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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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 29, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Isfahan on April 29
Din-Mohammad Mirakhani + 2 Unk
APRIL 29, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 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, 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 27, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ 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 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
- APRIL 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Javad Asgari executed in Arak on April 24
- APRIL 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hossein Ali Sobhani executed in Gorgan on April 23
APRIL 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdolbari Pashtu and Alireza Pourshahbaz (Shahbaz) executed in Karaj on April 21
APRIL 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Taybad on April 21
Esmaeil Esmaeil-Zadeh, Mohammad-Amin Mohammad-Pour + Unk
- APRIL 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Khoshavaz executed in Karaj on April 21
- APRIL 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on April 21
Hossein Tawana Kodiani, Reza Masrour, Taleb Akbari
APRIL 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Kerman on April 20
Ahmadreza Miri, Shamseddin Kashani, Shokat Shehbakhsh (Darkzehi), Jamal Mardani + Unk
APRIL 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Jadgal and Mohammad Anjamrooz executed in Chabahar on April 20
- APRIL 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in Mashhad on April 18
Zaman Taheri, Salam Taheri, Gholam Ghader Samani, and Ebrahim Nour-Zahi
APRIL 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Fariborz Dadgar executed in Ahvaz on April 18
- APRIL 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Movahedi executed in Karaj on April 18
APRIL 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amin Mousavi Bakhshayesh executed in Tabriz on April 17
APRIL 17, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA INDICATES MAN EXECUTED FOR SPYING HAD SOLD SECRETS TO US
China indicated for the first time on April 15, 2024 that a man executed for spying in 2016 had sold secrets to the United States.