Archive timeline
2026
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2026, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The year in data
- News items in the archive
- 979
Latest news of 2026
JANUARY 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mojtaba Ghorbani and Bahram Zahedi killed during the protests
JANUARY 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR report on 8th day of protests
45 killed
JANUARY 8, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Navid Salehi and Bayat Sobhani killed during protests
JANUARY 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Qazvin on January 7
Hessam Moloudnejad, Alireza Yadegar + 2
JANUARY 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sharif Hadavi executed in Mahshahr on January 7
JANUARY 7, 2026Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: THREE CITIZENS EXECUTED IN ONE DAY
Saudi authorities on 7 January 2026 ccarried out the execution of three citizens in a mass execution, carried out under discretionary (taʿzir) rulings based on judicial interpretation, as part of the escalating wave of political executions in the Kingdom.
- JANUARY 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 9 men 1 woman executed on January 7
2nd woman of 2026
JANUARY 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iranian forces shoot dead Reza Rahmati in Malard
JANUARY 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Report on the 11th Day of Protests
38 died, 2200 arrested
- JANUARY 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Karim Bozorgkar and Mohammad Jolaei executed in Dezful on January 7
- JANUARY 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kaveh Panahi and Ali Neirang executed in Yazd on January 7
JANUARY 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Ardastani executed on January 7
On charges of spying for Israel
JANUARY 7, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Ghezel-Hesar on January 7
Yazdan Allahyari, Hamed Niazi, Omid Nobakht
- JANUARY 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 7 men executed in various prisons on January 6
- JANUARY 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdollah Dashti executed in Behbahan on January 6
- JANUARY 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohsen Teymouri executed in Rasht on January 6
- JANUARY 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Ahvaz on January 6
Moslem Haji Babayi, Mohammad Yarahzadeh, Abdolnour Shabani
- JANUARY 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Majid Madadi executed in Ferdows on January 6
- JANUARY 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rouhollah Aghapour executed in Mahabad on January 6
JANUARY 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Protests: Hengaw confirms at least 27 deaths in ten days
More than 1,500 arrests
JANUARY 6, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - 2025 Was Not a Good Year for Clemency in Capital Cases
JANUARY 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana: 2,063 people executed in Iran in 2025
JANUARY 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Hamzeh Palangi executed in Kerman on January 6
JANUARY 6, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Report on the 10th Day of Protests: 36 Dead in 285 Demonstrations
- JANUARY 5, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Nonunanimous death penalty verdicts upheld by Supreme Court
JANUARY 5, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Karim Asgari and Tayebeh Hekmat executed in Zanjan on January 5
Hekmat is the first woman executed in 2026
JANUARY 5, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Report on the 9th Day of Protests
More Than 1,200 Protesters Arrested, 29 killed
JANUARY 5, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Marcelle Waldon, 42, Black, sentenced to death
- JANUARY 5, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali-Bakhsh Khanmohammadi executed in Bukan on January 5
- JANUARY 5, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rostam Hariri executed in Semnan on January 5