Chronological archive
October 2025
The 270 news items published by Hands Off Cain in October 2025, in chronological order.
INTERNATIONAL - 42 countries retain the death penalty but have not applied it for at least 10 years
OCTOBER 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran "may be held accountable for crimes against humanity"
UN Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFMI)
OCTOBER 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death Sentence of Naser Bekrzadeh Overturned
Political prisoner charged of espionage for Israel
OCTOBER 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Naser Mahidashti executed in Kerman on October 31
OCTOBER 31, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. John Koch has witnessed every execution in Florida since 1989
OCTOBER 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khodayar Faraji executed in Birjand on October 31
- OCTOBER 30, 2025DEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Death recommended for Donovan Faison
OCTOBER 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Piri executed in Kermanshah on October 30
OCTOBER 30, 2025KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT APPROVES HARSH NEW ANTI-DRUG LAW
Kuwait’s Cabinet has approved a comprehensive new anti-narcotics law that introduces random drug testing for military and civilian employees,
OCTOBER 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amirhossein Zahedi executed in Mashhad on October 30
- OCTOBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Younes Zamani executed in Taybad on October 29
- OCTOBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hossein Ekhlaspour executed in Baft on October 29
OCTOBER 29, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BARISHAL GANG RAPE CASE
A Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal on 26 October 2025 sentenced four individuals to death for their involvement in a gang rape case.
OCTOBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sharifeh Mohammadi’s death sentence commuted to 30 years’ imprisonment
Human rights defender
OCTOBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman, 2 men executed in Mashhad on October 29
Katayoun Shamsi (W), Saman Daliri + 1
- OCTOBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmad-Reza Sharifi + 1 executed in Kerman on October 29
- OCTOBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Toghdari executed in Gonbad on October 29
- OCTOBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 6 men executed in Ghezel-Hesar on October 29
Zakaria Mohammad Khanlou, Javad Naeimi + 4
- OCTOBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Majid Shahpasandi executed in Zanjan on October 29
- OCTOBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Majid Shahpasandi was executed in Zanjan on October 29
OCTOBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Milad Koubesh executed in Ghezel-Hesar on 29 October
- OCTOBER 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hooman Azadi executed in Kermanshah on October 29
- OCTOBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign Enters 92nd Week Across 54 Prisons in Iran
OCTOBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Zahra Shahbaz Tabari sentenced to death
Political prisoner
OCTOBER 28, 2025KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE ON EID
In a landmark ruling, the Criminal Court of Kuwait on October 27, 2025 sentenced a Kuwaiti citizen to death for the premeditated murder of his wife in the Mutlaa area on the first day of Eid al-Fitr.
OCTOBER 28, 2025TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA - The Tundu Lissu case and the elections on 29 October
OCTOBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 unidentified men executed in Ahvaz on October 28
- OCTOBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Hadadian executed in Gorgan on October 28
- OCTOBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Sari on October 28
OCTOBER 28, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Norman Grim, 65, White, was executed on October 28
41 executions this year in the US
OCTOBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Safari executed in Bojnourd on October 28
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- OCTOBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamid Babaei executed in Sanandaj on October 28
OCTOBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Moslem Hossein Zeynal executed in Bojnurd on October 28
- OCTOBER 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mahmoud Saei executed in Yasuj on October 28
- OCTOBER 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Overturned the death sentences of 5 political prisoners
Rezgar Beigzadeh Babamiri, Pejman Soltani, Ali (Soran) Ghasemi, Kaveh Salehi, and Teyfour Salimi Babamiri
- OCTOBER 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mostafa Afshar executed in Malayer on October 27
OCTOBER 27, 2025AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Serious anomalies in the execution of Anthony Boyd
OCTOBER 27, 2025KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A CHILD
The Criminal Court, headed by Counselor Nasser Al-Badr and comprising Judges Abdulaziz Al-Muadhadi and Abdulhadi Al-Hajri, has sentenced a Kuwaiti citizen to death for the abduction and sexual assault of a 9-year-old child
- OCTOBER 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamid Rafiei executed in Zanjan on October 27
