Chronological archive
September 2026
The 101 news items published by Hands Off Cain in September 2026, in chronological order.
101 news items
DEATH PENALTYSEPTEMBER 30, 2026 · Iran
IRAN - Abbas Amir Gheshlaghi executed in Arak on September 30
SEPTEMBER 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Alizehi and Abdolhamid Shiehaki Executed in Kerman on September 30, 2026
SEPTEMBER 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Hemmati Sistani and Majid Nikandish executed in Mashhad on September 30
Two ‘protesters’
SEPTEMBER 30, 2026DEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. Execution of Christa Pike halted just over an hour before it was due to happen
SEPTEMBER 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 unidentified men executed at Ghezel-Hesar on September 30
SEPTEMBER 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ayoub Mohammad Nabil sentenced to death
SEPTEMBER 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abbas Amir-Ghashlaghi hanged in Arak on September 30
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jahangir Mahmoudi hanged in Rafsanjan on September 30
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rasoul Karimi executed in Ghezel-Hesar on September 30
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hosseinali Baranzehi executed in Gorgan on September 30
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shahram Fazlollah Tabar executed in Sari on September 30
SEPTEMBER 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ashraf Faraji and Shahram Fazlollah-Tabar executed in Sari on September 30
SEPTEMBER 30, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jaber Khosravi Hanged in Damghan on September 30
SEPTEMBER 29, 2026PakistanDEATH PENALTYPakistan: Man gets death penalty for abducting, killing lawyer in 2020
SEPTEMBER 29, 2026DEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Curtis Beasley, 77, White, was executed on September 29
SEPTEMBER 29, 2026NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNigeria: four sentenced to death in Edo over kidnapping
SEPTEMBER 29, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ehsan Norouzi executed in Kermanshah on September 29
SEPTEMBER 28, 2026DEATH PENALTYUSA - Kentucky. Executions remain suspended
SEPTEMBER 28, 2026DEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Appeals court rejects ruling of innocence for Melissa Lucio
SEPTEMBER 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Milad Zeinali executed in Ghezel-Hesar on September 28
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2026SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Singapore: actors Lim Kay Siu and Neo Swee Lin among 6 charged for public assembly without permit
SEPTEMBER 28, 2026DEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed on September 9, 27, 28
Abdolghani Salarzehi, Shahhossein Abbasi (Jafari), Milad Zeinali, Mojtaba Haghi, Mohammadreza Khorram
SEPTEMBER 28, 2026SudanDEATH PENALTYSudan: death row inmates allege torture, secret trials in anti-RSF sweep
SEPTEMBER 28, 2026DEATH PENALTYUSA - Utah. Douglas Stewart Carter released
After 41 years on death row
SEPTEMBER 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehrdad Sheikhi executed in Isfahan on September 28
SEPTEMBER 28, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBangladesh: man sentenced to death for killing wife in Kishoreganj
SEPTEMBER 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Mahrokh (Roghayeh) Mirzaei, executed in Isfahan on September 28
SEPTEMBER 28, 2026DEATH PENALTYUSA - Virginia. Justin Michael Wolfe has been released
In 2002 Wolfe had been sentenced to death
SEPTEMBER 28, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahin Babayi hanged in Tabriz on September 28
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IRAN - Mehdi Ahangari executed in Malayer on September 28
SEPTEMBER 27, 2026SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSomalia: former soldier sentenced to death for killing a civilian
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men hanged in Zanjan on September 27
Fateh Shafiei, Hassan Mehdipour, Aref Darousti
SEPTEMBER 26, 2026DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mozhdeh Hashemi Bazargani’s death sentence upheld
SEPTEMBER 26, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Mahboubeh Shabani, sentenced to death
A 'protester'
SEPTEMBER 25, 2026PhilippinesDEATH PENALTYPhilippines: once sentenced to death in indonesia, Mary Jane Veloso receives pardon
SEPTEMBER 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Dezful, Isfahan and Ahvaz
Emad Mirdoraghi, Mostafa Karimzadeh, and Seyed Sadegh Mousavi
SEPTEMBER 24, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Naderi sentenced to Death
For espionage
SEPTEMBER 24, 2026DEATH PENALTYUSA - Utah. DNA evidence doesn’t match Douglas Stewart Carter
Carter spent 41 years on death row
SEPTEMBER 24, 2026IndiaDEATH PENALTYIndia: Death sentence commuted to life imprisonment without possibility of remission
SEPTEMBER 23, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Ker’Sean Ramey, 41, Black, executed on September 23
SEPTEMBER 23, 2026IRAN - Tourat Mohammadi executed in Karaj on September 23
For espionage
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Emad Mirdoraghi and Mohammadreza Aziz-Haji executed in Dezful on September 23
SEPTEMBER 23, 2026TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA - Update on Tundu Lissu's case
SEPTEMBER 22, 2026KenyaDEATH PENALTYKenya: two sentenced to death for robbery with violence
SEPTEMBER 22, 2026ThailandDEATH PENALTYThailand: court hands ‘Am Cyanide’ third death sentence
SEPTEMBER 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Ahvaz e Tabriz
Hossein Ghazlavi, Karim Majdam, Jalil Salamat, and Eskandar Heydarzadeh
SEPTEMBER 22, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdoljalil Bazrkaran executed in Ahvaz on September 22
SEPTEMBER 21, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBangladesh: 3 sentenced to death for Tangail UP chairman murder
SEPTEMBER 21, 2026IraqDEATH PENALTYIraq: French Daesh suspects to stand trial
SEPTEMBER 21, 2026LibyaDEATH PENALTYLibya: dozens executed, many more at imminent risk
