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 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Abbasian and Khalil Fadaei executed in Semnan on December 10
DECEMBER 10, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Mark Geralds, 58, White, was executed on December 10, 2025
DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ne'mat Behirayi executed in Bushehr on December 10
DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Elnaz Azizi, a woman, executed in Mashhad on December 10
DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan-Morad Haqi executed in Damghan on December 10
- DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Karim Siyadi executed in Shahr-e Kord on December 10
DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehrdad Mirzaei executed in Rasht on December 10
- DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Sabzi executed in Malayer on December 10
- DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nour Mohammad Shabani executed in Sabzevar on December 10
- DECEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Khodabakhsh Elyasi executed in Shiraz on December 10
DECEMBER 9, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FORMER EXECUTIVE OF FINANCIAL FIRM EXECUTED FOR BRIBERY
China on December 9, 2025 executed Bai Tianhui, former general manager of China Huarong International Holdings Limited, after he was convicted of bribery.
DECEMBER 9, 2025AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN SAY DEATH SENTENCES ISSUED FOR TWO SONS OF MAN EXECUTED IN PUBLIC IN KHOST
Taliban police in the eastern province of Khost said on December 3, 2025 that two sons of a man executed in a public “qisas” killing on December 2 have also been sentenced to death
DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Houshang Jadidi executed in Ahvaz on December 9
- DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shahmorad Abdi executed in Ilam on December 9
- DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdollah Ghasemi executed in Borazjan on December 9
- DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Emad Rashidi executed in Jiroft on December 9
- DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ghanbar Eslami executed in Khaf on December 9
- DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jalil Shahsavari executed in Yazd on December 9
- DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kermali Farhadi executed in Bam on December 9
DECEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Majid Nazaran executed in Quchan on December 9
DECEMBER 9, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Roundup of 2025 Legislation to Modify Execution Protocols
- DECEMBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad-Baqer Souri + 1 executed in Isfahan on December 8
HoC already reported the execution of Souri
DECEMBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Execution of Women in Iran Soars: 70% Increase in 2 Year
By the end of November 2025, over 1,800 people had been executed, including at least 57 women
- DECEMBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sultan Morad Bahmani executed in Kerman on December 8
- DECEMBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in Isfahan on December 8
Mohammad Soori, Shahram Mirzadeh, Fardin Rezaei and Habib Faridi
- DECEMBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sattar Zahedifar executed in Gonabad on December 8
- DECEMBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Esfandiar Razzaqi executed in Esfarayen on December 8
DECEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kermshah Zaki-Pour executed in Zanjan on December 7
DECEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yavar Farhadi executed in Khorramabad on December 7
DECEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Rasht on December 7
Farshid Jafarzadeh, Sirouz Zabihi and Ali Saoudi