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 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yaghoub Amiri executed in Ardabil on May 2
198 executions in 2024
MAY 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Tabriz on May 2
Mehdi Habibi, Saeed Ranjdoust, and Saber Aminabadi
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 PENALTYIRAN - 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 - Farzad Geravand and Reza Barati executed in Karaj on April 30
APRIL 30, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Faramarz Moradi executed in Ardabil on April 30
APRIL 30, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Sargolzayi executed in Mashhad on April 30
- 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 29, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Isfahan on April 29
Din-Mohammad Mirakhani + 2 Unk
- APRIL 29, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehdi Bamari executed in Kenhaj on April 29
- APRIL 29, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 men executed in Isfahan on April 29
Behnam Khakpour, Payam Farazandeh, Majid Gorgipour, Delagha Habib and Reza Shahsavandi
APRIL 28, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mansour Narouyi executed in Gonbad Kavous on April 28
APRIL 28, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Ghaen on April 28
Mohsen Karami (Rakhshani), … Brahui + unknown
APRIL 28, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hojat Shamskhani and Rashed Baluchi executed in Bandar-Abbas on April 28
Notwithstanding Baluchi's acute mental condition
- APRIL 28, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 unidentified men execute in Isfahan on April 28
- APRIL 28, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sohrab Rafieian and Morteza Azimi executed in Zanjan on April 28
- APRIL 27, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ HANGS 11 CONVICTED OF 'TERRORISM'
Iraqi authorities have executed at least 11 people convicted of "terrorism" this week, security and health sources said April 24, 2024, with rights group Amnesty International condemning an "alarming lack of transparency".
- APRIL 27, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Tabriz on April 27
Sohrab Hokmabad, Amir Moharami and Davoud Namiari
APRIL 27, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iraj Sanambari executed in Arak on April 27
APRIL 25, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman and 2 men executed in Karaj on April 25
The woman identified only as Sahar, or Shahnaz
APRIL 25, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farzad Khademi executed in Saqqez on April 25
APRIL 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Karaj on April 24
Shahram Sharghi, Ali Reza Aghaei and Pezhman Azizi
APRIL 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yavar Aminkhah executed in Saveh on April 24