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 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 PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on April 30
APRIL 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Identified the other two executed in Karaj on April 30
APRIL 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 men executed in Mashhad on April 30
Abdolghafar Barahouei, Parviz Dastkaleh, Abdolsamad Gorgij, Javid Golbacheh, Mahdi Azizi + Unk
APRIL 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad-Nabi Zirkari and Ali Kabi executed in Ahvaz on April 30
APRIL 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Moslem Darvishipour and Mohammad Salamat executed in Ahvaz on April 30
APRIL 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 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
APRIL 29, 2025KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: FIVE EXECUTED AS TWO CONVICTS WIN PARDON, ONE AWAITS FATE
The Correctional Facilities Sector at the Kuwait Ministry of Interior executed five individuals convicted of premeditated murder at the Central Prison on April 28, 2025.
APRIL 29, 2025North CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - North Carolina. House committee approves HB 270 on death penalty
Reintroducing electric chair and firing squad
APRIL 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abolfazl Kianpour Hanged in Ahvaz on April 28
APRIL 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men 1 woman executed in Isfahan on April 28
Marjan Sabzi, Reza Khaledi, Naser Feyzi, Rouhollah Palangi, Mohammad Tootazehie, Abdolrashid Barahouei
APRIL 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rostam Zeinaldini and Abdolsamad Shahbazi executed in Zahedan on April 26
APRIL 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Qader Samimi executed in Nishapur on April 26
APRIL 24, 2025AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. James Osgood, 55, White, was executed on April 24
Osgood volunteered
APRIL 24, 2025LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana. Jimmie Duncan’s conviction overturned
56, White
- APRIL 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Akbar Shekhi executed in Hamedan on April 23
APRIL 23, 2025TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Moises Mendoza, 41, Hispanic, was executed on April 23
APRIL 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - At Least 5 Prisoners Executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on April 23
Salahuddin Amoudi, Mahmoud-Ali Naseri, Akbar Mousavi, Amanollah Barahouei, Abdollah Pashtooi
APRIL 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehran Zolfi and Asghar Nourinia executed in Tabriz on April 23
- APRIL 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nezam Sadeghi executed in Zanjan on April 23
APRIL 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Hossein Zamani executed in Nahavand on April 23
APRIL 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Tabarteh Farahani executed in Arak on April 22
On the charge of “sodomy”
APRIL 22, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN WHO STABBED JAPANESE CHILD TO DEATH EXECUTED
A Chinese man convicted of fatally stabbing a 10-year-old Japanese schoolboy in Shenzhen, southern China, in September has been executed, a diplomatic source said on April 21, 2025.
APRIL 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rashid Seyedzadeh executed in Yazd on April 22