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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OCTOBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman, 2 men executed in Mashhad on October 29
Katayoun Shamsi (W), Saman Daliri + 1
OCTOBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad-Reza Sharifi + 1 executed in Kerman on October 29
- OCTOBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Toghdari executed in Gonbad on October 29
OCTOBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 unidentified men executed in Ahvaz on October 28
- OCTOBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Hadadian executed in Gorgan on October 28
- OCTOBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Sari on October 28
OCTOBER 28, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Norman Grim, 65, White, was executed on October 28
41 executions this year in the US
OCTOBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Safari executed in Bojnourd on October 28
OCTOBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamid Babaei executed in Sanandaj on October 28
OCTOBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Moslem Hossein Zeynal executed in Bojnurd on October 28
OCTOBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahmoud Saei executed in Yasuj on October 28
OCTOBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign Enters 92nd Week Across 54 Prisons in Iran
OCTOBER 27, 2025AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Serious anomalies in the execution of Anthony Boyd
- OCTOBER 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamid Rafiei executed in Zanjan on October 27
- OCTOBER 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hesam Bastami executed in Borujerd on October 27
- OCTOBER 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Arabian executed in Yazd on October 27
- OCTOBER 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Fereydoun Lotfi executed in Yasuj on October 27
- OCTOBER 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Malek Ali Amini executed in Nahavand on October 27
- OCTOBER 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Habib Khani executed in Qazvin on October 27
- OCTOBER 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hosseinali Montazeri executed in Semnan on October 27
- OCTOBER 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mostafa Afshar executed in Malayer on October 27
OCTOBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Saedpanah executed in Esfarayen on October 26
- OCTOBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehrdad Moradi executed in Arak on October 26
OCTOBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Omar Zardkouhi executed in Zahedan on October 26
1390 executions since the beginning of 2025
- OCTOBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Manouchehr Mehki executed in Aligudarz on October 26
- OCTOBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on October 26
… Dehghani + 2
OCTOBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mousa Mohammadi and Mohammadreza Nazari executed in Shiraz on October 26
OCTOBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Moradi and Alireza Alimoradi executed in Hamedan on October 26
- OCTOBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Valiollah Samiei + 1 executed in Aligudarz on October 26
- OCTOBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Samad Agha Hosseini executed in Kashan on October 26