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 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Beqlani executed in Ahvaz on August 17
AUGUST 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Younesi and Mehdi Najafi executed in Shiraz on August 17
- AUGUST 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Salar Rahimzadeh executed in Shiraz on August 17
- AUGUST 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Javad Soheili and Nader Sepahdar executed in Mashhad on August 17
- AUGUST 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jafar Sadeghi executed in Rasht on August 16
- AUGUST 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Houshang Fathi and Siamand Sa’adati executed in Sari on August 16
AUGUST 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Javad Esfandiari executed in Hamedan on August 13
AUGUST 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Eskandar Bazmandegan and Mohammad Kashifi executed in Shiraz
On security-related charges
- AUGUST 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamid Sarlak executed in Dezful on August 12
AUGUST 11, 2025CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Business Leader Calls for End to “Broken” Death Penalty System
Matthew Stepka, on behalf of a coalition of over 500 business leaders
AUGUST 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Zaker Aramesh executed in Isfahan on August 11
- AUGUST 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yaser Sagvand executed in Khorramabad on August 11
860 executions in 2025
AUGUST 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman 2 men executed in Isfahan on August 11
Soudabeh Ghasemzadeh, Ali Mobasher, Hossein Rezaei
- AUGUST 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saber Akbari executed in Navahand on August 11
AUGUST 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Hosseinpour executed in Ilam on August 11
- AUGUST 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Issa Mortazavi and Yaser Sogan executed in Khorramabad on 11 August
- AUGUST 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Seyed Ahmad Navabi executed in Jiroft on August 11
- AUGUST 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Bahman Ijbaari executed in Birjand on August 10
AUGUST 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hesam Salari executed in Saravan on August 10
- AUGUST 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kiomars Fatehi executed in Zanjan on August 10
- AUGUST 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmadreza Torkashvand + Unk executed in Arak on August 10
- AUGUST 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmadreza Tarkashun executed in Arak on August 10
AUGUST 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Bahman Ejbari (Shibak) executed in Birjand on August 10
AUGUST 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Bahador Elyasi and Soleiman Naseri Khez executed in Kermanshah on August 9
- AUGUST 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Tayeb Mahmoudi executed in Ahvaz on August 9
- AUGUST 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sajad Habibi executed in Kermanshah on August 9
- AUGUST 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hashem Sorkh and Rahman Jahangiri executed in Yazd on August 8
- AUGUST 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hassan Shahverdi executed in Borujerd on August 6
AUGUST 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Amoosi (Ejbaari) executed in Mashhad on August 6
- AUGUST 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kamran Amraei + Unk executed in Kerman on August 6