executioners?
Disgraced doctors, suspended nurses and drunk drivers
APRIL 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Yavari Hanged in Gorgan on April 17
APRIL 16, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: THREE GET CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MURDERING FIVE IN SINDHANUR
The murder of five individuals of a family in Sindhanur town (Karnataka state) in July 2020 has ended with capital punishment for three accused in the case.
APRIL 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amirhossein Maghsoudlou (Tataloo) Sentenced to Death
APRIL 16, 2025TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Larry Estrada has death sentence commuted to life
- APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Cheraghali Ghasemi Hanged in Qom on April 15
APRIL 15, 2025AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN FLOG 13 PEOPLE, INCLUDING FIVE WOMEN, IN KHOST AND JAWZJAN
The Taliban have publicly flogged 13 people, including five women, in the provinces of Khost and Jawzjan on charges ranging from “illicit relations” and “fleeing their home” to blasphemy, bribery, and false reporting, the group’s Supreme Court said in a s
APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Bandar Abbas on April 15
Peyman Naderi, Karim Esmaili and Ayoub Barniani
APRIL 15, 2025Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: AFGHAN MAN EXECUTED IN MECCA FOR SMUGGLING HEROIN
Saudi Arabia's interior ministry announced on April 13, 2025 the execution of Afghan national Badshah Qul Suleimani in the Mecca region, after he was convicted of attempting to smuggle heroin into the kingdom.
APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death Sentence of Naser Bakarzadeh Overturned
Accused of Espionage for Israel
APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abubakr Shahbakhsh executed in Kerman on April 15
APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rahim Rahimnejad executed in Kerman on April 15
APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Karaj (central) on April 15
Ali Shahi, Sajad Yarmohammadi, and Majid Rouhi
APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Motavalli and Gholamali Mashallahi executed in Arak on April 15
APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Abbasi executed in Kermanshah on April 15
APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Feizollah Karami and Sohrab Heydari Hanged in Qom on April 15
APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Faza Doustiani executed in Karaj (Central) on April 15
APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Marzieh Esmaeili executed in Qazvin on April 15
275 women executed since 2007
- APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sohrab Heydari executed in Qom on April 15
APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 64th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
in 40 Prisons Across Iran
APRIL 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Amirizadeh Hanged in Sabzevar on April 15
APRIL 14, 2025AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: FOUR MEN PUBLICLY EXECUTED IN ONE DAY
Four men were publicly executed in Afghanistan on April 11, 2025, the Supreme Court said, the highest number of executions to be carried out in one day since the Taliban's return to power.
APRIL 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Dehani hanged in Zahedan on April 14
304 executions in Iran so far in 2025
APRIL 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Balochzehi executed in Zahedan on April 14
APRIL 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Regime Cleric Struggles to Justify 1988 Mass Executions
Mohammad Niazi’s report
APRIL 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Boghlani Hanged in Borazjan on April 14
APRIL 14, 2025VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM TO REPLACE DEATH PENALTY WITH LIFE IMPRISONMENT WITHOUT PAROLE
Vietnam is considering a significant proposal in the draft amendment to the 2025 Penal Code by replacing the death penalty with life imprisonment without parole, and the proposal was discussed at a thematic session on law-making of the government in Hanoi
APRIL 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Zahedan on April 13
Abdolsalam Baluch Meshkenti (Ahurani), Fereydoun Mohammadi, and Allahnazar Gorgij
APRIL 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Zahedan on April 12
Majid Lajei, Ramin (Rahmatollah) Alizahi, Davood Bajizahi (Shahouzehi), and Bashir Ahmad Rigi
- APRIL 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rabi Shah-Morad and Wasim Ahmad executed in Qazvin on April 12