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 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amrollah Dehghan executed in Shiraz on November 20
NOVEMBER 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kazem Heidari executed in Isfahan on November 20
NOVEMBER 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mostafa Souri executed in Kermanshah on November 20
NOVEMBER 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shirali Tarkeshband executed in Rasht on November 20
NOVEMBER 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Soleiman Vaziri executed in Gonbad-e Kavus on November 19
NOVEMBER 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Safa Hosseini executed in Gonbad-e Kavus on November 19
NOVEMBER 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kianush Keifari executed in Rasht on November 19
- NOVEMBER 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohsen Fayazi and Omid Javedan executed in Esfarayen on November 19
NOVEMBER 18, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MORE THAN 100 FOREIGNERS EXECUTED IN 2024
Saudi Arabia has executed more than 100 foreigners this year, indicating a sharp increase which one rights group said was unprecedented, AFP reported on November 17, 2024.
NOVEMBER 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khodarahim Popalzei executed in Bandar Abbas on November 18
NOVEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mostafa Molayie executed in Khorramabad on November 17
- NOVEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Faraj Sarmadi executed in Zanjan on November 17
NOVEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rahim Faqiri and Parviz Barahoui executed in Birjand on November 17
NOVEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Another man executed in Birjand on 17 November. Not identified
- NOVEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shahrouz Alimorad executed in Ardabil on November 17
NOVEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahrouz Alimorad executed in Ardabil on November 17
NOVEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Bamri executed in Kahnuj on November 17
NOVEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Yarmohammadi executed in Hamedan on November 17
- NOVEMBER 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 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 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajad Karami executed in Isfahan 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 PENALTYIRAN - Omid Sheikh Kanlu Milan executed in Urmia (or Salmas) on November 13
NOVEMBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Salar Shamipour Zardkhaneh and Ali Abedini executed in Jiroft (or Tabriz) on November 13
NOVEMBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 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 PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Alizadeh executed in Karaj (Ghezel-Hesar) on November 13
He was previously hanged for 28 seconds before being resuscitated