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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NOVEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mostafa Molayie executed in Khorramabad on November 17
- NOVEMBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sajad Karami executed in Isfahan on November 16
NOVEMBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Gilani executed in Lakan on November 16
NOVEMBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Gilani and Mohammad Hossein Naderi executed in Rasht on November 16
NOVEMBER 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amanj Azizi executed in Urmia on November 15
755 executions in Iran in 2024
NOVEMBER 15, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Supreme Court says Roberson's execution can't be stopped by lawmakers
NOVEMBER 14, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 3 CHILD RAPISTS EXECUTED
Three convicted child sex offenders were executed in China on November 13, 2024, according to an official statement from the Supreme People's Court, the country's highest court.
NOVEMBER 14, 2024AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN PUBLICLY EXECUTE MAN ACCUSED OF MURDER
The Taliban authorities publicly executed a man accused of murder in Paktia province, eastern Afghanistan, on November 13, 2024, marking the sixth public execution since their return to power in the country.
NOVEMBER 14, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Kardel executed in Amol on November 14
- NOVEMBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmad Alizadeh executed in Karaj (Ghezel-Hesar) on November 13
He was previously hanged for 28 seconds before being resuscitated
- NOVEMBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 1 woman, 6 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel-Hesar) on November 13
Unk woman + Khaled Tajik, Ahmad Alizadeh, Saman Bozorgi, Hamzeh Tarkashvand, Jafar Rastgar, Mohsen Moradi
- NOVEMBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Salar Shamipour Zardkhaneh and Ali Abedini executed in Jiroft (or Tabriz) on November 13
- NOVEMBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Omid Sheikh Kanlu Milan executed in Urmia (or Salmas) on November 13
NOVEMBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on November 13
Fathollah Rashidi, Mehdi Sharif, and Hossein Faramarzi
- NOVEMBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehdi Sharif and Hossein Faramarzi executed in Kashan on November 13
NOVEMBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Fathollah Rashidi executed in Shiraz on November 13
NOVEMBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 more people executed in Karaj (Ghezel-Hesar) on 13 November
Jafar Rahsepari, Iraj Ahadi, Sajad Shoja
- NOVEMBER 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Zakaria Alizehi executed in Zahedan on November 12
NOVEMBER 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Ali Salamat publicly executed in Hamedan on November 12
NOVEMBER 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 42nd week of “No to Executions on Tuesdays” campaign
- NOVEMBER 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamzeh Jahanian and Javad Dolabi executed in Karaj (Central) on November 11
NOVEMBER 11, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Trump wants to expand death penalty
For child rapists, immigrants who kill U.S. citizens, human traffickers and drug dealers
NOVEMBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saman Karimi executed in Yasuj on November 10
NOVEMBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Nabi Papalzehi executed in Zahedan on November 10
729 executions in Iran in 2024
- NOVEMBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamid Soltanabadi executed in Qazvin on November 10
NOVEMBER 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman and 1 man executed in Tabriz on November 10
Mahrokh Khani and Kazem Babayi
NOVEMBER 9, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 3 FAMILY MEMBERS EXECUTED FOR 'ALLEGIANCE TO TERRORIST GROUP'
Saudi authorities on November 7, 2024 announced the execution of three citizens from the same family who were convicted of belonging to a terrorist organisation, Arabi21 reported.
- NOVEMBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jafar Farahani executed in Neyshabur on November 9
NOVEMBER 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kianush Keifari executed in Rasht on November 9
- NOVEMBER 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Names of the 3 Kurdish men sentenced to death for espionage
Edris Ali, Azad Shojaei from Sardasht, and Rasul Ahmad Muhammad