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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AUGUST 28, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Curtis Windom, 59, Black, was executed
30th execution this year in the US, Florida’s 11th
AUGUST 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 8 men executed in Karaj on August 27
Faramarz Shahbazi, Mashallah Nikoufal, Ahmadali Mehripour, Kazem Fatemi, Fereydoun Mohammadi, Hossein Biabani, Hesam Mohammadi, Ahmad Yousefi
AUGUST 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Ali Lashari executed in Isfahan on August 27
AUGUST 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Samad Seyedhosseini executed in Yasuj on August 27
- AUGUST 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Majid Abedi executed in Semnan on August 27
- AUGUST 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Samad Seyed Hosseini executed in Yasuj on August 27
AUGUST 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Safarian Executed in Shiraz on August 27
930 executions in Iran since the beginning of 2025
AUGUST 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mitra Yasamani executed in Shiraz on August 27
31st woman executed in Iran 2025
- AUGUST 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sajad Qolizadeh executed in Sanandaj on August 27
- AUGUST 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Milad Mohammadsalihi executed in Shiraz on August 27
- AUGUST 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammadreza Moridan executed in Aligurdaz on August 27
AUGUST 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Arman Aghcheli executed in Gorgan on August 27
AUGUST 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Ali Lashari and Hessam Dadkhah executed in Isfahan on August 27
AUGUST 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behzad Navabi and Asef Rakhshani executed in Birjand on August 26
AUGUST 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nawab Popalzai executed in Bandar Abbas on August 26
AUGUST 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Maliheh Haghi executed in Tabriz on August 26
30th woman executed in Iran in 2025
- AUGUST 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ehsan Khani executed in Navahand on August 26
AUGUST 26, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Trump Calls for Death Penalty in All D.C. Murder Cases
Washington D.C. abolished death penalty in 1981
- AUGUST 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmad Dehani executed in Zahedan on August 26
- AUGUST 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Alimorad Naseri executed in Semnan on August 26
AUGUST 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 83rd Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
AUGUST 25, 2025Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED OVER PROTESTS HE ATTENDED AS A 16-YEAR-OLD
Saudi Arabia executed Jalal Labbad on 21 August 2025 for crimes allegedly committed when he was under 18 years of age [a child].
- AUGUST 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Asad Shabani executed in Nishapur on August 25
914 executions since the beginning of 2025
- AUGUST 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Taher Firoozi executed in Gorgan on August 23
AUGUST 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in public on August 21
In Kordkuy, Golestan
- AUGUST 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Man hanged in public on August 21 identified as Taghi Damghani
AUGUST 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Isfahan on August 21
Abdol Sabzi, Shamsollah Kheiri, Mehdi Kazemi
- AUGUST 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdolamir Hasangol executed in Dezful on August 21
AUGUST 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Osat Akbari executed in Buin Zahra on August 21
- AUGUST 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Morteza Sayvand and Reza Abbasi executed in Isfahan on August 20