- OCTOBER 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hesam Bastami executed in Borujerd on October 27
- OCTOBER 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Arabian executed in Yazd on October 27
- OCTOBER 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Fereydoun Lotfi executed in Yasuj on October 27
- OCTOBER 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Malek Ali Amini executed in Nahavand on October 27
- OCTOBER 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Habib Khani executed in Qazvin on October 27
- OCTOBER 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hosseinali Montazeri executed in Semnan on October 27
- OCTOBER 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mostafa Afshar executed in Malayer on October 27
- OCTOBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Siavash Karimi executed in Malayer on October 20
- OCTOBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Valiollah Samiei + 1 executed in Aligudarz on October 26
- OCTOBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Samad Agha Hosseini executed in Kashan on October 26
OCTOBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Saedpanah executed in Esfarayen on October 26
- OCTOBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehrdad Moradi executed in Arak on October 26
OCTOBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Omar Zardkouhi executed in Zahedan on October 26
1390 executions since the beginning of 2025
- OCTOBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Manouchehr Mehki executed in Aligudarz on October 26
- OCTOBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on October 26
… Dehghani + 2
OCTOBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mousa Mohammadi and Mohammadreza Nazari executed in Shiraz on October 26
OCTOBER 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Moradi and Alireza Alimoradi executed in Hamedan on October 26
- OCTOBER 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Asghar Manafi executed in Hamedan on October 25
- OCTOBER 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Narges Ahmadi executed in Qom on October 25
44th woman executed in Iran since the beginning of 2025
OCTOBER 25, 2025Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: OVER 800 PERSONS ON DEATH ROW
A total of 826 individuals are on death row at present (October 2025), Commissioner of Prisons and Media Spokesman Jagath Weerasinghe stated.
OCTOBER 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Bahman Hosseinian and Mohammad Osmani executed in Dezful on October 25
- OCTOBER 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yarhossein Bahri executed in Khorramabad on October 25
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OCTOBER 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Davarpanah executed in Hamedan on October 25
- OCTOBER 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amir Nazari and Meysam Bagheri executed in Rasht on October 25
- OCTOBER 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Sabzi executed in Shahroud on October 25
OCTOBER 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman, 6 men executed in Rasht on October 25
Mahbubeh Jalali, Kourosh Nasrollahzadeh, Farhad Hatami, Amir Nazari, Meysam Bagheri, Siamak Khadem, and Hamed Hanifeh
- OCTOBER 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Siamak Khadem and Hamed Hanifeh executed in Rasht on October 25
- OCTOBER 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mobin Hayati executed in Doroud on October 25
- OCTOBER 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jamal Zare executed in Bam on October 25
OCTOBER 24, 2025TennesseeDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. Serious anomalies in the execution of Byron Black
- OCTOBER 23, 2025KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
UN CONDEMNS DEATH PENALTY REVIVAL IN KYRGYZSTAN AS VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on October 20, 2025 warned that the reinstation of the death penalty in Kyrgyzstan would breach international law obligations.
- OCTOBER 23, 2025AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
TALIBAN USES PUBLIC EXECUTIONS TO INSTIL FEAR AND CONTROL POPULATION, UN EXPERT SAYS
The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, has condemned the Taliban’s latest public execution,
- OCTOBER 23, 2025AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Anthony Boyd, 54, Black, was executed on October 23
By nitrogen suffocation
- OCTOBER 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - M.A. executed in Ghezel-Hesar on October 23
- OCTOBER 22, 2025IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA TO REPATRIATE TWO BRITISH NATIONALS, INCLUDING A GRANDMOTHER ON DEATH ROW
Indonesia signed an agreement on October 21, 2025 to repatriate two British nationals, including a seriously ill grandmother who had been on death row for more than a decade on drug charges, a minister said.
- OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ardavan … executed in unspecified location on October 22
OCTOBER 22, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING FRIEND OVER LOAN
A Kano State High Court, sitting at Court No. 15, has sentenced three men to death by hanging after finding them guilty of murdering a carpenter, Abba Aminu Yalwa, Daily Trust reported on October 20, 2025.
- OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nader Abdi and Alireza Keshavarz executed in Shiraz on October 22
- OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unk executed in Ghezel-Hesar on October 22
- OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Vahid Salahshour executed in Gorgan on October 22
- OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abolfazl Taremi executed in Zanjan on October 22
1355 executions in Iran since the beginning of 2025
- OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Noor-Mohammad Shamlou executed in Esfarayen on October 22
- OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saman Talebi executed in Isfahan on October 22
OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khosrow Vafadar executed in Qom on October 22
- OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ebrahim Azizi executed in Birjand on October 22
- OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Habib Haqshenas and Bashir … executed in Isfahan on October 22
- OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Safar Ali Rezaei executed in Semnan on October 22
OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman, 3 men executed in Isfahan
Saeedeh Khodadadi, Habib Haghshenas, Saman Talebi, Abdolreza Gholami
- OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Ghezel-Hesar on October 22
Sobhan Zamani, Shahab + 1
- OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Safarali Rezaei executed in Semnan on October 22
OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Marouf Fattahi executed in Tabriz on October 22
OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Ghezel-Hesar on October 22
Mansour Iravani, Sobhan Zamani, Reza Mahdizadeh, and Shahab ...
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OCTOBER 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Peyman Rostami and Sasan Lorestani executed in Kermanshah on October 22
- OCTOBER 21, 2025Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI’S 48 HOUR EXECUTION SPREE KILLS CHILD AND DRUG DEFENDANTS
Saudi Arabia executed on October 20 and 21, 2025 a prisoner who participated in protests as a minor and two men convicted of drug-related crimes.
- OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hossein Mansouri Ali Abadi and Azim Dastavar executed in Yazd on October 21
- OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN Eslam Mir-Seyyedeh executed in Yazd on October 21
OCTOBER 21, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: KERALA HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED IN KOLIYOOR RAPE AND MURDER CASE
Kerala High Court has commuted the death sentence awarded to Anil Kumar, alias Kolusu Binu, of Vembayam in Thiruvananthapuram, the first accused in the 2016 Koliyoor murder case.
- OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amir Hamzeh Shahouzehi executed in Shiraz on October 21
- OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mahyar Afrashteh executed in Ilam on October 21
OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Joint Statement by Oslo Conference Participants
“Human Rights in Post-Islamic Republic Iran,” 18-19 October 2025
- OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Azim Dastavar + 1 executed in Yazd on October 21
- OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Azim Dastavar executed in Yazd on October 21
OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on October 21
Amir Hamzeh Shahouzehi, Serajaddin Abi-Talebi, Mohammad Shams
- OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Kermanshah on October 21
Shahram Mirzaei, Eghbal Khazaei, and Ahmad …
- OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 unidentified men executed in Qazvin on October 21
OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death Sentence of Abbas Deris (Abbas Daris) Overturned
- OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Goodarz Mousavi executed in Gachsaran on October 21
- OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jalil Ashouri executed in Mashhad on October 21
- OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Karim Selouki executed in Bojnurd on October 21
OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sasan Lorestani executed in Kermanshah on October 21
OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Fardin Vafayipour and Mohammad Karim Solouki executed in Boroujerd on October 21
- OCTOBER 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rasoul Shahbazi executed in Qazvin on October 21
- OCTOBER 20, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MINOR GIRL’S GANGRAPE AND MURDER
The Court of Special Judge (POCSO Act), Agra, on October 16, 2025, awarded death sentence to two accused for the kidnapping, gangrape and murder of a five-and-a-half-year-old minor girl last year.
OCTOBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Moslem Soleimani Dehkordi executed in Yasuj on October 20
- OCTOBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Taybad on October 20
“Khaled” + 2
OCTOBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Aghajeri Peyvand and Sajad Shokri executed in Ahvaz on October 20
Aghajeri was 17 years old at the time of crime
- OCTOBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Noor-Mohammad Asgari executed in Nahavand on October 20
- OCTOBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Alireza Razaghi and Bahman Soltani executed in Hamedan on October 20
OCTOBER 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Taybad on October 20
Ershad Yarkhoda, Faiz Mohammad Shokhnai, Khaled … and Khaleq …
- OCTOBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehdi Hamzeipour executed in Qom on October 19
- OCTOBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ayoub Vali executed in Borazjan on October 19
OCTOBER 19, 2025MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING, BURNING PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND
Klang High Court on October 15, 2025 sentenced a man to death by hanging after he pleaded guilty to a charge of murdering and burning his pregnant girlfriend in Sabak Bernam, two years ago.
