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 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 8 men executed in Qaemshahr from October 2025 to January 2026
Shahab Karami, Nemat Mehraban, Yousef Eini, Azim Nourzad, Noushad Alipour, Meysam Rafiei, Jaber Mohammadi, Shahrouz Hosseini
- FEBRUARY 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 10 men hanged on February 2
- FEBRUARY 1, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 11 people executed on February 1
Shahriar Farahani, Manoochehr Mehrabi, Nasser Hosseini, Behrouz Hazrati, Fardin Kalami, Mohammadali Moridan, Amin Nasiri, Sajjad Dousti, Peyman Shiri, Hekmat Daryaei, Mostafa Minavand
- JANUARY 31, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 11 men executed on January 31
JANUARY 31, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman 2 men executed in Isfahan on January 31
Mahnaz Roshani (W), Mehrdad Siahi, Aref Hashemi
- JANUARY 29, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 9 men hanged on January 29
Ardeshir Molaei, Yaser Babakouhi, Golmorad Aghaei, Nosrat Asadi, Hamed Cheraghi, Touraj Nourafkan, Younes Salami, Houshang Khalesi, Soran Ahmadi
JANUARY 29, 2026ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA EXECUTES 11 CRIMINALS LINKED TO MYANMAR-BASED GANGS
China has executed 11 people linked to online scam centres in Myanmar, according to state media, as Beijing toughens its crackdown on the illegal operations.
JANUARY 29, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Morad Azizi and Karim Nazri executed in Taybad on January 29
JANUARY 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamidreza Sabet Esmailpour executed in Ghezel-Hesar on January 28
On charges of “espionage for Israel”
- JANUARY 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 11 people executed on January 28
JANUARY 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hashem Abbasi executed in Ahar on January 28
JANUARY 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 men executed in Rasht between 7 to 18 January
Mehran Shokat, Mousa Rahbar, Taher Yazdani, Ali Zadakbari, Mansour Asghari + 1
JANUARY 28, 2026TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Charles Thompson, 55, White, was executed on January 28
JANUARY 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamidreza Sabet Esmaeilpour executed on January 28
On charges of “espionage for Israel”
- JANUARY 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kaveh Hosseinzadeh executed in Yazd on January 28
JANUARY 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Shiraz on January 28
Seifeddin Mehraban, Namegh Kasravi, Saeed Amjadi, Rahim Mirzazadeh, Ebrahim Abbasi
- JANUARY 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amir Rouhi and Amir Hossein Tavakoli Zanyani executed on January 28
- JANUARY 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehrdad Yaghoubi-Mehr killed in Tehran on 8 January
- JANUARY 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abolfazl Beig Mohammadi and Javad Haghighat Hanged in Zanjan on January 27
JANUARY 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 105th week of the ‘No to Execution Tuesdays’ campaign
- JANUARY 26, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 10 men executed on January 26
JANUARY 25, 2026ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona.Series of Botched Lethal Injections Highlights Debate Over Execution Methods
- JANUARY 25, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 21 men executed in various prisons
Between January 8 and 25
JANUARY 25, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Leila Judaki Hanged in Qom on January 25
5th woman executed in Iran in January 2026
- JANUARY 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amanch Karavanchi and Arsalan Sheikhi executed in Ghezel-Hesar on January 24
Kurdish prisoners of conscience
JANUARY 21, 2026LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON REVIEWS DEATH PENALTY FOR 84 PRISONERS
Lebanon is facing a critical debate over the death penalty, as 84 prisoners remain under sentences frozen for decades.
- JANUARY 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed on January 20
Mikaeil Bahari, Kamran Ghiasvand, Foroud Sagvand, Mardan Saeedi
JANUARY 21, 2026United NationsDEATH PENALTYUNITED NATIONS - UN advocates universal abolition of death penalty
- JANUARY 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 13 men executed on January 19 and 20
JANUARY 20, 2026ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: WOMAN EXECUTED FOR ABUSING AND KILLING STEPDAUGHTER
A woman who abused and killed her stepdaughter was executed on January 20, 2026 in Fujian province after the top court approved her death sentence, local authorities said.