The news from the three battles.

IRAN - Hessam Farhadi executed in Borujerd on May 24

USA - Florida. Gov. DeSantis signs expansive capital punishment legislation into law

UNITED NATIONS - Abolition of the death penalty at the United Nations Human Rights Council 58th session

JORDAN: SSC HANDS DOWN DEATH SENTENCE, MULTIPLE PRISON TERMS OVER DEADLY ATTACK ON POLICE PATROL

The State Security Court (SSC) on May 19, 2025 issued a death sentence and multiple prison terms over a 2022 attack that claimed the lives of four security officers and wounded several others.

USA - Tennessee. Oscar Smith, 75, White, was executed on May 22, 2025

19th execution in the US in 2025

USA - Oklahoma. Governor Scott ratified SB 599, which allows for the sentencing to death of child sex offenders

It will go into effect on 1 November, but does not actually apply for now.

IRAN - Rouhollah Gahramani executed in Tabriz on May 21

IRAN - 3 men executed in Karaj on May 21

Alim Barahouyi, Morteza Arayeshgar and Jahanshah Afshari

IRAN Mohammadreza Beiki Firoozabadi executed on May 21

In unspecified prison, Yazd probably

PAKISTAN: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS ZAHIR JAFFER'S DEATH SENTENCE

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on May 20, 2025 upheld the death penalty of Zahir Zakir Jaffer, a Pakistani-American, who was convicted of murdering 27-year-old Noor Mukadam, daughter of a former diplomat, a lawyer of Mukadam’s father said.

IRAN - Three men executed in Birjand on May 21

Naser Dahar, Ghanbar Ghaffari, Nooreddin Mohammadzadeh

IRAN - 4 men executed in Isfahan on May 11, 14, and 21

Mohammad Amin Kolsoomi, Jafar Ghorbani, Mohammad Naeim Daneshi and Jaber Shehkaramzehi