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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OCTOBER 29, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Marevatali Karami executed in Karaj (Central) on October 29
655 executions in Iran in 2024
OCTOBER 28, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jamshid Sharmahd executed on October 28 at an undisclosed location
A German-Iranian political prisoner kidnapped from the UAE
OCTOBER 28, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 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 PENALTYIRAN - 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
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OCTOBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Armin Aghcheli executed in Gorgan on October 23
OCTOBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 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 - Mehdi Cheraghi executed in Qorveh on 22 October
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
- OCTOBER 21, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: TWO SAUDIS EXECUTED FOR PLANNING SUICIDE ATTACK, JOINING TERRORIST GROUP
Two Saudis were executed on October 21, 2024 for committing acts of terrorism in the country, the Ministry of Interior announced.
OCTOBER 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Farhadzadeh and Hamid Chatrsimabeh executed in Jiroft on October 21
OCTOBER 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Bahman Sheikh-Hosseini executed in Birjand on October 20
OCTOBER 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman 4 men executed in Tabriz on October 20
Ms Nasrin Firoozi, Siamak Mulaii (Molaei), Hassan Yousefi, Mohammad Amin Noorafkan (Nourafkan), and Mohammad …
OCTOBER 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Saber (Saberi) executed in Malayer on October 20
- OCTOBER 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Javad Ebrahimi and Behzad Ghaffari (Ghafari) executed in Tabriz on October 19
OCTOBER 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Abbasi executed in Rasht on October 19
OCTOBER 18, 2024OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Governor DeWine grants reprieves to 3 death row inmates
Executions for Stanley Adams, John Drummond, and James Hanna postponed to 2028
OCTOBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahmoud Bameri executed in Kahnuj on October 17
OCTOBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nourmorad Geravand executed in Qazvin on October 17
- OCTOBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamid Bamri (or Mahmoud Bamri) executed in Qom on October 17
OCTOBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 more men executed in Isfahan on October 17
Mohammadreza Mahjour and Mohammad Ashoori