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- OCTOBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Samad Azizi and Moslem Soleimani Dehkordi executed in Shahr-e Kord on October 19
- OCTOBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Milad Forouzandeh executed in Nishapur on October 19
OCTOBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahmoud Shafiei executed in Gorgan on October 19
- OCTOBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saadi Minaei and Mohammad Ebrahimi executed in Qazvin on October 19
- OCTOBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kambiz Mirzaei executed in Rasht on October 19
- OCTOBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Gholam Naeimi executed in Bam on October 19
- OCTOBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Alireza Khodkari and Kambiz Mirzayi executed in Rasht on October 19
OCTOBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farhang Alidadi executed in Jiroft on October 19
- OCTOBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iran executes unidentified prisoner accused of espionage for Israel
- OCTOBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kamran Amini executed in Khorramabad on October 18
OCTOBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Coordinated propaganda campaign against hunger strike in Ghezel Hesar
OCTOBER 18, 2025AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN PUBLICLY EXECUTE MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER IN BADGHIS
The Taliban on October 16, 2025 publicly executed a man convicted of murder in northwestern Afghanistan, marking the 11th such execution since the group’s return to power in 2021, according to the Taliban’s Supreme Court.
- OCTOBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Farshad Sanaei executed in Khorramabad on October 18
OCTOBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Javad Naeimi executed in Qom on October 18
A nuclear engineer charged with espionage
- OCTOBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sadegh Nik-Ravesh (Sadegh Nikroush) executed in Qom on October 18
- OCTOBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Alireza Khodkar executed in Rasht on October 18
OCTOBER 17, 2025ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. Richard Djerf, 55, white, was executed on 17 October.
This was the 39th execution in the US in 2025, a record for the last 11 years.
- OCTOBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jaber Nadi (Naderi) + 1 executed in Kerman on October 16
- OCTOBER 16, 2025Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DRC - FORMER CONGO LEADER KABILA APPEARS AT KENYA POLITICAL MEETING DESPITE ABSENTIA DEATH SENTENCE
The former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo appeared in public on October 15, 2025 for the first time since
- OCTOBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Yousefi executed in Qom on October 16
- OCTOBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammadreza Cheraghi executed in Shahroud on October 16
OCTOBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hunger strike in Ghezel-Hesar Prison
Against the escalating wave of executions
OCTOBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Atash Shakarami to receive 38 lashes
- OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Naeimi executed in Ahvaz on October 15
- OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abolfazl Gerousi and Shaban Ezzati executed in Tabriz on October 15
- OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Rafiq Gallehbacheh and Masoud Nemati executed in Arak on October 15
- OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Maziar Fathi (Maziyar Fathi) executed in Taybad on October 15
- OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sultan Morad Mohammadi executed in Qom on October 15
- OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mansour Bideli executed in Shiraz on October 15
- OCTOBER 15, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MADRAS HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE, SAYS ACCUSED NOT MENACE TO SOCIETY
Madras high court on October 11, 2025 commuted the death sentence awarded to a man to life imprisonment in a case where he murdered his cousin because she refused to give him money to settle his debts, in 2021.
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OCTOBER 15, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FORMER INNER MONGOLIA LEGISLATOR SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH REPRIEVE
Wang Bo, former vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Inner Mongolia autonomous region, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for accepting bribes exceeding 449 million yuan ($62.88 million), a court in Hubei provin
OCTOBER 15, 2025MississippiDEATH PENALTYUSA - Mississippi. Charles Ray Crawford, 59, White, was executed on October 15
- OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Milad Jahani executed in Shiraz on October 15
OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Ghezel-Hesar on October 15
Amir Reza Ghabadi, Majid Hatami, and Sajjad Hatami
- OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hazrat Esahqzai executed in Isfahan on October 15
OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on October 15
Milad Jahani, Sajjad Shahriari Golmakani, + 1
OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nahid Hemmati executed in Nahavand on October 15
41st woman executed in Iran this year
OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - One woman and four men executed in Shiraz on 15 October
Kafieh Qobadzadeh, Sajad Shahriyari Golmakani, Touraj Rostami, Nasir Babamohammadi, Milad Jahani
OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Two unidentified men executed in Ghezel Hesar on October 15
- OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Isfahan on October 15
Maziar Bahrami, Adel Shirkhani, Hazrat Eshaghzi
OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Naeimi and Kazem Omidi executed in Ahvaz on October 15
OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Zahra Khan-Babaei and Younes Jahandideh executed in Bandar Abbas on October 15
OCTOBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehran Hagh-Panah executed in Mahabad on October 15
- OCTOBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Behzad Alizadeh executed in Semnan on October 14
- OCTOBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shafi Farati executed in Semnan on October 14
OCTOBER 14, 2025SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: GALMUDUG EXECUTES MAN FOR 2025 MURDER IN GURIEL DISTRICT
Authorities in the Galmudug region on October 9, 2025 executed a man convicted of a premeditated killing, marking the latest enforcement of capital punishment under Somali law.
OCTOBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ghanbar Morgan executed in Esfarayen on October 14
- OCTOBER 14, 2025JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN WHO KILLED FOUR IN GUN AND KNIFE ATTACK
A Japanese court on October 14, 2025 sentenced a 34-year-old man to death for murdering two women as they were out for a stroll and two policemen who responded to the scene of the attack in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, in 2023.
- OCTOBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yahya Najafi executed in Gachsaran on October 14
OCTOBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Kermanshah on October 14
Shahram Chenani + 4
OCTOBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ehsan Pourmasoumi executed in Sirjan on October 14
- OCTOBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yarhossein Nazarian executed in Khorramabad on October 14
OCTOBER 14, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Samuel Lee Smithers, 72, White, was executed on October 14
- OCTOBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Yasuj on October 14
Ebrahim Delaram, Allahkaram Ghasemi, and Fateh Haqdarian
OCTOBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Qasem Rahmatzehi and Meysam Gholami executed in Birjand on October 14
- OCTOBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Bijan Qahari and Arash Mehri executed in Kermanshah on October 14
OCTOBER 14, 2025MissouriDEATH PENALTYUSA - Missouri. Lance Shockley, 48, White, was executed on October 14
OCTOBER 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Dima Faramarzi executed in Mahabad on October 14
- OCTOBER 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ebrahim Raisi executed in Minab on October 13
- OCTOBER 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Karim Aslani + 2 executed in Yazd on October 13
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- OCTOBER 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mousa Yeganeh executed in Qazvin on October 13
OCTOBER 13, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: TINUBU GRANTS PRESIDENTIAL PARDON TO HERBERT MACAULAY, 174 OTHERS
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has granted presidential pardon and clemency to 175 persons.
OCTOBER 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Zeynab Khodabandeh, and Sobhan Safinezhad executed in Isfahan on October 13
40th woman executed in Iran in 2025
- OCTOBER 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Morteza Darvishi executed in Minab on October 13
- OCTOBER 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Arian Moradi executed in Jiroft on October 13
OCTOBER 13, 2025CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Governor Newsom Signs Major Amendments to Racial Justice Act into Law
- OCTOBER 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 1 woman 3 men executed in Isfahan on October 13
Zeinab Khodabandeh, Peyman Alizadeh, Massoud Mansouri, Sobhan Safinejad
- OCTOBER 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hassan Sohrabi and Behzad Moridan executed in Arak on October 12
- OCTOBER 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Esmail Roshani executed in Kashan on October 12
- OCTOBER 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saadi Khalifeh executed in Dezful on October 12
- OCTOBER 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Fardin Parvizi executed in Semnan on October 12
- OCTOBER 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamid Abdali executed in Dezful on October 12
OCTOBER 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mostafa Mirzaei and Ayub Latifian executed in Khorramabad on October 12
OCTOBER 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mojtaba Hasanpour executed in Rasht on October 12
- OCTOBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Homayoun Safari executed in Ilam on October 11
- OCTOBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Akbar Hasani and Rahman Kahzadi executed in Zanjan on October 11
- OCTOBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hafez Rahmati executed in Khorramabad on October 11
- OCTOBER 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammadreza Akhbari executed in Yasuj on October 11
OCTOBER 10, 2025IndianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Indiana. Roy Lee Ward, 53, White, was executed on October 10
By lethal injection
OCTOBER 10, 2025DEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Jose Soto-Escalera sentenced to death
OCTOBER 9, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SODOMY, MURDER OF 8- YR-OLD
Ghazipur district's Special Court (Pocso) Judge Ramavatar Prasad on October 7, 2025 sentenced accused Sanjay Nat to death for sodomising and murdering an eight-year-old in Feb last year.
