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 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, 2025Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI 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 PENALTY
USA - Mid-Year Review: New Death Sentences Low, Increase in Executions
Death Penalty Information Center analysis
JULY 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jafar Khoshkalam executed in Rasht on July 10
JULY 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 unidentified men executed in Qom on July 10
- JULY 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Tayeb Abdollahi and Naser Kazemzadeh executed in Shiraz on July 9
JULY 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in public in Miandoab
JULY 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amin Shokripour Executed in Karaj on July 9
- JULY 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmadali Mahdinejad executed in Navahand on July 9
JULY 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdolhossein Jaberi and Saeed Mehrabi executed in Karaj Central on July 9
- JULY 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hassan Mansouri executed in Malayer on July 9
- JULY 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Zanjan on July 8
Alireza Bagheri, Mehran Habibi and Esmail Valipour
- JULY 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Majid Rahmani executed in Ahvaz on July 8
- JULY 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amin Khosravi and Saeed Asadzadeh Executed in Tabriz on July 7
- JULY 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Javad Yarbigi executed in Arak on July 7
- JULY 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jabar Pourmohammadi Maghani executed in Zanjan on July 2
- JULY 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hossein Ali Abedi executed in Ahar on July 1
JUNE 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 man exewcuted in Taybad on June 30
Unidentified Afghan man
- JUNE 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmadreza Didban and Mozaffar Najari executed in Shiraz on June 30
JUNE 29, 2025JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: 'TWITTER KILLER' HANGED IN FIRST EXECUTION SINCE 2022
Japan executed on June 27, 2025 a man convicted of the 2017 serial murders of nine people near Tokyo, the government said, marking the country's first hanging since July 2022.
- JUNE 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Babak Mostafavi executed in Neyshabur on June 28
- JUNE 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 political prisoners executed on charges of espionage for Israel
JUNE 25, 2025MississippiDEATH PENALTYUSA - Mississippi. Richard Jordan, 79, White, was executed on June 25
By lethal injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman
- JUNE 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Isfahan on June 25
- JUNE 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 unidentified men executed in Mashhad on June 25
JUNE 24, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Azim Mohammadi executed in Qom un June 24
JUNE 24, 2025Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 37 ETHIOPIANS AMONG SCORES OF FOREIGN NATIONALS AT ‘IMMINENT RISK’ OF EXECUTION
At least 37 Ethiopian men are facing the death penalty in Saudi Arabia for drug-related offences, according to
- JUNE 24, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Javad Mohammadi executed in Khorramabad on June 24
JUNE 24, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman, 2 men executed in Qom on June 24