The news from the three battles.

IRAN - Hardliner Clerics Demand More Executions, Amputations

IRAN - Elias Raisi and Ayoub Rigi executed in Zahedan on December 24

IRAN - Mohammad Ghobadlou appeal against the death sentence rejected

IRAN - Nizamuddin Burhanzahi executed in Iranshahr on December 23

MALAYSIA MAY ABOLISH MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY IN FEBRUARY, MINISTER SAYS

Mulling a review of the criminal justice system in the country, Malaysia may do away with the mandatory death penalty in the coming months, a minister said on 21 December 2022.

IRAN - Abdullah Shahozahi executed in Shiraz on December 21

IRAN - 3 unidentified men executed in Shiraz on December 22

628 executions since the beginning of the year

YEMEN: HOUTHI-CONTROLLED COURT SENTENCES 16 YEMENIS TO DEATH, 13 OTHERS TO PRISON

Houthi-run Specialised Criminal Court of First Instance in Yemen’s capital of Sana’a on 7 December 2022 convicted 16 Yemenis, seven of whom were already detained, on charges of communicating with and assisting the “Saudi-Emirati aggression countries”.

USA - Nevada. Governor Sisolak can not empty death row

INDIA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING, KILLING WOMAN

A court in Haryana’s Sonipat on 19 December 2021 sentenced two men to death for raping and killing a woman five years ago.

PAKISTAN: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ABOLISHES DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG DEALERS

The National Assembly on 20 December 2022 approved “The Control of Narcotics Substance (Amendment) Bill, 2022,” abolishing death sentence for illicit trafficking of narcotics and psychotropic drugs.

IRAN - Hasan Firouzi, arrested during the protests, is in danger of execution