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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- DECEMBER 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Brothers Ali and Jasem Manian executed in Isfahan on December 24
DECEMBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Loghman Ahmadi Aghdam executed in Urmia on December 23
DECEMBER 23, 2024DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Arjmand executed in Arak on December 23
DECEMBER 22, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sadegh Johari and Karim Oladi executed in Qazvin on December 22
DECEMBER 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Soltan Jahantigh executed in Zahedan on December 21
DECEMBER 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Arman Samadi executed in Isfahan on December 21
- DECEMBER 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ashkan Parseh executed in Isfahan on 21 December
- DECEMBER 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamid Moradian executed in Kermanshah on December 21
DECEMBER 19, 2024OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Kevin Ray Underwood, 45, White, was executed on December 19
DECEMBER 19, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - “The Death Penalty in 2024: Year End Report”
25 executions, 26 new death sentences
DECEMBER 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ramin Kabiri executed in Miandoab on December 19
DECEMBER 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel-Hesar) on December 18
Hassan Ali Yousefi, Majid Jamshidi, Sohrab Ahmadipour, Abdolbari Pakouhi, Farzad Nowruzi, and Rastgouyi Kondelaj
DECEMBER 18, 2024IndianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Indiana. Joseph Corcoran, 49, White, was executed
- DECEMBER 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Shams executed in Hamedan on December 18
914 executions so far in 2024
DECEMBER 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rahim Barin and Jamal Naboureh (Noboure) executed in Mahabad on December 18
DECEMBER 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mojtaba Jamshidian and Jebrael Naseri were executed in Rasht on December 14 and 18
- DECEMBER 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Shamsollahi executed in Hamedan on December 18
DECEMBER 17, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FORMER INNER MONGOLIA OFFICIAL EXECUTED FOR CORRUPTION-RELATED CRIMES
Li Jianping, a former official in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, was executed on December 17, 2024.
- DECEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jamal Asgarabadi executed in Sari on December 17
DECEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman, 3 men executed in Sari on December 17
DECEMBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behzad Seyedi Bukani executed in Miandoab on December 16
- DECEMBER 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ghorban Razi and Mohammad Kasrani executed in Tabriz on December 15
- DECEMBER 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamzeh Mirzapour executed in Gorgan on December 15
- DECEMBER 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 Men Executed in Zahedan on December 15
Mohammad Vazir Roudini, Yaghoub Barahouyi Moghaddam, Elias Tardast and Alireza Galebacheh
DECEMBER 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 men + 1 woman executed in Yazd on December 15
Mohammad Ali Kharkouhi, Reza Kharkouhi, Abdolbaset Toutazehi, Abdolnasser Toutazehi, Ne’matollah Toutazehi, Salah Rahimi + unidentified woman
DECEMBER 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hadi Molakazemi executed in Semnan on December 15
- DECEMBER 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Morad Dehghani Executed in Nahavand on December 15
DECEMBER 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 more executions in Yazd on December 15
Karim Eslami and Najaf Rahmani
DECEMBER 14, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Koulivand executed in Arak on December 14
DECEMBER 14, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamed Basirat and Ali Akbar Gharib Sarduiyee executed in Roudbar on December 9 and 14