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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- NOVEMBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammadkarim Bastami executed in Quchan on November 19
- NOVEMBER 19, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: HUSBAND SENTENCED TO DEATH, IN-LAWS GET LIFE IN SANIA ZAHRA MURDER CASE
A Multan sessions court on November 18, 2025 sentenced a man to death for murdering his 20-year-old pregnant wife Sania Zehra.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Nosrati and Mansour Dirin executed in Shiraz on November 19
NOVEMBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammadreza Hosseini executed in Ilam on November 19
- NOVEMBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Akbar Zamani executed in Shahr-e Kord on November 19
- NOVEMBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohsen Fakhraie and Ne’mat Shamloo executed in Mashhad on November 19
- NOVEMBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Fardin Khani executed in Behbahan on November 19
NOVEMBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Peyman Azizi executed in Kermanshah on November 19
- NOVEMBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Ghezel-Hesar on November 19
Hooshang Norouzi, Javad Sadeghi + 1
NOVEMBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Naser Haseli executed in Ahvaz on November 19
- NOVEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - The 95th Week of the “Tuesdays Against Executions” Campaign
- NOVEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammadjavad Rashidi executed in Bojnurd on November 18
- NOVEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Esfarayen on November 18
Armin Shokri + 2
- NOVEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Jokar and Mohammad Javad Rashidi executed in Birjand on November 18
- NOVEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hossein Farmani and Aria Saeedi executed in Maragheh on November 18
- NOVEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Tabriz on November 18
Yadollah Kazemi, Mehrdad Alivand, and Jalil Maghanlou
- NOVEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Akbar Faraji + 1 executed in Isfahan on November 18
- NOVEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Farshid Jamiari executed in Qazvin on November 18
- NOVEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Samad Haqverdi executed in Borazjan on November 18
- NOVEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Heydar Tahmasbi executed in Mahshahr on November 18
NOVEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Isfahan on November 18
Karvan Abdolaziz, Yahya Karami, Saman Abbasi, Akbar Faraji, Moslem Naderi
- NOVEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yahya Karami and Akbar Faraji executed in Isfahan on November 18
- NOVEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in Mashhad on November 17
Alimardan Barani + 3
- NOVEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amir Farkhnezhad executed in Zanjan on November 17
- NOVEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Khodakaram Mardani executed in Malayer on November 17
- NOVEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nima Goodarzi executed in Dorud on November 17
- NOVEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Behzad Hassani executed in Gorgan on November 17
- NOVEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hesam Rahimkhani and Javad Moridan executed in Ahvaz on November 17
- NOVEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mahmoud Azizi executed in Neyshabur on November 17
- NOVEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Ferdows on November 17