Executions
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An execution is the act by which a state puts a condemned person to death. Hands Off Cain records the cases documented by public sources: press agencies, local newspapers, human rights organisations, official statements. The figure that results is a confirmed minimum, not an estimate of the real total: several states publish no data on executions, and in some countries they are not announced even to the families.
This page collects the news on the executions recorded by the association. The totals by country and by year are in the database.
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DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajjad Marmozi executed in Ahvaz on December 20
- DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Moslem Salimi executed in Hamedan on December 20
- DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Behzad Hosseini-Rad executed in Kermanshah on December 20
- DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kian Papi executed in Aligudarz on December 20
- DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yashar Tehrani-Moqaddam executed in Karaj on December 20
- DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad-Javad Kalani executed in Nahavand on December 20
- DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hesam Nozari executed in Ardabil on December 20
DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yarhossein Hassanvand executed in Khorramabad on December 20
- DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Dezful on December 20
DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Aghil Keshavarz executed in Urmia on 20 December
Convicted of spying for Israel
DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farhang Faramarzi Pour executed in Kahnuj on December 20
DECEMBER 18, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Frank Walls, 58, White, was executed on December 18.
47th execution of the year in the US, 19 in Florida alone
DECEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ariyo Niazi Vahdat executed in Kermanshah on December 18
DECEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Karam Reza Karami executed in Bojnurd on December 18
DECEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - On 17 December, Iran reached and exceeded 2,000 hangings since the beginning of 2025
DECEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abolfazl Shirzadi executed in Malayer on December 18
- DECEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jaber Torkaman giustiziato a Bukan il 18 dicembre
- DECEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Taybad on December 18
- DECEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mahmoud Farahmand and Rasoul Shahi executed in Zanjan on December 18
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Alireza Soltani and Naser Ayoubi executed in Tabriz on December 17
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kazem Taheri executed in Behbahan on December 17
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mojtaba Falhati executed in Sari on December 17
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Identified one of the two men executed in Ghezel Hesar on 17 December: Hassan Farahani
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Faramarz Papi executed in Shahrekord on December 17
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Total Executions in 2025 Reach 2,038
According to Ncr-iran
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammadreza Moqaddam and Farhad Valadbeigi executed in Qazvin on December 17
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shirzad Farhangi executed in Gonabad on December 17
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Arian Jokar executed in Quchan on December 17
DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahin Rashidi executed in Shiraz on December 17
DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman, 4 men executed in Shiraz on December 17
Mahin Rashidi, Abbas Alami, Naser Faraji, Tohid Barzegar and Jamshid Amirfazli