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 25, 2025OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Richard Glossip’s conviction and death sentence overturned
U.S. Supreme Court
FEBRUARY 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdolbari Jahani executed in Bandarabbas on February 25
- FEBRUARY 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Faramarz Keyfari Executed in Lakan on February 25
- FEBRUARY 24, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Isfahan on February 22 and 24
Ahmad Hanafi, Asghar Dehghani, and Vahid Mohibi
FEBRUARY 24, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SLAMS DEATH SENTENCE ON MEN WHO RAIDED KANO FARM, KILLED OWNER
A Kano State High Court sentenced three middle-aged men to death by hanging after they were found guilty of criminal conspiracy, theft and homicide, Daily Trust reported on February 23, 2025.
FEBRUARY 24, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Khosheh executed in Ahvaz on February 24
FEBRUARY 24, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yousef Rostami executed in Shiraz on February 24
FEBRUARY 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Naeem Abdi executed in Qorveh on February 23
FEBRUARY 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kaveh Asadbeigi executed in Zanjan on February 23
FEBRUARY 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammadreza Rezaei executed in Khorramabad on February 23
FEBRUARY 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Isfahan on February 22
Shahin Goudarzi, Asghar Dehghani, Ahmad Hanafi, Mojtaba Khorramdel and Vahid Mohebi
FEBRUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR 2024 Annual Report
At least 975 people were executed in 2024
FEBRUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahin Mahdavi and Soran Aminpour executed in Mahabad on February 20
134 executions in 2025
FEBRUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahmoud Barahouei executed in Karaj on February 20
- FEBRUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Bushehr on February 20
FEBRUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Milad Naseri executed in Gonbad-e Kavus on February 20
FEBRUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Babak Hajipour executed in Ahvaz on February 20
- FEBRUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hossein Goshoul and Behrouz Goshoul executed in Isfahan on February 20
FEBRUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Khalifeyi and Alimorad Taheri executed in Bushehr on February 20
- FEBRUARY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohsen Sagvand executed in Ahvaz on February 20
- FEBRUARY 19, 2025SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
‘HE THOUGHT HE’D BE FREED’: FAMILY MOURNS SOMALI MAN EXECUTED IN SAUDI ARABIA
The news came with chilling finality: Mohamed Nur Hussein, a Somali man imprisoned for seven years in Saudi Arabia, had been executed on February 16. His family, who had spoken to him only a day earlier, were left in shock.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on February 19
Hossein Yavari, Sasan Mirhadi, Behrouz Mohammadi, Reza Anzali-Chi
- FEBRUARY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Malek Parsa executed in Amol on February 19
FEBRUARY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rasoul Ashour executed in Isfahan on February 19
FEBRUARY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Malek Parsa executed in Amol on February 19
FEBRUARY 18, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: BENGAL MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KIDNAPPING, RAPING 7-MONTH-OLD CHILD
A special POCSO court in Kolkata on February 18, 2025 sentenced a man guilty of rape and attempted murder of a seven-month-old child in north Kolkata to death by hanging.
FEBRUARY 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman and 1 man executed in Shiraz on February 18
Woman only identified as Bagherinejad, and Mehdi Iranian
FEBRUARY 18, 2025Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SOMALI NATIONAL, SAUDI CITIZEN EXECUTED FOR HASHISH TRAFFICKING, MURDER
Saudi authorities executed a Somali national convicted of drug smuggling and a Saudi citizen found guilty of murder, the Ministry of Interior announced on February 16, 2025.
FEBRUARY 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yousef Kavarouyi executed in Kerman on February 18
FEBRUARY 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 men executed in Isfahan on February 17
Ezzat Hosseini Doraki, Ali Es-haqi, Mohammad Shamseddin Arbab, Majid Baluch, Heydar Babaei and Burhan Wasim-Zehi