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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DECEMBER 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahdieh Keyhani executed in Hamedan on December 23
DECEMBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammadreza Madadi and Kazem Hamidi executed in Gorgan on December 22
- DECEMBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Taher Bastani executed in Isfahan on December 22
DECEMBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Isfahan on December 22
Nariman Mohammadi, Eskandar Bakhshoudeh, Taher Bastani
DECEMBER 22, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DEATH SENTENCE OF MAN WHO BEHEADED BROTHER COMMUTED TO 20-YEAR JAIL TERM
Making it clear that not every brutal murder warrants capital punishment, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on December 22, 2025 commuted the death sentence of Ashok Kumar
- DECEMBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 9 men executed in various prisons on December 21
Fariborz Ghasemi, Reza Dastar, Kazem Sourian, Vahid Pazouki, Ali Mohammad Koushki, Amir Mohammad Jadidi, Fardin Khani, Ebrahim Mashayekhi + 1
- DECEMBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Morad Sheghnaei and Mohammad Babrian executed in Taybad on December 21
- DECEMBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rastin Karami executed in Sanandaj on December 21
- DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Aghil Keshavarz executed in Urmia on 20 December
Convicted of spying for Israel
DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajjad Marmozi executed in Ahvaz on December 20
- DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Moslem Salimi executed in Hamedan on December 20
- DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Behzad Hosseini-Rad executed in Kermanshah on December 20
- DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kian Papi executed in Aligudarz on December 20
- DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yashar Tehrani-Moqaddam executed in Karaj on December 20
- DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad-Javad Kalani executed in Nahavand on December 20
- DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hesam Nozari executed in Ardabil on December 20
- DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yarhossein Hassanvand executed in Khorramabad on December 20
- DECEMBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Dezful on December 20
DECEMBER 20, 2025DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farhang Faramarzi Pour executed in Kahnuj on December 20
DECEMBER 18, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Frank Walls, 58, White, was executed on December 18.
47th execution of the year in the US, 19 in Florida alone
DECEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ariyo Niazi Vahdat executed in Kermanshah on December 18
DECEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Karam Reza Karami executed in Bojnurd on December 18
DECEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - On 17 December, Iran reached and exceeded 2,000 hangings since the beginning of 2025
- DECEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abolfazl Shirzadi executed in Malayer on December 18
- DECEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jaber Torkaman giustiziato a Bukan il 18 dicembre
- DECEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Taybad on December 18
- DECEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mahmoud Farahmand and Rasoul Shahi executed in Zanjan on December 18
- DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Arian Jokar executed in Quchan on December 17
DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahin Rashidi executed in Shiraz on December 17
DECEMBER 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman, 4 men executed in Shiraz on December 17
Mahin Rashidi, Abbas Alami, Naser Faraji, Tohid Barzegar and Jamshid Amirfazli