OCTOBER 9, 2025JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: FORMER DEATH ROW INMATE IWAO HAKAMATA FILES DAMAGES SUIT AGAINST GOVERNMENT
A Japanese man who was acquitted last year in a retrial over a 1966 quadruple murder case filed a lawsuit on October 9, 2025 seeking around 600 million yen ($3.9 million) in damages from the state and local authorities, his lawyers said.
OCTOBER 9, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana report: at least 1537 executions from October 2024 to October 2025
On the World Day against the Death Penalty (October 10)
OCTOBER 9, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Jury recommends death penalty for Angel Cuz Choc
OCTOBER 9, 2025TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Court of Appeals granted Roberson’s request for a stay of execution
- OCTOBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Masoud Maleki executed in Isfahan on October 8
- OCTOBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in Karaj Central on October 8
Mobin Sarvari, Mahmoud Valiollahi, Sina Mohammadi, Pedram …
- OCTOBER 8, 2025MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Joshua Rocha sentenced to death
OCTOBER 8, 2025SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MALAYSIAN DRUG TRAFFICKER HANGED IN 12TH EXECUTION THIS YEAR
Singapore’s prison hanged a Malaysian drug trafficker on October 8, 2025, marking the second execution in two weeks and raising the number of executions in the city-state to 12 this year despite pressure to abolish the death penalty.
OCTOBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 9 men Executed in Ghezel-Hesar on October 8
Ahmadi Mohammadi, Mahmoud Valiollah (Valiallah), Milad Yari, Pedram … + 5
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- OCTOBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shahab Jabari and Rahman … executed in Mashhad on October 8
OCTOBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Heshmat Foroughi and Sajad Amiri executed in Shiraz on October 8
OCTOBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behnam Niknam executed in Amol on October 8
OCTOBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Massoud Maleki executed in Isfahan on October 8
- OCTOBER 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Seyfollah Shojaei executed in Borujerd on October 8
- OCTOBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ebrahim Azizi + 1 executed in Bojnurd on October 7
OCTOBER 7, 2025TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: COURT RELEASES MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER WIDESPREAD CRITICISM
A Tunisian court released a man on October 7, 2025 who had been sentenced to death just last week for Facebook posts criticising the president, following a wave of public criticism and human rights concerns over the case.
- OCTOBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Sabeki executed in Bam on October 7
- OCTOBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Arsalan Khani and Qasem Sajadi executed in Kermanshah on October 7
OCTOBER 7, 2025AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: 72 PRISONERS RELEASED FROM TALIBAN JAIL IN SAR-E-PUL
Taliban have released 72 prisoners from a jail in the northern province of Sar-e-Pul under orders from their leader, while reducing the sentences of 95 others, local sources told Amu on October 6, 2025.
- OCTOBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Farzad … executed in Qom on October 7
1213 executions in Iran in 2025
OCTOBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Rezapour executed in Maragheh on October 7
- OCTOBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jalal Moradi executed in Taybad on October 7
- OCTOBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Bahman Shah-Hosseini and Seyed Mahmoud Hosseini executed in Ghezel-Hesar on October 7
- OCTOBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saber Nasiri executed in Aligudarz on October 7
- OCTOBER 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Qom on October 7
Jafar Reghbati, Farzad Javanmiri and Behnam Saberi
- OCTOBER 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abolfazl Hosseini executed in Saveh on October 6
- OCTOBER 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rahim Tavakoli executed in Isfahan on October 6
- OCTOBER 6, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SC ACQUITS TWO BROTHERS ON DEATH ROW IN PIDC BOMB BLAST CASE
The Supreme Court has set aside the death sentence handed down to two brothers and acquitted them in the 2005 PIDC (Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation) House bomb blast case, Dawn reported on October 1, 2025.
OCTOBER 6, 2025TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR FACEBOOK POSTS SEEN AS INSULTING TO THE PRESIDENT
A court in Tunisia has sentenced a 51-year-old man to death over Facebook posts deemed offensive to President Kais Saied and a threat to state security, his lawyer said on October 3, 2025.
