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 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Three men executed in Birjand on May 21
Naser Dahar, Ghanbar Ghaffari, Nooreddin Mohammadzadeh
MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Isfahan on May 11, 14, and 21
Mohammad Amin Kolsoomi, Jafar Ghorbani, Mohammad Naeim Daneshi and Jaber Shehkaramzehi
MAY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Goran Qaderi executed in Sanandaj on May 20
MAY 20, 2025TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Matthew Johnson, 49, Black, was executed on May 20
18th execution of the year in the US
MAY 20, 2025IndianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Indiana. Benjamin Ritchie, 45, White, was executed on May 20
MAY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Meysam Khazaei executed in Qom on May 20
- MAY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yaser Jalilian Executed in Kermanshah on May 20
MAY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yousef Esmaeili executed in Bandar Abbas on May 20
MAY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Narouei and Majid Faramarzi executed in Zahedan on May 19
MAY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Markazi province on May 19
MAY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Gholibeigi executed in Qom on May 19
MAY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Zarei and Mosib Farhadi executed in Shiraz on May 19
MAY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdullah Pashan executed in Kahnouj on May 19
MAY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Setareh Taherlou, executed in Damghan on May 19
MAY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali-Asghar Alami executed in Damghan on May 19
MAY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdoljabar Jamalzi executed in Bandar Abbas on May 19
- MAY 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sirus Jafari executed in Kermanshah on May 18
MAY 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Asghar Baghbani executed in Nishapur on May 18
- MAY 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Sabzevar on May 18
MAY 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Armin Bahrami executed in Karaj on May 18
MAY 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hashem Mirzaei executed in Ahvaz on May 18
- MAY 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mojtaba Mansouri executed in Yazd on May 18
MAY 17, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 3 MEN CONVICTED OF RAPING MINORS EXECUTED
Three sex offenders convicted of sexually assaulting minors were executed in China on May 15, 2025, according to an official statement from the Supreme People's Court (SPC), the country's highest court.
- MAY 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Behrooz Fathollahi executed in Ilam on May 17
MAY 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammadvali Ahangari executed in Khorramabad on May 17
- MAY 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmad Bani-Asad executed in Borazjan on May 17
- MAY 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Adnan Labakpour and Reza … executed in Ilam on May 17
- MAY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdullah ... executed in Zabol on 15 May
MAY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hafizeh Baluch Zehi executed in Tehran on May 15
17th woman executed in Iran in 2025
- MAY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jafar Ghorbani executed in Isfahan on May 15