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, 2026DEATH PENALTYIRAN - 9 men 1 woman executed on January 7
2nd woman of 2026
JANUARY 7, 2026DEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: THREE CITIZENS EXECUTED IN ONE DAY
Saudi authorities on 7 January 2026 ccarried out the execution of three citizens in a mass execution, carried out under discretionary (taʿzir) rulings based on judicial interpretation, as part of the escalating wave of political executions in the Kingdom.
- JANUARY 7, 2026DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kaveh Panahi and Ali Neirang executed in Yazd on January 7
- JANUARY 6, 2026DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 7 men executed in various prisons on January 6
JANUARY 6, 2026DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana: 2,063 people executed in Iran in 2025
- JANUARY 6, 2026DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohsen Teymouri executed in Rasht on January 6
JANUARY 6, 2026DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Hamzeh Palangi executed in Kerman on January 6
- JANUARY 6, 2026DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Ahvaz on January 6
Moslem Haji Babayi, Mohammad Yarahzadeh, Abdolnour Shabani
- JANUARY 6, 2026DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rouhollah Aghapour executed in Mahabad on January 6
- JANUARY 6, 2026DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdollah Dashti executed in Behbahan on January 6
- JANUARY 5, 2026DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amirreza Sarlak executed in Doroud on January 5
- JANUARY 5, 2026DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rostam Hariri executed in Semnan on January 5
JANUARY 5, 2026DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Karim Asgari and Tayebeh Hekmat executed in Zanjan on January 5
Hekmat is the first woman executed in 2026
- JANUARY 5, 2026DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali-Bakhsh Khanmohammadi executed in Bukan on January 5
- JANUARY 4, 2026DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 16 men executed on January 4
JANUARY 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khosro Alishahi executed in Qom on January 4
- JANUARY 3, 2026DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Tabriz on January 3
Ebrahim Bazvand, Arman Masjedi, Hashem Memari
- JANUARY 3, 2026DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on January 3
Khalil Rahmani, Fahim Rasoulzadeh, Asghar Shahi
- JANUARY 1, 2026DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed on January 1
Mola Morad Ghobadi, Hossein Morad Zamani, Khodayar Mirzazadeh
- DECEMBER 31, 2025DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 7 men executed on December 31
Karamali Khani, Ehsan Dehqanpanah, Mohsen Jadidi, Manouchehr Niazi, Mehran Hosseini, Keramat Safari, Moslem Rafiinia
DECEMBER 31, 2025DEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR report on widespread and systematic drug executions
- DECEMBER 31, 2025DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed on December 31
Ahad Mirzaei, Hanif Mohammadi, Yasin Azimi, Abbas Gholipour
- DECEMBER 31, 2025DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 9 men executed on December 31
Samad Azizi, Niazali Yari, Sohbat Fathi, Meysam Naseri, Amir Jafari-Rad, Erfan Sheikh Eslami + 3
DECEMBER 31, 2025DEATH PENALTYIRAN - NCRI Year End Report: More than 2,200 executions in 2025
An Unprecedented High in Khamenei’s 37-Year Criminal Rule
- DECEMBER 31, 2025DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Karamali Khani and Niazali Faryadi hanged in Kashmar on December 31
- DECEMBER 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 men executed in Shiraz on December 31
Saeed Partouy, Ali Partouy, Arash Shams, Naser Mirzayi and Sohrab Imani
- DECEMBER 30, 2025DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shayan Karami executed in Behbahan on December 30
- DECEMBER 30, 2025DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Farid Norizad executed in Quchan on December 30
- DECEMBER 30, 2025DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Rasht on December 30
DECEMBER 30, 2025DEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. TFDP's Year End Report: 19 executions, 5 death sentences