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 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Faraji executed in Sanandaj on October 1
OCTOBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Ghezel Hesar on October 1
Ali Geravand, Javad Sargazi, Sajad Mahmoudi, Hamid-Reza Maleki
OCTOBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Amiri and Mehrdad Shahidi executed in Kermanshah on October 1
OCTOBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 187 executions in September (197 as for Hands off Cain)
Highest monthly toll in 20 years
OCTOBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Seydi Tabaei executed in Karaj on October 1
OCTOBER 1, 2025North CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - North Carolina. Legislature Passes Sweeping Criminal Law Legislation in Effort to Restart Executions
- OCTOBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sadegh Bazvand executed in Dezful on October 1
OCTOBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Kermanshah on October 1
SEPTEMBER 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahmoud Gheitarani executed in Sanandaj on September 30
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Gholamali Nazarian executed in Kermanshah on September 30
SEPTEMBER 30, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Victor Tony Jones, 64, Black, was executed on September 30
SEPTEMBER 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Younes Mardani and Farhad Faraji executed in Isfahan on September 30
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yaser Bakhshi executed in Semnan on September 29
SEPTEMBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Bahman Choubi Asl executed in Ghezel Hesar on September 29
On charges of “intelligence collaboration” with Israel
SEPTEMBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Isfahan on September 29
Milad Kiani, Mehran Jafari, and Behnam Mirahmad
SEPTEMBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Qom on September 29
SEPTEMBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Jeyran Zaheri, and Mohammadreza Mohammadi-Berenjgani executed in Isfahan on September 29
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamed Badr-Abadi executed in Malayer on Setember 29
SEPTEMBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Rasht on September 29
Jafar Pourvardi, Heydar Rezaipour, Houshang Rahmantalab
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Esmail Rahimi-Tabar and Ghodrat Dehqani executed in Shiraz on September 28
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Khashayar Amiri executed in Gorgan on September 28
SEPTEMBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Jiroft on September 28
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Salahaddin Aghamohammadi executed in Yasuj on September 28
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Samsari and Saman Samsari executed in Sari on September 28
SEPTEMBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Koroush Saadati executed in Kashan on September 28
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Aziz Ghorbanifar executed in Bam on September 28
SEPTEMBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Shiraz on September 28
Esmail Rahimitabar, Mehran Sahrayi, Manouchehr Shahbazi and Ghodrat Dehghani
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehran Beyranvand executed in Malayer on September 28
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Bijan Soleimani executed in Nahavand on September 28
SEPTEMBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rasoul Farahbash executed in Mashhad on September 28