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 15, 2025MississippiDEATH PENALTYUSA - Mississippi. Charles Ray Crawford, 59, White, was executed on October 15
OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Milad Jahani executed in Shiraz on October 15
OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Ghezel-Hesar on October 15
Amir Reza Ghabadi, Majid Hatami, and Sajjad Hatami
- OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hazrat Esahqzai executed in Isfahan on October 15
OCTOBER 14, 2025SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: GALMUDUG EXECUTES MAN FOR 2025 MURDER IN GURIEL DISTRICT
Authorities in the Galmudug region on October 9, 2025 executed a man convicted of a premeditated killing, marking the latest enforcement of capital punishment under Somali law.
OCTOBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ghanbar Morgan executed in Esfarayen on October 14
OCTOBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yahya Najafi executed in Gachsaran on October 14
OCTOBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Kermanshah on October 14
Shahram Chenani + 4
OCTOBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ehsan Pourmasoumi executed in Sirjan on October 14
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IRAN - Yarhossein Nazarian executed in Khorramabad on October 14
OCTOBER 14, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Samuel Lee Smithers, 72, White, was executed on October 14
- OCTOBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Yasuj on October 14
Ebrahim Delaram, Allahkaram Ghasemi, and Fateh Haqdarian
OCTOBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Qasem Rahmatzehi and Meysam Gholami executed in Birjand on October 14
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IRAN - Bijan Qahari and Arash Mehri executed in Kermanshah on October 14
OCTOBER 14, 2025MissouriDEATH PENALTYUSA - Missouri. Lance Shockley, 48, White, was executed on October 14
OCTOBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Dima Faramarzi executed in Mahabad on October 14
OCTOBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shafi Farati executed in Semnan on October 14
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IRAN - Behzad Alizadeh executed in Semnan on October 14
OCTOBER 13, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: TINUBU GRANTS PRESIDENTIAL PARDON TO HERBERT MACAULAY, 174 OTHERS
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has granted presidential pardon and clemency to 175 persons.
OCTOBER 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Zeynab Khodabandeh, and Sobhan Safinezhad executed in Isfahan on October 13
40th woman executed in Iran in 2025
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IRAN - Morteza Darvishi executed in Minab on October 13
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IRAN - Arian Moradi executed in Jiroft on October 13
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IRAN - 1 woman 3 men executed in Isfahan on October 13
Zeinab Khodabandeh, Peyman Alizadeh, Massoud Mansouri, Sobhan Safinejad
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IRAN - Karim Aslani + 2 executed in Yazd on October 13
- OCTOBER 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mousa Yeganeh executed in Qazvin on October 13
OCTOBER 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Raisi executed in Minab on October 13
- OCTOBER 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hassan Sohrabi and Behzad Moridan executed in Arak on October 12
- OCTOBER 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Esmail Roshani executed in Kashan on October 12
- OCTOBER 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Fardin Parvizi executed in Semnan on October 12
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IRAN - Saadi Khalifeh executed in Dezful on October 12