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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FEBRUARY 14, 2026SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MALAYSIAN MAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A Malaysian man convicted of trafficking a significant quantity of heroin was executed in Singapore on Feb. 11, 2026, according to an official statement issued by the Singapore authorities.
FEBRUARY 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 12 people executed on February 14
4 other executions were already reported
FEBRUARY 13, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - DPIC Report on “Women and the Death Penalty”
FEBRUARY 12, 2026OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Kendrick Simpson, 45, was executed on February 12
FEBRUARY 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 18 year old Saleh Mohammadi sentenced to public hanging
The young athlete charged with the murder of a policeman during the protest in Qom
FEBRUARY 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Taha Shirazad and Kazem Farajinejad executed in Sari on February 10
FEBRUARY 10, 2026FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Ronald Heath, 64, White, was executed
2nd execution of the year in the U.S.
- FEBRUARY 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 7 men executed
Mohammadkaram Jafari, Hadi Momeni, Shahriyar Veysi, Mokhtar Ataei, Bahram Chamani, Biouk Namvarzad, Farhad Karimzadeh
- FEBRUARY 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 18 people hanged on February 10
- FEBRUARY 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammadshah Rashidi and Ali Davtalab executed at Gezel Hesar on February 10
FEBRUARY 10, 2026IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ EXECUTES FORMER SENIOR OFFICER UNDER SADDAM FOR 1980 KILLING OF SHIA CLERIC
Iraq announced on February 9, 2026 that a high-level security officer during the rule of Saddam Hussein had been hanged for his involvement in the 1980 killing of a prominent Shia cleric.
FEBRUARY 10, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 107th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
- FEBRUARY 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 20 men executed on February 8 and 9
FEBRUARY 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahla Dowlatabadi, a woman, executed in Kerman on February 9
6th woman executed this year
FEBRUARY 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mojtaba Amini executed in Neyshabur on February 9
- FEBRUARY 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 men executed in Ghezel Hesar
Ahmad Heydari, Farhad Heydari, Saeed Malekian, Amirhossein Mayeli, Ahmad Farhad Heydari
FEBRUARY 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Firouz Mohammadi Executed in Khorramabad on February 8
- FEBRUARY 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 9 men executed
FEBRUARY 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alarm over systematic sexual torture and summary courts against protesters
- FEBRUARY 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 13 men executed on February 7
Ali Faza Khoshneshin, Farshad Sheikhi, Avin Sorkhi, Jafar Faryadi, Ali Sarlakabad, Sosha Moradi, Behzad Mashayekhi, Mohammad Ali Saeedloo, Morad Goli, Abolfazl Naqvi + 3
FEBRUARY 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Mirdar executed in Gorgan on February 7
FEBRUARY 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Babak Amraei and Mohammadghasem Amraei executed in Khorramabad on February 7
FEBRUARY 5, 2026SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: WOMAN EXECUTED FOR MURDERING A CHILD IN A CASE THAT SPARKED OUTRAGE
The authorities in Puntland, a semi‑autonomous region of Somalia, have executed a woman convicted of murdering a 14‑year‑old girl, in a rare case in the region in which the death penalty has been carried out against a woman.
FEBRUARY 5, 2026JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: COURT REJECTS RETRIAL REQUEST FOR EXECUTED MAN BELIEVED TO HAVE HAD LEPROSY
The Kumamoto District Court on January 28, 2026 rejected a retrial request from the family of a man with leprosy who was executed more than 60 years ago for a 1952 murder despite long claiming his innocence.
- FEBRUARY 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 6 people executed in recent days
Iraj Mostafavi, Bakhtiar Shahabi, Hassan Alaeibakhsh, Ali Mohammadpour, Mohammad Javad Namdari, Hashem Abbas
- FEBRUARY 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 15 people hanged on February 4
- FEBRUARY 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 15 people executed on February 3
- FEBRUARY 3, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 men executed in Gorgan on February 3
Naser Shahmoradi, Ahmad Borhani
FEBRUARY 2, 2026ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA EXECUTES FOUR MORE MYANMAR MAFIA MEMBERS
China has executed four members of the Bai family mafia, one of the notorious dynasties that ran scam centres in Myanmar, authorities said on February 2, 2026.
- FEBRUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 7 men executed in Lahijan from October to December of 2025
Ghorban Rashidi, Kourosh Zamani, Kianoush Rostami, Payam Nouri, Omid Hatami, Samir Ajamloo, Iman Nejati