Archive timeline
2025
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2025, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2025
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
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Arsalan Arab executed in Dezful on December 16
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Keyhan Abbasi executed in Borazjan on December 16
DECEMBER 16, 2025Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: RECORD 340 DEATH SENTENCES EXECUTED IN 2025
Saudi Arabia set a new record in 2025 for the number of death sentences executed in a single year. According to an AFP count, 340 people were executed in the kingdom this year.
DECEMBER 16, 2025TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: THREE IMMIGRATION OFFICERS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER KIGOMA KILLING
Three immigration officers, Fredrick Kyomo, Joachim Trathizius, and Mabruki Hatibu, on December 15, 2025 were sentenced to death for the murder of Enos Elias
DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death Sentence of Seyed Mohammad-Javad Vafaie Upheld by the Supreme Court
His request for retrial was rejected
DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Keyhan Abbasi executed in Borazjan on December 16
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nejat Rajabi executed in Jiroft on December 16
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Mohammad Roshanfekr executed in Sheiban on December 16
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jassem Saqqaei and Khaleq Zolfaghari executed in Yazd on December 16
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Qobad Fathollahi executed in Ilam on December 16
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ata Shahsavari executed in Khaf on December 16
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yazdan Mohammadi-Khani executed in Bam on December 16
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mahmoud Din-Mohammadi executed in Birjand on December 16
DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Keyumars Qobadi executed in Ilam on December 16
DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Yazd on December 14 or 16
Jasem Seghaei, Khalegh Zolfaghari + 1
DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ashkan Rasouli executed in Ferdows on December 16
DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kambiz Dirbaziyan executed in Esfarayen on December 16
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 unidentified men executed in Rasht on December 16
- DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Alimohammad Roshanfekr executed in Ahvaz on December 16
DECEMBER 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajad Marmazi executed in Ahvaz on December 16
- DECEMBER 15, 2025SyriaDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA DENIES DEATH PENALTY CLAIMS FOR FORMER GRAND MUFTI, SAYS LEGAL PROCESS ONGOING
Syrian Justice Minister Mazhar al-Weis denied widespread online rumors that former Grand Mufti Ahmad Badr al-Din Hassoun faces a death sentence
- DECEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Maziar Falahati executed in Neyshabur on December 15
DECEMBER 15, 2025KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: AN INDIAN GOES TO GALLOWS FOR ‘BLUDGEONING’ WIFE
The Criminal Court, presided over by Judge Nayef Al-Dahoum, sentenced an Indian expatriate to death for the premeditated murder of his wife at their home in the Salmi area, following marital disputes, Arab Times reported on December 11, 2025.
DECEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amirhossein Rasouli executed in Saveh on December 15
DECEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Update on Arrests at Khosrow Alikordi’s Seventh-Day Memorial
Narges Mohammadi and others
- DECEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Milad Sheikhi executed in Isfahan on December 15
- DECEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Zahed Eslami executed in Kashan on December 15
- DECEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ehsan Nadimi and Reza Shokouri executed in Rasht on December 15
- DECEMBER 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - … Khorami executed in Zanjan on December 15