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 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ardavan … executed in unspecified location on October 22
OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nader Abdi and Alireza Keshavarz executed in Shiraz on October 22
- OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unk executed in Ghezel-Hesar on October 22
- OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Vahid Salahshour executed in Gorgan on October 22
- OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abolfazl Taremi executed in Zanjan on October 22
1355 executions in Iran since the beginning of 2025
OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Noor-Mohammad Shamlou executed in Esfarayen on October 22
- OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saman Talebi executed in Isfahan on October 22
OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khosrow Vafadar executed in Qom on October 22
- OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ebrahim Azizi executed in Birjand on October 22
- OCTOBER 21, 2025Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI’S 48 HOUR EXECUTION SPREE KILLS CHILD AND DRUG DEFENDANTS
Saudi Arabia executed on October 20 and 21, 2025 a prisoner who participated in protests as a minor and two men convicted of drug-related crimes.
- OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hossein Mansouri Ali Abadi and Azim Dastavar executed in Yazd on October 21
- OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN Eslam Mir-Seyyedeh executed in Yazd on October 21
OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Hamzeh Shahouzehi executed in Shiraz on October 21
- OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mahyar Afrashteh executed in Ilam on October 21
OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Joint Statement by Oslo Conference Participants
“Human Rights in Post-Islamic Republic Iran,” 18-19 October 2025
OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Azim Dastavar + 1 executed in Yazd on October 21
- OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Azim Dastavar executed in Yazd on October 21
OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on October 21
Amir Hamzeh Shahouzehi, Serajaddin Abi-Talebi, Mohammad Shams
- OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Kermanshah on October 21
Shahram Mirzaei, Eghbal Khazaei, and Ahmad …
- OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 unidentified men executed in Qazvin on October 21
- OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Goodarz Mousavi executed in Gachsaran on October 21
- OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jalil Ashouri executed in Mashhad on October 21
- OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Karim Selouki executed in Bojnurd on October 21
OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sasan Lorestani executed in Kermanshah on October 21
OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Fardin Vafayipour and Mohammad Karim Solouki executed in Boroujerd on October 21
- OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rasoul Shahbazi executed in Qazvin on October 21
OCTOBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Aghajeri Peyvand and Sajad Shokri executed in Ahvaz on October 20
Aghajeri was 17 years old at the time of crime
- OCTOBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Noor-Mohammad Asgari executed in Nahavand on October 20
- OCTOBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Alireza Razaghi and Bahman Soltani executed in Hamedan on October 20
OCTOBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Taybad on October 20
Ershad Yarkhoda, Faiz Mohammad Shokhnai, Khaled … and Khaleq …