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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- MAY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
RAN - Amir Ebrahimi and Rahim Amiri executed in Karaj on May 27
- MAY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 70th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
- MAY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yaser Amini and Mehdi Moghaddam executed in Qazvin on May 27
MAY 27, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE-MURDER OF STEPSISTER
Rawalpindi Additional District and Sessions Judge Afshan Ijaz Sufi has sentenced a man, Azhar, to two counts of death penalty, seven years in prison, and a fine of Rs400,000 after he was found guilty of raping and brutally murdering his minor stepsister a
MAY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajad Piri executed in public on May 27
MAY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farman Kooshki and Yashar Jafari executed in Karaj on May 27
MAY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Yari and Rahim Amiri executed in Karaj (Central) on May 27
MAY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shirzad Zamani executed in Khorramabad on May 27
MAY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamed Arjangi executed in Karaj (Central) on May 27
MAY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Zabihollah Sarani executed in Zahedan on May 26
MAY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Morad Dalayi-Milan executed in Maku on May 26
MAY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamid Shirzayi executed in Birjand on May 26
MAY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 women and 4 men executed in Birjand on May 26
None of them has been identified yet
MAY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Akbar Mirzaei and Sanjar Nawabi executed in Kerman on May 26
MAY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Abdoli executed in Dezful on May 26
MAY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on May 26
Farman Koushaki, Yashar Jafari, Akbar Ebrahimi + 2 Unk.
- MAY 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mahmoud Shirvani executed in Kahnuj on May 25
MAY 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Rezaei and Mobarak Rahmani executed in Qom on May 25
- MAY 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Barzegari and Mohammadreza Zare Moayedi executed in Shiraz on May 25
- MAY 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rahman Khodakarami executed in Shiraz on May 25
- MAY 24, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Homayoun Amjad executed in Zanjan on May 24
- MAY 24, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Vahid Karimizadeh and Farhad Farahnak executed in Qom on May 24
- MAY 24, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Tahmas Jahaniyan executed in Nahavand on May 24
- MAY 24, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hessam Farhadi executed in Borujerd on May 24
MAY 22, 2025TennesseeDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. Oscar Smith, 75, White, was executed on May 22, 2025
19th execution in the US in 2025
MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Kashani executed in Hamedan on May 21
MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Arman Khanbeigi executed in Isfahan on May 21
- MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Zanjan on May 21
Ali Moharami, Kavous Golshan and Mohsen Hesari
- MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 men executed in Yazd on May 21
Mohammadreza Dehghan Dehnouri, Javad Rezaei, Noorveis Achak Zehi, Vali Shahrbabaki, Reza Beig
- MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nader Mostafavi executed in Yasuj on May 21