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 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 PENALTYIRAN - 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
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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, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Moharrer executed in Urmia on May 7
MAY 7, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ 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 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 - Yaghoub Amiri executed in Ardabil on May 2
198 executions in 2024
- MAY 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Tabriz on May 2
Mehdi Habibi, Saeed Ranjdoust, and Saber Aminabadi
MAY 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Rasoul Khoshkar executed in Tabriz on May 2
Three other executions were already known
MAY 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Anwar Khezri Executed in Karaj on May 1
A Kurdish religious prisoner
MAY 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Ashraf Khani executed in Kermanshah on May 1
- MAY 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 more men executed in Karaj on May 1
arzad Geravand, Majid Barati, Reza Shir-Zahi and Majid Hajbari
- MAY 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmad Heyrati executed in Shiraz on May 1
- MAY 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nasir Hariri executed in Qazvin on May 1
MAY 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khosro Babavaldini executed in Kermanshah on May 1
- APRIL 30, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mahmoud Mangoli (Gorgij) executed in Birjand on April 30
- APRIL 30, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mousa Fazeli executed in Qom on April 30
APRIL 30, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran commutes death sentence for Babak Zanjani, a billionaire tycoon
APRIL 30, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Imani executed in Khorramabad on April 30
APRIL 30, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farzad Geravand and Reza Barati executed in Karaj on April 30