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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- JANUARY 7, 2025DEATH PENALTY
IRAN Farman Afristam executed in Kermanshah on January 7
JANUARY 7, 2025DEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Kermanshah on January 7
Mozafar Shahsavari, Mohammad Shahidi, and Ashkan Kazemi
JANUARY 7, 2025DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran HRM Year-End report
Iran Executed At Least 993 in 2024
JANUARY 7, 2025DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Mehrabadi executed in Sabzevar on January 7
JANUARY 7, 2025DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Volker Türk "deeply troubled by the marked increase in executions in Iran in 2024"
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
- JANUARY 6, 2025DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Saadi executed in Ahvaz on January 6
JANUARY 6, 2025DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Atin and Reza Seyedi executed in Mahabad on January 6
JANUARY 6, 2025DEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR Year-End Report on Women
31 women executed in 2024
- JANUARY 5, 2025DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Khalil Alizahi e Amir Mohammad Farahani executed in Shiraz on January 5
JANUARY 5, 2025DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abolfazl Azadi executed in Hamedan on January 5
- JANUARY 5, 2025DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sajad Arzandeh and Mohammadreza Hosseinzadeh executed in Shiraz on January 5
JANUARY 5, 2025DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khalil Alizahi (Sargolzahi) and Amir-Mohammad Farahani executed in Shiraz on January 5
JANUARY 5, 2025DEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA - ESOHR Year-End Report
345 executions in 2024
JANUARY 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Peyman Bahmanyari execeted in Ganaveh on January 5
JANUARY 4, 2025DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ramezan Taheri executed in Taybad on January 4
JANUARY 4, 2025DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Valiollah Kamalpour executed in Semnan on January 4
JANUARY 4, 2025DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran News Update Year-End report
Iran Executed At Least 997 in 2024
JANUARY 2, 2025DEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Zanjan on December 29 and January 2
Mostafa Shakeri, Khosrow Khodadadi, and Karim Bahmani
JANUARY 1, 2025DEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel-Hesar) on January 1
Arshia …, Amin … + 1 Unk.
- JANUARY 1, 2025DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Shafi Mousavi executed in Malayer on January 1
JANUARY 1, 2025DEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Bandar Abbas
Heydat Ghasemi, Shahrokh Sabahpour, Ramzi Beigsowar + 2 Unk
- JANUARY 1, 2025DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Bandar Abbas on January 1
Heydat Ghasemi and two unidentified Afghans
JANUARY 1, 2025DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Pezhman (Pejman) Masoudi Koushk executed in Yasuj on January 1
JANUARY 1, 2025DEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 more men executed in Karaj (Ghezel-Hesar) on January 1
Ali Vahdani, Hassan Vahdani, and Shahram Mahdavi
- JANUARY 1, 2025DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Update: 10 executions in Karaj on January 1
Previous information spoke of 3, or 6 executions
- JANUARY 1, 2025DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Moradi executed in Ahvaz on January 1
- JANUARY 1, 2025DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Behrouz Mehrani executed in Gorgan on January 1
- JANUARY 1, 2025DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Meysam Farhadi and Reza Bakhtiari executed in Kermanshah on January 1
JANUARY 1, 2025DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw Year-End report
Iran Executed At Least 901 in 2024
DECEMBER 31, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: AT LEAST 338 PEOPLE EXECUTED IN 2024
Saudi Arabia carried out at least 338 executions in 2024, sharply up on the 170 recorded in 2023 and the highest number in decades, according to an AFP tally of official reports.