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 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ebrahim Raisi executed in Minab on October 13
- OCTOBER 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
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, 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 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 - Saadi Khalifeh executed in Dezful on October 12
- OCTOBER 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Fardin Parvizi executed in Semnan on October 12
OCTOBER 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamid Abdali executed in Dezful on October 12
OCTOBER 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mostafa Mirzaei and Ayub Latifian executed in Khorramabad on October 12
OCTOBER 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mojtaba Hasanpour executed in Rasht on October 12
- OCTOBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Homayoun Safari executed in Ilam on October 11
- OCTOBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Akbar Hasani and Rahman Kahzadi executed in Zanjan on October 11
- OCTOBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hafez Rahmati executed in Khorramabad on October 11
- OCTOBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammadreza Akhbari executed in Yasuj on October 11
OCTOBER 10, 2025IndianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Indiana. Roy Lee Ward, 53, White, was executed on October 10
By lethal injection
OCTOBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana report: at least 1537 executions from October 2024 to October 2025
On the World Day against the Death Penalty (October 10)
OCTOBER 9, 2025TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Court of Appeals granted Roberson’s request for a stay of execution
- OCTOBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Masoud Maleki executed in Isfahan on October 8
- OCTOBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in Karaj Central on October 8
Mobin Sarvari, Mahmoud Valiollahi, Sina Mohammadi, Pedram …
OCTOBER 8, 2025SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MALAYSIAN DRUG TRAFFICKER HANGED IN 12TH EXECUTION THIS YEAR
Singapore’s prison hanged a Malaysian drug trafficker on October 8, 2025, marking the second execution in two weeks and raising the number of executions in the city-state to 12 this year despite pressure to abolish the death penalty.
OCTOBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 9 men Executed in Ghezel-Hesar on October 8
Ahmadi Mohammadi, Mahmoud Valiollah (Valiallah), Milad Yari, Pedram … + 5
OCTOBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahab Jabari and Rahman … executed in Mashhad on October 8
OCTOBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Heshmat Foroughi and Sajad Amiri executed in Shiraz on October 8
OCTOBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behnam Niknam executed in Amol on October 8
OCTOBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Massoud Maleki executed in Isfahan on October 8
- OCTOBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Seyfollah Shojaei executed in Borujerd on October 8
- OCTOBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Bahman Shah-Hosseini and Seyed Mahmoud Hosseini executed in Ghezel-Hesar on October 7
- OCTOBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saber Nasiri executed in Aligudarz on October 7
- OCTOBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Qom on October 7
Jafar Reghbati, Farzad Javanmiri and Behnam Saberi