OCTOBER 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Taleb Hejrati-Pour executed in Sanandaj on October 6
OCTOBER 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death Sentence of Mohammad-Javad Vafaei Sani Upheld
Political prisoner
OCTOBER 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abolfazl Lerni and Ahmad Arzani executed in Isfahan on October 6
- OCTOBER 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Saqaei executed in Sabzevar on October 6
OCTOBER 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Lennart Monterlos acquitted of charges of espionage for Israel
Young French-German tourist
- OCTOBER 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shah-Hossein Afshar executed in Nishabur on October 6
- OCTOBER 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sobhan Najafi executed in Malayer on October 5
- OCTOBER 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Meysam Khodadadi executed in Gorgan on October 5
- OCTOBER 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on October 5
Jahanbakhsh Rakhshani, Mohammad Soltanpour, Farzad Rasoulzadeh
- OCTOBER 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mozaffar Doroudi executed in Semnan on October 5
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- OCTOBER 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohsen Barzegar executed in Qazvin on October 5
- OCTOBER 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nour Mohammad Naseri executed in Shiraz on October 5
- OCTOBER 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Erfan Afzali executed in Sari on October 5
- OCTOBER 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Saleh Ghahremani and Fardin Firouzi executed in Qazvin on October 5
- OCTOBER 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN Saman Mohammadi Khiyareh executed in Ghezel-Hesar on October 4
Kurdish political prisoner
OCTOBER 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 political prisoners executed in Ahvaz on October 4
Ali Mojaddam, Mohammadreza Moghaddam, Moein Khanfari, Habib Dris, Adnan Ghabishavi, and Salem Mousavi
OCTOBER 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahmoud Ghadimi executed in Isfahan on October 4
OCTOBER 3, 2025North CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - North Carolina. Gov. Josh Stein signed death penalty bill
- OCTOBER 2, 2025KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
KYRGYZSTAN: PRESIDENT ORDERS DRAFTING OF DEATH PENALTY BILL FOR HEINOUS CRIMES
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov on October 1, 2025 ordered the drafting of a bill which would reintroduce the death penalty in the country for heinous crimes against women and children.
OCTOBER 2, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: LHC ACQUITS DEATH ROW PRISONER IN WOMAN’S MURDER CASE
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on October 1, 2025 acquitted Sarfraz Ahmed, a death row prisoner, in a woman’s murder case registered at Ghalib Market police station, citing non-matching DNA evidence and flaws in the investigation.
- OCTOBER 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Barahouei executed in Zahedan on October 2
OCTOBER 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran Approves Tougher Espionage Law
OCTOBER 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammadreza Shehiki executed in Iranshahr on October 2
- OCTOBER 1, 2025Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
CONGO: EX-PRESIDENT KABILA SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ABSENTIA BY MILITARY COURT
Former Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila was sentenced to death in absentia on September 30, 2025 by a military court that convicted him of war crimes, treason, and crimes against humanity.
- OCTOBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Faraji executed in Sanandaj on October 1
OCTOBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Five Christian Converts Sentenced to 41 Years in Prison
Hesamoddin (Yahya) Mohammad Joneydi, Morteza (Kalvin) Faghanpour Sasi, Abolfazl (Benjamin) Ahmadzadeh Khajani + 2
- OCTOBER 1, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FORMER SENIOR POLITICAL ADVISER IN GUIZHOU SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BRIBERY
A former senior political adviser in Guizhou province, Chen Yan, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on September 29, 2025 for taking bribes, Xinhua News Agency reported.
OCTOBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Ghezel Hesar on October 1
Ali Geravand, Javad Sargazi, Sajad Mahmoudi, Hamid-Reza Maleki
- OCTOBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Amiri and Mehrdad Shahidi executed in Kermanshah on October 1
OCTOBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 187 executions in September (197 as for Hands off Cain)
Highest monthly toll in 20 years
- OCTOBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Seydi Tabaei executed in Karaj on October 1
OCTOBER 1, 2025North CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - North Carolina. Legislature Passes Sweeping Criminal Law Legislation in Effort to Restart Executions
- OCTOBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sadegh Bazvand executed in Dezful on October 1
OCTOBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Kermanshah on October 1
OCTOBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mostafa Mahmoud Salehi and Nader Mianji executed in Isfahan on October 1
- OCTOBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Khosro Moradlou executed in Zanjan on October 1
- OCTOBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Khodayar Faraji executed in Birjand on October 1
OCTOBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Ghezel-Hesar on October 1
Saeed Seyedi Tabayi, Mehdi Moradi and Sajad Mahmoudi
- OCTOBER 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Hamedan on October 1
Kamran Navabi, Soleiman Mohammadvand, and Khorram ...