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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SEPTEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Parviz Yousefzehi executed in Gonabad on September 16
SEPTEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdolsamad Salarzehi and Abdolmajid Barahouyi executed in Birjand on September 16
SEPTEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Massoud Okhatizadeh and Akbar Emami executed in Ghezel Hesar on September 16
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2025North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH KOREA EXECUTES PEOPLE FOR SHARING FOREIGN FILMS AND TV, UN REPORT SAYS
North Korea has executed people for distributing foreign media, including television shows like popular South Korean dramas
SEPTEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Hossein Hemmati and Unk. executed in Jiroft on September 15
SEPTEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mirza Vali Sotoudeh executed in Khorramabad on September 15
SEPTEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mojtaba Bozhabadi and Farshad Khosravi executed in Sabzevar on September 15, 2025
SEPTEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khalil Rashedi executed in Ramhormoz on September 15
SEPTEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saber Koshafar executed in Sanandaj on September 15
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmad Amoudi executed in Borazjan on September 15
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2025SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: MILITARY TRIBUNAL EXECUTES 3 AL-SHABAAB TERRORISTS
A military court in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, executed three al-Shabaab terrorists by firing squad on August 7, 2025 for carrying out killings and assassinations in the southwestern region of Lower Shabelle.
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2025KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT HANGS 7 CONVICTS, SPARES 1
Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior on September 11, 2025 executed seven convicts at the Central Prison, Al-Seyassah daily reported.
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Peyman Ajami and Rasoul Paydar executed in Hamedan on September 14
SEPTEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Parki executed in Zahedan on September 14
1035 executions in Iran in 2025
SEPTEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Seyed Javad Mortazavi executed in Ahvaz on September 14
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Qavam Najafi and Amirhossein Pouramini executed in Shiraz on September 14
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Mozaffari executed in Yasuj on September 14
SEPTEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Parviz Dolati and Farhad Sepehvand executed in Khorramabad on September 14, 2025
SEPTEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Elyas Shiroozehi executed in Zahedan on September 14
SEPTEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Maziar Karami and Peyman Ajami executed in Hamedan on September 14
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rasoul Paydari executed in Qom on September 14
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kazem Mousavi executed in Rasht on September 14
SEPTEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Shiraz on September 14
SEPTEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajad Mohajer executed in Mashhad on September 14
SEPTEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Sarani executed in Kashmar on September 14
SEPTEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Haqi and Majid Soleimani executed in Ilam on September 14
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Sarani executed in Kashmar on September 14
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - What’s Behind the Execution Surge of 2025?
SEPTEMBER 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hafez Ghavidast executed in Rasht on September 13
SEPTEMBER 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rouhollah Rostami executed in Hamedan on September 13