Executions
Archive theme
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.
Latest news
- JUNE 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Kheradmand executed in Ghezel Hesar on 2 June
- JUNE 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - In May, more than 5 executions per day
157 according to Hrana, 163 to Hengaw, 174 to HoC
JUNE 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nadim Davoudi executed in Kahnouj on June 2
575 executions in Iran since the beginning of 2025
JUNE 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Navid Hedavand Khani and Naeem Naseri executed in Hamedan on June 2
JUNE 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iman Sabeghi executed in Kahnouj on June 2
JUNE 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Ghezel Hesar on June 2
Alireza Shahbazi, Ali Karami Nasr, Ali Abbasi
- JUNE 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shahmirza Rahmati executed in Khorramabad on June 1
- JUNE 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jomaa Narouei executed in Zahedan on June 1
JUNE 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Lejei and Fakhrollah Shiruzehi executed in Bam on June 1
JUNE 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Mansouri executed in Kerman on June 1
JUNE 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahriar Khalafi executed in Qom on June 1
JUNE 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Karim Shah Mohammadi executed in Qom on June 1
JUNE 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Masoumeh Karbakhsh Executed in Kerman on June 1
MAY 29, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: SUPREME COURT ACQUITS ISLAMIST LEADER ON DEATH ROW
Bangladesh's top court on May 27, 2025 overturned a conviction against a key leader of the country's main Islamist party, who had been on death row since being sentenced under the regime ousted last year.
- MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Amin Asadi executed in Isfahan on May 28
MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Pedram Madani executed in Karaj on May 28
MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ehsan Hosseinzehi executed in Khash on May 28
MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahram Abbaszadeh and Alireza Ahmadi executed in Isfahan on May 28
MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men, including a juvenile offendere, executed in Karaj on May 28
Amir Hossein Mohammadi, Majid Bahrami, Seyed Abbas Laki Khosrokhani, Hojjat Havasi Geravand, and Afshin Azizi
MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Hadi Farhadi executed in Shiraz on May 28
MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Taleb Ahmadpour executed in Ahvaz on May 28
- MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Shahmoradi and Farhoud Hosseini executed in Kermanshah on May 28
MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Safar Kamali executed in Qom on May 28
- MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shahriar Aliabadi executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on May 28
MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khodamorad Keifari and Alimorad Ranjbaran executed in Qazvin on May 28
- MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Taleb Ahmadpour executed in Ahvaz on May 28
MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iman Assadollahi and Abbas Jan Mohammadi also executed in Ghezel Hesar on May 28
- MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Farhad Hosseini and Shahmoradi… executed in Kermanshah on May 28
- MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shoeib Abdolhagh Mohammadi executed in Taybad on May 28
- MAY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Aziz Sedaghat executed in Rasht on May 27