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 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Moslem Soleimani Dehkordi executed in Yasuj on October 20
OCTOBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Taybad on October 20
“Khaled” + 2
- OCTOBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehdi Hamzeipour executed in Qom on October 19
- OCTOBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ayoub Vali executed in Borazjan on October 19
- OCTOBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Samad Azizi and Moslem Soleimani Dehkordi executed in Shahr-e Kord on October 19
- OCTOBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Milad Forouzandeh executed in Nishapur on October 19
OCTOBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahmoud Shafiei executed in Gorgan on October 19
OCTOBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saadi Minaei and Mohammad Ebrahimi executed in Qazvin on October 19
OCTOBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kambiz Mirzaei executed in Rasht on October 19
OCTOBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Gholam Naeimi executed in Bam on October 19
- OCTOBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Alireza Khodkari and Kambiz Mirzayi executed in Rasht on October 19
OCTOBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farhang Alidadi executed in Jiroft on October 19
- OCTOBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iran executes unidentified prisoner accused of espionage for Israel
- OCTOBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kamran Amini executed in Khorramabad on October 18
OCTOBER 18, 2025AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN PUBLICLY EXECUTE MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER IN BADGHIS
The Taliban on October 16, 2025 publicly executed a man convicted of murder in northwestern Afghanistan, marking the 11th such execution since the group’s return to power in 2021, according to the Taliban’s Supreme Court.
- OCTOBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Farshad Sanaei executed in Khorramabad on October 18
OCTOBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Javad Naeimi executed in Qom on October 18
A nuclear engineer charged with espionage
- OCTOBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sadegh Nik-Ravesh (Sadegh Nikroush) executed in Qom on October 18
- OCTOBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Alireza Khodkar executed in Rasht on October 18
OCTOBER 17, 2025ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. Richard Djerf, 55, white, was executed on 17 October.
This was the 39th execution in the US in 2025, a record for the last 11 years.
- OCTOBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jaber Nadi (Naderi) + 1 executed in Kerman on October 16
- OCTOBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Yousefi executed in Qom on October 16
- OCTOBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammadreza Cheraghi executed in Shahroud on October 16
OCTOBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hunger strike in Ghezel-Hesar Prison
Against the escalating wave of executions
OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - One woman and four men executed in Shiraz on 15 October
Kafieh Qobadzadeh, Sajad Shahriyari Golmakani, Touraj Rostami, Nasir Babamohammadi, Milad Jahani
OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Two unidentified men executed in Ghezel Hesar on October 15
- OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Isfahan on October 15
Maziar Bahrami, Adel Shirkhani, Hazrat Eshaghzi
OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Naeimi and Kazem Omidi executed in Ahvaz on October 15
OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Zahra Khan-Babaei and Younes Jahandideh executed in Bandar Abbas on October 15
OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehran Hagh-Panah executed in Mahabad on October 15