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 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khodabakhsh Sepehri executed in Rasht on July 21
JULY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 7 unidentified prisoners executed in Yazd on July 21
JULY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman 9 men executed in in Yazd on July 21
Atefeh Amini, Reza Akhiri, Ali Momeni, Bahram Seyed Nasiri, Amirhossein Hassan Khani (Hassankhani), Farkhreddin Raei and four unidentified men
JULY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad-Javad Zare executed in Arak on July 21
JULY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 men executred in Zahedan on July 20
Abdoljalil Dorakzehi, Nematollah Shahnavazi, Nasir Shahbakhsh, ... Ghaljayi and two unidentified men
- JULY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Davoud Amani executed in Zanjan on July 19
JULY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Parviz Sarlak executed in Aligudarz on July 19
- JULY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Ahmadkhani executed in Aligudarz on July 19
JULY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Gorgan on July 19
Alireza Eshtarak, Mohammad Eshtarak + Unk
- JULY 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abbas Ali Jahangiri executed in Sari on July 16
JULY 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Rasht on July 16
Peyman Afshari, Hadi Garousi and Mehdi Babayi
JULY 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Molan Abdolaziz Khani and Vahab Heidari executed in Qazvin on July 16
JULY 15, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Michael Bernard Bell, 54, Black, was executed on July 15
JULY 15, 2025Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: CITIZEN EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry announced on July 13, 2025 the execution of a Saudi citizen in Mecca Province after his conviction for a second offense of drug trafficking.
JULY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kianush Khosravi Siahbidi executed in Kermanshah on July 15
704 executions in Iran since the beginning of 2025 (at least)
- JULY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamed Jalilian Executed in Kermanshah on July 15
JULY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - The 77th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
- JULY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN Yaghoub Moradi executed in Gorgan on July 15
- JULY 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Javad Kazemi executed in Arak on July 14
- JULY 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamid Yavari executed at Hamedan on July 13
JULY 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jalal Nazarbeigi executed in Hamedan on July 13
- JULY 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mosaib Segvand executed in Khorramabad on July 13
JULY 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ilia Khalifehzadeh executed in public on July 12
JULY 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Mirza executed in Malayer on July 12
JULY 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jafar Khoshkalam executed in Rasht on July 10
- JULY 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 unidentified men executed in Qom on July 10
JULY 10, 2025Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA HAS NOW EXECUTED MORE THAN 100 FOREIGNERS THIS YEAR
Saudi Arabia put two Ethiopians to death on July 10, 2025, pushing this year’s number of foreigners executed past 100 – a spike in capital punishment that human rights groups have strongly condemned.
JULY 10, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Mid-Year Review: New Death Sentences Low, Increase in Executions
Death Penalty Information Center analysis
- JULY 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hassan Mansouri executed in Malayer on July 9
JULY 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Tayeb Abdollahi and Naser Kazemzadeh executed in Shiraz on July 9