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 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 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 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Zakaria Alizehi executed in Zahedan on November 12
- 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 PENALTYIRAN - Names of the 3 Kurdish men sentenced to death for espionage
Edris Ali, Azad Shojaei from Sardasht, and Rasul Ahmad Muhammad
NOVEMBER 7, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman and Majid Jamali executed in Rasht on November 7
NOVEMBER 6, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 8 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on November 6
Ajmal Azizi, Jalil Eghbali, Faramarz Enhesari, Mostafa Sarlak, Mohammad-Hossein Bayat, Mohammad Tajik, Sadegh … + Unk.
NOVEMBER 6, 2024IdahoDEATH PENALTYUSA - Idaho. Stay of execution for Thomas Creech
Serial Killer who by now spent 50 years in prison
NOVEMBER 6, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ezat Seyedi executed in Zanjan on November 6
NOVEMBER 6, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Majid Alibabayi executed in Shiraz on November 6
717 executions in Iran in 2024
NOVEMBER 6, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mostafa Rouzbahani executed in Khorramabad on November 6
NOVEMBER 6, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iraj Shabdiz and Ali Ahmadzadeh executed in Gorgan on November 6
- NOVEMBER 6, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yousef Ramezani executed in Ahar on November
- NOVEMBER 6, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamed Darvishi executed in Khorramabad on November 6
NOVEMBER 6, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mojtaba Ghasemi executed in Karaj (Ghezel-Hesar) on November 6
- NOVEMBER 6, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 more executions in Karaj (Ghezel-Hesar) on November 6
10 executions the same day
- NOVEMBER 5, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 6 men executed in Mashhad on November 5
Mahmoud Shahraki, Mohammad-Reza Davar, Zaher Safari, Majid Ghadiri + 2 Unk
NOVEMBER 5, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yaghoub Narouyi executed in Zahedan on November 5