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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JULY 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Prisoner Executed in Public in Semnan Province on July 30
JULY 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Amini executed in Ilam on July 30
JULY 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jaber Salami and Abdolzaher Faghirdadi executed in Qom on July 30
JULY 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yousef Amiri executed in Tabriz on July 30
JULY 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Navid Rostami executed in Kermanshah on July 29
766 executions in Iran in 2025
- JULY 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nazir Mohammad + Unk executed in Birjand on July 29
JULY 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Shabestan executed in Sari on July 29
JULY 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Rikani executed in Ahvaz on July 29
- JULY 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Arash Mohammadi executed in Nahavand on July 29
JULY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Isa Narouyi and Amir Ghanbari executed in Minab on July 28
- JULY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ismail Hajivand executed in Malayer on July 28
JULY 28, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Study: Do All Religions Support the Death Penalty?
- JULY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sadeghollah Verdi executed in Tabriz on July 28
JULY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Political prisoners Behrooz Ehsani Eslamlou and Mehdi Hasani executed in Karaj on July 27
JULY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Mirforoughi executed in Isfahan on July 27
- JULY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamzeh Moradian executed in Khorramabad on July 27
756 executions in 2025
- JULY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Kashani and Naser Nazari Tehrani executed in Karaj on July 27
JULY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Mirforughi and Saleh Hatami executed in Isfahan on July 27
- JULY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hossein Akbari executed in Arak on July 27
JULY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahmoud Shirbeigi executed in Qom on July 27
JULY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Kashani and Naser Nazari Tehrani executed in Ghezel Hesar on July 27
JULY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Shiraz on July 27
Ahmad Mahdavi, Armin Gerayi, Saber Yari + 1 unidentified man
- JULY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Khodayar Ahmadkhani executed in Taybad on July 26
- JULY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abolfazl Shakeri executed in Zanjan on July 26
- JULY 24, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE ENTERTAINER ZHANG YIYANG EXECUTED FOR MURDERING 16-YEAR-OLD GIRLFRIEND
Chinese entertainer Zhang Yiyang, accused of murdering his 16-year-old girlfriend in 2022, was executed on December 18 in 2024, according to a detailed investigation report recently released by the Intermediate People's Court of Xianyang in North Shaanxi
- JULY 24, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jahangir Fouladi executed in Zanjan on July 24
- JULY 24, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ashkan Mehdipanah and Mehdi Heidari executed in Hamedan on July 24
JULY 24, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Peyman Mohammad Rezaei executed in Buin Zahra on July 24
- JULY 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jabbar Alishahi and Ashkan Mahdipanah executed in Hamedan on July 23
JULY 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behnam Samalpour Baba Ahmadi executed in Yazd on July 23