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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JUNE 5, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nader Khosrawi and Nasrollah Ayoubi executed in Zanjan on June 5
JUNE 3, 2024TongaDEATH PENALTYTONGA: LEGISLATORS REJECT DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG CRIMES
A public debate in Parliament this week rejected a suggestion that the death penalty be used to deter drug offenders, RNZ reported on May 31, 2024.
JUNE 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iman Rezaiepour executed in Neyshabur on June 2
JUNE 2, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ HANGS EIGHT CONVICTED OF 'TERRORISM'
Iraq executed eight people convicted of "terrorism", a security source and health official said on May 31, 2024, the third such group put to death in the country in little over a month.
- JUNE 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on June 1
Mahmoud Qaedi, Hassan Ne'matollahi, and Mohammad Saeed Zohrabi
MAY 30, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Jamie Mills, 50, White, was executed on May 30
MAY 28, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: THREE ISIS FIGHTERS EXECUTED
The Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council announced on May 28, 2024 the execution of three ISIS fighters.
MAY 26, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Samir Saeedi Rad executed in Qom on May 26
261 executions in Iran in 2024
MAY 26, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Arezoomandi and Samir Saeedirad executed in Qom on May 26
MAY 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - NCRI: Raisi’s Death Delivers Strategic Blow to Khamenei
Sparking Crises and Youth Rebellion in Iran
MAY 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Dissident Expresses Joy Amid Mourning for President Raisi
Saeed Afkari, brother of the executed wrestler Navid Afkari
MAY 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Fardin Musazadeh and Mehdi Khadem executed in Ardebil on May 19
- MAY 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in Shiraz on May 19
Mojtaba Jouyandeh, Mostafa Aghaei, Nader Ghorbani + unidentified Afghan
MAY 19, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SHIITE MAN EXECUTED FOR THREATENING NATIONAL SECURITY
Saudi Arabia on May 13, 2024 executed a shiite man for threatening national security by financing terrorism and associating with terrorist elements.
MAY 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman, 5 men executed in Urmia on May 18
Parvin Mousavi, Mansour Naseri, Parviz Qasemi, Yousef Saeedi, Ramin Lavandipour, and 'Jabali'
MAY 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Asghar Hajizadeh and Kaveh Bashangeh executed in Salmas on May 18
MAY 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ramin Saadat executed in Miandoab on May 18
Arrested at the age of 17
MAY 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 25 Kurdish executed in May
MAY 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yaser Abdollahi executed in Isfahan on May 18
MAY 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 more xecuted in Ardabil on May 18
Hatef Sha'abani
MAY 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Fatemeh Abdollahi, a woman, executed in Neyshabur on May 18
10th woman executed in Iran in 2024
MAY 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Young Jewish man at risk of execution
Arvin Ghahremani
MAY 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Urgent action to halt the execution of Parvin Mousavi
MAY 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Razieh, a woman, executed in Mashhad on May 15
238 executions in Iran in 2024
MAY 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Karaj on May 15
Political prisoner Khosrow Besharat + Mohammad-Reza Rahimpour, Sirus Hayatbini, Mohammad-Karim Fazeli, and an unidentified Afghan national
- MAY 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jafar Aslani executed in Qazvin on May 15
MAY 14, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Gholamhosseini and Farokh Khan Mohammadi executed in Ilam on May 14
MAY 14, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Naser Atarod executed in Qom on May 14
MAY 14, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Ghobadi executed in Shiraz on May 14
MAY 14, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Reza Jafari executed in Abhar on May 14