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 5, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Dariush Saeedi and Hamed Mehraban executed in Hamedan on November 5
NOVEMBER 5, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Aref Kamali executed in Jiroft on November 5
- NOVEMBER 5, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Yazd on November 5
Mohsen Nejadi Moghaddam + 2 Unk
NOVEMBER 4, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Momeni and Ramin Kazem Aliloo executed in Urmia on November 4
NOVEMBER 4, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Arvin Ghahremani executed in Kermanshah on November 4
A young Iranian Jewish man
NOVEMBER 4, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. The legal standoff continues over Robert Roberson
The subpoena calling for him to testify before aTexas House Committee
- NOVEMBER 4, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mansour Rastakhiz executed in Kahnuj on November 4
- NOVEMBER 4, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Alireza Jamshidi and Mohammadreza Sotoodeh executed in Shiraz on November 4
NOVEMBER 4, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yousef Ahmadi and Mansour Rastakhzi executed in Kahnuj on November 4
NOVEMBER 3, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ashkan Asgari executed in Arak on November 3
- NOVEMBER 3, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Daryoush Saeedi executed in Hamedan on November 3
NOVEMBER 3, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ramin Kazem Alilu and Ali Momeni executed in Urmia on November 3
NOVEMBER 3, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Abbas Moghaddam executed in Karaj on November 3
- NOVEMBER 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Gholamali Shakerian executed in Ahvaz on November 2
NOVEMBER 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Soleiman Abbaspour, a possible child offender, was executed in Zanjan on November 2
- NOVEMBER 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Isfahan on November 2
Moaven Mirjahani, Shahrokh Saeedkhani, Mohammad-Javad Karami
NOVEMBER 1, 2024South CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - South Carolina. Richard Moore, 59, Black, was executed on November 1
NOVEMBER 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 161 prisoners executed in October
5 women
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 PENALTY
IRAN - 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