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 13, 2025IsraelDEATH PENALTY
ISRAEL: KNESSET ADVANCES BILL MANDATING DEATH PENALTY FOR TERRORISTS WHO KILLED ISRAELIS
Lawmakers on November 10 evening voted 39-16 in favor of the first reading of a controversial government-backed bill sponsored by Otzma Yehudit MK Limor Son Har-Melech to impose the death penalty on terrorists who have killed Israelis.
- NOVEMBER 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hassan Sadeghi Ghoushchi and Vahid Pakniakan executed in Urmia on November 13
NOVEMBER 13, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Bryan Jennings, 66, White, was executed
NOVEMBER 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Safa Niazi executed in Shahrekord on November 13
NOVEMBER 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ghomri Abbaszadeh, a woman, executed in Sari on November 13
NOVEMBER 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Omid Beqlani executed in Ahvaz on November 12
- NOVEMBER 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shahriar Nami executed in Khaf on November 12
- NOVEMBER 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nezam Saeedi executed in Kerman on November 12
- NOVEMBER 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehdi Moridi executed in Aligudarz on November 12
- NOVEMBER 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Four men executed in Ghezel Hesar on November 12
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- NOVEMBER 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yaqub Dachi executed in Ilam on November 12
- NOVEMBER 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Kazemian and Soroush Haqpanah executed in Ghezel-Hesar on November 12
- NOVEMBER 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Mokhtari and Shahrokh Mostafavi executed in Isfahan on November 12
NOVEMBER 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saber Fallah executed in Qom on November 12
- NOVEMBER 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Siamak Ghanbari and Mojtaba Asadi executed in Shiraz on November 12
NOVEMBER 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Group Hanging of 5 Men in Ghezel-Hesar on November 12
Ali Heidari, Soroush Haghpanah, Ali Kazemian, ... Ahmadi + 1
- NOVEMBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Khodayar Joghatay executed in Sabzevar on November 11
NOVEMBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Yazd on November 11
Shah Hossein Farhadi + 2
NOVEMBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahmoud Ansari executed in public in Yasuj on November 11
- NOVEMBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sasan Mehrani executed in Sanandaj on November 11
NOVEMBER 11, 2025SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: TWO AL-SHABAAB MEMBERS EXECUTED FOR KILLINGS AND AMBUSHES
Somalia’s military court on September 1st, 2025 executed two convicted al-Shabaab members by firing squad after finding them guilty of involvement in killings and ambush attacks.
- NOVEMBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shahin Saleh executed in Birjand on November 11
- NOVEMBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mostafa Al-Khamis executed in Bushehr on November 11
- NOVEMBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Arash Karimi executed in Ardabil on November 11
- NOVEMBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Vahid Fazeli executed in Rasht on November 11
- NOVEMBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kaka Morad Panahi executed in Kashmar on November 11
- NOVEMBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mostafa Khan-Mirza Jamali and Hossein Farhadi executed in Yazd on November 11
- NOVEMBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Geraei executed in Behbahan on November 11
- NOVEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Noushad Mousavi executed in Chabahar on November 10
- NOVEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdolrahman Mehrbani executed in Gorgan on November 10