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 1, 2024South CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - South Carolina. Richard Moore, 59, Black, was executed on November 1
OCTOBER 31, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO EXECUTED FOR CONSPIRING WITH TERRORIST ENTITIES
Two Saudis were executed on October 31, 2024 for committing criminal and terror acts in Saudi Arabia.
OCTOBER 31, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Isfahan on October 28 and 31
Kourosh Salehian, Amir Jahandar, and Reza Bidabadi
OCTOBER 31, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Vahid Binami executed in Naqadeh on October 31
OCTOBER 31, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Ekhlasi executed in Zahedan on October 31
OCTOBER 31, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamed Doyesti executed in Isfahan on October 31
OCTOBER 31, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abolfazl Shahbazi executed in Tabriz on October 31
OCTOBER 30, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on October 30
Abdullah Tajik, Mostafa Gholamzadeh, Mohammad Jalali and Saman Anbari
OCTOBER 30, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Salari executed in Jiroft on October 30
OCTOBER 30, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sardar Safarpour executed in Ahvaz on October 30
OCTOBER 29, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Marevatali Karami executed in Karaj (Central) on October 29
655 executions in Iran in 2024
OCTOBER 29, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Karaj (Central) on October 29
Mohammad Nedaei, Ali Akbar (Mohsen) Akhayer, Akbar Khorram Taj and Morovat-Ali Karami
OCTOBER 29, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Akbar Khalili executed in Karaj (Central) on October 29
OCTOBER 29, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Mostavafi and Hossein Ali Maleki executed in Qom on October 29
OCTOBER 28, 2024GermanyDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jamshid Sharmahd executed on October 28 at an undisclosed location
A German-Iranian political prisoner kidnapped from the UAE
- OCTOBER 28, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Javad Ahmadian executed in Ahvaz on October 28
OCTOBER 28, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Saberi executed in Isfahan on October 28
OCTOBER 27, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mansour Hadadi and Esmail Shehbakhsh executed in Birjand on October 22 and 27
OCTOBER 27, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khaled Chenari and Abdolnabi Kalani executed in Dezful on October 27
- OCTOBER 27, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Taher Ganj Khanlou and Mohammadreza Nemati executed in Zanjan on October 27
OCTOBER 27, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Shooli executed in Gachsaran on October 27
OCTOBER 24, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SEVEN PEOPLE EXECUTED IN ONE DAY
Saudi Arabia executed seven individuals on October 23, 2024, including five for drug trafficking, according to the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
OCTOBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Karaj (Central) on October 23
Not identified
OCTOBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Armin Aghcheli executed in Gorgan on October 23
- OCTOBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on October 23
Salam Babakhan Jafari, Mohammad Koushki, Arman Naserzadeh, and two unidentified Afghan nationals
- OCTOBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hassan Dorostkar and Soleiman Malekinejad executed in Maragheh on October 21 and 23
OCTOBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammadreza Haji Khani and Mehran Soltani executed in Zanjan on October 23
OCTOBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Razavi Khaleghabadi executed on October 23 in Karaj (Ghezel-Hesar)
OCTOBER 22, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahin Dehghani executed in Malayer on October 22
- OCTOBER 22, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ayoub Sangari and Abdolgharib Maleki executed in Qom on October 22