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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- MAY 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Fatemeh Abdollahi, a woman, executed in Neyshabur on May 18
10th woman executed in Iran in 2024
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 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 PENALTYIRAN - 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
MAY 13, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO SYRIAN NATIONALS EXECUTED FOR SMUGGLING NARCOTICS
Saudi Arabia on May 11, 2024 executed two Syrians over their alleged involvement in drug smuggling within the Kingdom, as the trafficking of narcotics from Syria continues to plague the region.
MAY 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Isfahan on May 12
Masoud Estaki, Jafar Hosseinzadeh, Majid Rezaie, and Mostafa Ahgh-Mohammadi
MAY 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amin Jafari executed in Isfahan on May 12
- MAY 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saman Jerngideh and Hamed Shahbakhsh executed in Bam on May 11
MAY 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A third man, not identified, executed in Bam on May 11
MAY 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Urmia on May 9
Hassan Choopani, Taher Abdolali, Hassan Arabi, and Abdollah Hassanzadeh Yangajeh
MAY 9, 2024OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Wade Lay, 63, White, incompetent to be executed
MAY 9, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Governor sets nitrogen-gas execution for Alan Eugene Miller
Who survived botched 2022 effort
MAY 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman, 2 men executed in Kerman on May 8
Fariba Mohammad-Zahi, Abdollah Ozbakzahi, and Khalilollah Brahui
- MAY 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Khan Mohammad Eshaghzehi executed in Semnan on May 8
MAY 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdullah Azbakzehi and Khalilullah Barahoei executed in Kahnoj on May 8
- MAY 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Houshang Nourollahi Younjanlou and Mohammad Afghan executed in Gorgan on May 8
- MAY 7, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ EXECUTES 11 PEOPLE CONVICTED OF TERRORISM
Iraqi authorities on May 6, 2024 executed by hanging 11 people convicted of “terrorism”, security and health sources told AFP, the second such group put to death since late April.
MAY 7, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Moharrer executed in Urmia on May 7
- MAY 5, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Asghar Falah executed in Qom on May 5
MAY 5, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Bayazidi executed in Isfahan on May 5
MAY 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Rasoul Khoshkar executed in Tabriz on May 2
Three other executions were already known