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 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rouhollah Moradiani and Maziar Karimi executed in Karaj on May 7
MAY 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali (Arash) Shafiee executed in Shiraz on May 7
MAY 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jafar Pourassadi executed in Rasht on May 7
MAY 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ashraf Shahbazi executed in Yasuj on May 7
MAY 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rasoul Rezayi executed in Yasuj on May 7
- MAY 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Maziar Karimi executed in Karaj on May 7
MAY 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Khani executed in Arak on May 6
MAY 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Manouchehr Golabi executed in Bandar Abbas on May 6
MAY 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Saei executed in Tabriz on May 6
- MAY 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unk executed in Shahroud on May 6
- MAY 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Payam Mokhtari executed in Tabriz on May 6
MAY 5, 2025KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: GUJARAT MAN HANGED FOR MURDERING HIS EMPLOYER IN 2019
A 38-year-old resident of Mohammadali Chowk in Kapadvanj (Gujarat), Mustakim Bhathiara, was executed in Kuwait on April 28, 2025 after being convicted in a 2019 murder case.
- MAY 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amir Mohammad Tavakkoli executed in Hamedan on May 5
MAY 4, 2025Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 100 PEOPLE EXECUTED IN 2025 SO FAR
Saudi Arabia executed two people convicted of terrorism related charges, the interior ministry said on May 3, 2025, bringing the total number of executions carried out this year to at least 100, according to an AFP tally.
MAY 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 7 men executed in Birjand on May 4
Khosrow Sarani, Mahmoud Sarani, Yousef Sorourvash, Alireza Lalouzai, Mousa Shokoohi, Mojtaba Lakzaei, and Ali Nouri
MAY 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saber Eliasi (Elyasi) executed in Qazvin on May 4
MAY 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Naeb Baluchi executed in Zahedan on May 4
- MAY 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohsen Raeisi executed in Shiraz on May 4
MAY 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Shokoohi executed in Kerman on May 4
MAY 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ammar Validi executed in Ahvaz on May 4
- MAY 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hassan Mirzaei executed in Zanjan on May 4
MAY 3, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: ARMY COURT MARTIAL SENTENCES SOLDIER TO DEATH FOR GIRLFRIEND’S MURDER
A General Court Martial sitting at the Headquarters, 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Enugu, has sentenced Private Adamu Mohammed to death by hanging for murder, while Private Abubakar Yusuf was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for robbery.
MAY 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Karim Farokhvand and Mahmoud Ostad Mamzayi executed in Dezful on May 1
MAY 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Shiravand executed in Khorramabad on May 1
MAY 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A Woman Executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on May 1
Only identified as “Saghar”
MAY 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Darikvand and Hamzeh Alizadeh executed in Khorramabad on May 1
MAY 1, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Jeffrey Hutchinson, 62, White, was executed on May 1
15th execution of the year in US
- APRIL 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Houshang Abbasi executed in Tabriz on April 30
APRIL 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Three more people executed in Ghezel Hesar on April 30
Unidentified
APRIL 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Zeinali executed in Mashhad on April 30