SEPTEMBER 21, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Najmeh Amini sentenced to death for "insulting the Prophet"
SEPTEMBER 20, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hadi Hassanlu hanged in Shiraz on September 20
SEPTEMBER 19, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Pedaran executed for espionage
15th Execution for Espionage in 2026
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Seyed Fazel Ghaseminejad executed in Shiraz on September 19
SEPTEMBER 18, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBangladesh: two years on, fugitive death-row convict arrested in Chattogram
SEPTEMBER 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Mohammad Mojallal Choubari sentenced to death
A 'protester'
SEPTEMBER 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Strikes on the fourth anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s killing
SEPTEMBER 17, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Jeffery Lee, 49, Black, was executed on September 17
SEPTEMBER 17, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR Report: List of More Than 4,200 People Killed in January 2026 Protests
SEPTEMBER 16, 2026IndiaDEATH PENALTYIndia: 10 get death sentence in 2013 Maoist attack on Chhattisgarh Congress leaders
SEPTEMBER 16, 2026PakistanDEATH PENALTYPakistan: man sentenced to death for killing mother in KP
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SEPTEMBER 16, 2026TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA - Update on the Tundu Lissu case: nominated for the Sakharov Prize
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nemat Maghami hanged in Ahvaz on September 16
SEPTEMBER 16, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. LeJames Norman, 40, Black, was executed on September 16
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehrdad Asadi Hanged in Ghezel-Hesar on September 16
SEPTEMBER 15, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBangladesh: seven Hasina-era leaders sentenced to death
SEPTEMBER 14, 2026TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTaiwan: death row inmate dies of illness; 34 remain
SEPTEMBER 14, 2026IndiaDEATH PENALTYIndia: man sentenced to death for rape, murder of girl in 2023
SEPTEMBER 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Zeinab Rajabi, and Vahid Vafaei executed in Isfahan
SEPTEMBER 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdolrahim Narouei Rouzaneh executed in Isfahan on September 14
SEPTEMBER 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdolrahim Narouyi and Houshang Soltani executed in Isfahan
SEPTEMBER 14, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Rezvan Asgharzadeh, executed in Isfahan on September 14
SEPTEMBER 13, 2026BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBangladesh: Two sentenced to death for rape, murder of teenage girl
SEPTEMBER 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farzad Ahmadpour executed in Jiroft on September 13
SEPTEMBER 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed on September 13
Amanollah Nazarkhani, Hashem Rakhshani, Asghar Pishahang, Mohammad Mousazahi, and Yousef Abil.
SEPTEMBER 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khalil Afghan executed in Zahedan on September 13
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hossein Nazari and Hossein Rasoulinasab sentenced to death
2 ‘Protesters’
SEPTEMBER 12, 2026PakistanDEATH PENALTYPakistan: PHC upholds death penalty for man convicted of killing wife
SEPTEMBER 12, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Marziyeh “Sevda” Ebrahimi Shamsabadi sentenced to death
A blogger and political prisoner
SEPTEMBER 11, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Brian Martin sentenced to death
SEPTEMBER 10, 2026OmanDEATH PENALTYOman: new law introduces death penalty in drug crimes
SEPTEMBER 10, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Daniel Conahan, 72, White, was executed on September 10
A suspected serial killer
SEPTEMBER 9, 2026PakistanDEATH PENALTYPakistan: LHC acquits death-row prisoner after nearly seven years
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Isfahan on September 9
Mohammad Yousef Issazahi, Shahrokh Pouresmaeili, and Hossein Ghasemzadeh
SEPTEMBER 9, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Italian court still not ready to extradite Lee Gilley
Over possible punishment concerns
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammadreza Neirang Hanged in Yazd on September 9
SEPTEMBER 8, 2026ThailandDEATH PENALTYThailand: killer of Hua Hin hotel receptionist sentenced to death
SEPTEMBER 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ezzat Asgari Khalilshahr executed in Behshahr on September 8
SEPTEMBER 8, 2026ChinaDEATH PENALTYChina gives ex-Shanxi governor suspended death sentence for corruption
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 1 woman, 2 men executed in Mashhad on September 6
Fatemeh Jahangard, Mehrdad Mokhtari, and Mohammadreza Mohammadparast
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Seyed Rasoul Davari executed in Mashhad on September 6
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- SEPTEMBER 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rasoul Davari hanged in Mashhad on September 6
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Salimi Hanged in Semnan on September 5
SEPTEMBER 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Aziz Roshanayi executed in Shiraz on September 2
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Mashhad on September 2
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmad Haji-Hassani executed in Gorgan on September 2
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yaser Momeni + 1 executed in Shiraz on September 2
SEPTEMBER 2, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Valijan Nourzay and Yadollah Shamsi Hanged in Rafsanjan
SEPTEMBER 2, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Billy Adams sentenced to death
SEPTEMBER 2, 2026BotswanaDEATH PENALTYBotswana: man sentenced to death for killing Korean national 10 years ago
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2026AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Algeria: president Tebboune seeks death penalty for arsonists after deadly forest fires