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 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shawkat Veysi, a woman, executed in Damghan on November 16
NOVEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Seyed Ali Hashemi executed in Salmas on November 16
- NOVEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Habib Ezzati executed in Sanandaj on November 16
- NOVEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Amin Safari executed in Bukan on November 16
- NOVEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amin Shokarkhodaei executed in Arak on November 16
- NOVEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yasin Esfandiari executed in Semnan on November 16
- NOVEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Nahavand on November 16
NOVEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mosib Khalavand executed in Bandar Abbas on November 16
NOVEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jaber Saki and Jahan Rasouli executed in Dezful on November 15
- NOVEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Moslem Naderi executed in Isfahan on November 15
- NOVEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN Over 1,600 executions since the beginning of 2025.
At least 52 were women
- NOVEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kamyar Fathi and Sajjad Hatami executed in Kermanshah on November 15
- NOVEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yarmorad Hasanvand executed in Khorramabad on November 15
- NOVEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nour-Mohammad Rahmati executed in Aligudarz on November 15
NOVEMBER 14, 2025South CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - South Carolina. Stephen Bryant, 44, White, was executed. By firing squad
It is the state’s third such killing in year
NOVEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Bahador Rafiei executed in Aligudarz on November 14
- NOVEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abbas Beigi executed in Yasuj on November 14
- NOVEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mozaffar Rahmanpanah executed in Nishapur on November 14
NOVEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Urmia on November 14
Zabet al-Din (Adel) Jangjou Espidereh, Haji Nabizadeh and Abdolrahman Habibi
- NOVEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Salar Shamsollahi executed in Zanjan on November 14
1600 executions so far in 2025
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 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Navabi executed in Shiraz on November 13
- NOVEMBER 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iraj Aghayi executed in Sari on November 13
NOVEMBER 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Sadeghi Ghoushchi and Vahid Pakniakan executed in Urmia on November 13
NOVEMBER 13, 2025IsraelDEATH PENALTYISRAEL: 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 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 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 PENALTY
IRAN - Group Hanging of 5 Men in Ghezel-Hesar on November 12
Ali Heidari, Soroush Haghpanah, Ali Kazemian, ... Ahmadi + 1