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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SEPTEMBER 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified prisoner executed in Minab on September 23
SEPTEMBER 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Vali Jabari executed in Isfahan on September 23
SEPTEMBER 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khairallah Jamshidi executed in Minab on September 23
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Anthony Sanchez, 44, Hispanic, was executed
18 executions in the US in 2023
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO MILITARY PERSONNEL EXECUTED FOR TREASON
Saudi Arabia's defence ministry has executed two military personnel who were accused of committing treason among other offences, the state news agency (SPA) said on September 14, 2023.
SEPTEMBER 17, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on September 13 and 17
Ramezan Yavari, Mozafar Sanjarani + Unk
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pharmaceutical multinationals further restrict lethal injections
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Mansour Khakzad executed in Boroujerd on September 13
544 executions in 2023
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES US NATIONAL CONVICTED OF KILLING EGYPTIAN FATHER
Saudi Arabia on August 16, 2023 executed a US national convicted of torturing and killing his father, state media reported, bringing to at least 19 the number of foreigners put to death this year.
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE THIS YEAR
The Saudi authorities have executed more than 100 people this year, hitting a new milestone that Amnesty International considers reveals its “chilling disregard for the right to life.”
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Birjand on Septembe 10
Mohsen and Saeed Sanjarani, and Abdolnaser Ghaljayi
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2023North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH KOREA: 9 PEOPLE PUBLICLY EXECUTED FOR RUNNING BEEF SMUGGLING RING
A crowd of 25,000 people were forced to gather at the airport in Hyesan, North Korea, and made to watch the shooting of nine people.
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Zahedan on September 9
Mohammad Narouyi (Narouei) + 2 Unk
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
TEHRAN AND KABUL TRADE ACCUSATIONS OF RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
The Taliban's foreign minister has criticised its leading economic ally and political supporter, Tehran, for the high number of executions in Iran, Farsi media reported.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed … executed in Tabriz in the last days
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified woman executed in Qom on September 5
18 women executed in 2023
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Abbas Najari executed in Shiraz on September 5
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 3 HANGED FOR IS-CLAIMED BLAST THAT KILLED HUNDREDS
Iraq has hanged three people convicted for a 2016 bombing that killed more than 320 people in a Baghdad shopping district.
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A woman, Mahboubeh Roshandel, executed in Mashhad on September 4
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Houshang Moghtaderi executed in Ahvaz on September 3
AUGUST 29, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamed Sargazi and Esmaeil Hajizadeh executed in Hamedan on August 29
531 executions since the beginning of 2023
AUGUST 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Wafa Kharamani executed in Saqqez on August 27
528 executions in Iran in 2023
AUGUST 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sobhan Eftekharedin executed in Aligudarz on August 27
- AUGUST 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Milad Yazdanpanah executed in Zarand on August 26
AUGUST 25, 2023AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. The state wants to be the first to execute prisoner by making them breathe pure nitrogen
AUGUST 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Qezel Hesar on August 23
Kiumars Rezaei, Rahman Ebrahimi and Behrouz Rahmani
AUGUST 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentied man executed in Mahvelat on August 23
AUGUST 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Karami executed in Karaj on August 23
AUGUST 22, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shouresh Morovati executed in Sanandaj on August 22
AUGUST 21, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yazdan Varehzardi executed in Ahvaz on august 21