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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JUNE 16, 2025Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: JOURNALIST EXECUTED AFTER SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON
A prominent Saudi journalist who was arrested in 2018 and convicted on terrorism and treason charges has been executed, the kingdom said. Activist groups maintain that the charges against him were trumped up.
JUNE 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Esmail Fekri executed in Ghezel Hesar on June 16
On charges of espionage for Israel
JUNE 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Nazemi executed in Ahvaz on June 16
JUNE 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahmoud Dehghan executed in Shiraz on June 16
- JUNE 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Javad Mohammadi executed in Khorramabad on June 16
- JUNE 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehdi Davoudi and Houshang Morovati executed in Yasui on June 16
- JUNE 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yashar Amini executed in Yasuj on June 15
- JUNE 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Gonabad on June 15
- JUNE 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jafar Ezati (Ezzati) executed in Zanjan on June 15
- JUNE 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Faramarz … executed on June 14 in Kermanshah
JUNE 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Joghatay executed in Sabzevar on June 14
JUNE 13, 2025South CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - South Carolina. Stephen Stanko, 57, White, was executed on June 13
JUNE 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR and Hengaw: Warns of Execution of Defendants Accused of Espionage for Israel
- JUNE 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Vaezi executed in Semnan on June 13
- JUNE 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Vaezi executed in Semnan on June 13
JUNE 12, 2025OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. John Hanson, 61, Black, was executed on June 12
Per lethal injection, the 22nd execution of 2025 in the US
- JUNE 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shapour Ashkani executed in Shushtar on June 12
JUNE 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Protester Mojahed Kourkour Hanged in Ahvaz on June 11
JUNE 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Ghezel Hesar on June 11
Ardeshir Soltanabadi, Masoud Naseri, Sajad Moradian
- JUNE 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shahin Karami executed in Ardabil on June 11
JUNE 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Five men executed in Ghezel Hesar on June 11
Massoud Naseri, Sajad Moradi Motlagh, Ardeshir Soltan Abadi, Hamed Hassani and Hatam Saeedi.
- JUNE 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Naghi Soufian executed in Ahar on June 11
JUNE 10, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Anthony Wainwright, 54, White, was executed on June 10
By lethal injection
JUNE 10, 2025AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Gregory Hunt, 65, White, was executed on June 10
By nitrogen gas
JUNE 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Peyman Jalalian executed in Isfahan on June 10
JUNE 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Rezaei executed in Arak on June 10
- JUNE 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sadegh Asgari executed in Arak on June 10
JUNE 10, 2025North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREAN ESCAPEES SPEAK AT UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, DRAWING ANGER FROM PYONGYANG
One North Korean woman described how her father died of starvation. Another said her friends were publicly executed for watching and sharing South Korean television dramas. North Korea’s ambassador appeared unmoved. When he got up to speak, he described i
- JUNE 10, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Murad Rezaei executed in Zanjan on June 10
- JUNE 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mostafa Hajibabaei executed in Malayer on June 9