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 11, 2025SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA EXECUTES TWO SOLDIERS CONVICTED OF AIDING AL-SHABAAB IN COMMANDER’S KILLING
Two members of the Somali National Army (SNA) were executed on August 11, 2025, following convictions by the Armed Forces Court over links with the al-Shabaab fighters, a group that has destabilized peace in the country for two decades.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2025Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED FOR ‘JOINING A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION’
Saudi authorities on September 9, 2025 executed Sultan bin Amer bin Abdullah Al-Shehri, bringing the total number of executions in 2025 close to 300.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hadigheh Abadi and Younes Mazarshams executed in Qazvin on September 11
Wife and husband
SEPTEMBER 10, 2025SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA EXECUTES THREE AL-SHABAAB MILITANTS CONVICTED OF DEADLY ATTACKS IN MOGADISHU AND LOWER SHABELLE
Somalia’s military court has carried out the death sentence by firing squad against three convicted members of the militant group Al-Shabaab, officials confirmed on August 14, 2025 morning.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behzad Parsa and Abdollah Mohseni executed in Gorgan on September 10
SEPTEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Youssef Asadi Kahbad and Ahmad Bani Asad executed in Ahvaz on September 10
SEPTEMBER 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rasoul Khanmohammadi executed in Gorgan on September 10
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2025SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: TWO KHARIJITES EXECUTED FOR MURDERS IN MOGADISHU
The Military Court of the Armed Forces on August 20, 2025 carried out the execution of two convicted members of the Kharijite terrorist group, who were found guilty of committing multiple murders in the capital, Mogadishu.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2025AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN HANG MAN IN PUBLIC IN HERAT AFTER EXECUTION-STYLE SHOOTING
Sources have confirmed that Taliban members in western Afghanistan shot a man dead and hanged his body in public on August 22, 2025.
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Javad Mohammadpanah and Hamid Farjam executed in Qom on September 9
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saman Abdoli executed in Dezful on September 9
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Razavi executed in Kerman on September 9
SEPTEMBER 8, 2025Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: WOMAN EXECUTED IN MECCA FOR KILLING HUSBAND WITH ACID
Saudi authorities said on September 7, 2025 they had carried out the execution of a Saudi woman in the western region of Mecca after she was convicted of murdering her husband by pouring acid on him as he slept.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammadali Gholizadeh executed in Malayer on September 8
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmad Shamlu executed in Hamedan on September 8
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Lordegan on September 8
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Javad Mohammad-Panah executed in Qom on September 8
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Omid Rahmani and Kamyar Najafzadeh executed in Kermanshah on September 8
SEPTEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Tabriz on September 7
Keyvan Mamadi, Najib Azarm, Babak Omarzadeh, Houshang Hanareh, and Tawfiq Ne’mati
SEPTEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Mirbaluchzehi executed in Manujan on September 7
SEPTEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Rafiei and Abdolreza Karimi executed in Arak on September 7
SEPTEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Masoud Ghanbarzehi executed in Zahedan on September 7
SEPTEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Dariush Bahrami executed in Karaj on September 7
SEPTEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Taleb Tavakoli executed in Dezful on September 7
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sadegh Bahmani and Mojtaba Salemi executed in Tabriz on September 7
7 executions in Tabriz that day
SEPTEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahriar Dehvari executed in Babolsar on September 7
SEPTEMBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Further information on the execution of Najib Azarm in Tabriz on 7 September
SEPTEMBER 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehran Bahramian executed in Isfahan on September 6
A “Woman, Life, Freedom” proteste
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Farzad Mohibi executed in Qazvin on September 6
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yasin Afshari executed in Qom on September 6