Executions in October 2023

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

2

Bangladesh

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

Chad

 

China

 

Egypt

 

India

 

Iran

73

Iraq

 

Japan

 

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Myanmar

 

Nigeria

 

Palestine

 

Qatar

 

Saudi Arabia

7

Singapore

 

Somalia

 

Sudan

2

Syria

 

Taiwan

 

UAE

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

83 men and 1 woman were executed in October, their details are as under.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

01/10

Iran

Samad Moradi
Mohammed Taghi

Hanging

Murder

01/10

Iran

Awad Moradi and Ramazan Khorsheed +
3 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugss

02/10

Iran

Hamidreza Khodabandeh Farsimdan Qashqai +
4 unnamed men

Hanging

Corruption

03/10

Saudi Arabia

Rash Abas Khan Nithar Bayedh

Beheading (p)

Murder

03/10

America - Florida

Michael Duane Zack

Injection

Murder

04/10

Saudi Arabia

Naif bin Abdulaziz bin Ayed Al-Salmi Al-Jahdali

Beheading (p)

Murder

08/10

Iran

Imam Bakhsh Gorgich

Hanging

Drugs

09/10

Iran

3 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder?

10/10

Iran

Hossein Alizadeh and
1 unnamed man

Hanging

Murder

10/10

America - Texas

Jedidiah Murphy

Injection

Murder

11/10

Iran

Hossein Bahremand

Hanging

Drugs

11/10

Iran

Nazir Mohammad Tajik, Noor Mohammad Barbari and Shahab Elhami +
2 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

12/10

Iran

Hossein Mohammadi

Hanging

Drugs

14/10

Iran

Ali Asghar Cheraghifar

Hanging

Murder

15/10

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Murder

17/10

Iran

Ali Barzang Chaman, Sajjad Moradi and Yaser Golzardian, Nader Kerami and 1 unnamed man

Hanging

Drugs

17/10

Saudi Arabia

Muhammad bin Zaid bin Saad Al-Makhtooz

Beheading (p)

Murder

18/10

Iran

Khodabakhsh

Hanging

Rape

18/10

Iran

Mohammad Behzadi, Hojat Bagrezaei and Farshad Shahbazi

Hanging

Drugs

19/10

Iran

Vahid Kakavand, Vahid Rashidi Garavand and Fethullah Reshnu

Hanging

Drugs

19/10

Iran

Mohammad Ali Wahidi
Arman Rezazadeh

Hanging

Murder

19/10

Iran

Vahid Rashidi Garavand
Hussein Ali Dil Baloch

Hanging

Drugs

21/10

Iran

Davoud Jalali, Zaher Shirzehi and 1 unnamed man

Hanging

Drugs

21/10

Iran

1 unnamed woman (f)

Hanging

Murder

22/10

Iran

Davoud Heydari,
Khosrow Naghiani and Daryoush Bahrami

Hanging

Drugs

23/10

Iran

Asghar Jafari, Majid Musaei and Ali Khairbin

Hanging

Drugs

23/10

Sudan

Geedow Mohamed Fidle and Ismail Abdullahi Abdirahman

Shooting (p)

Murder

24/10

Iran

2 unnamed men

Hanging

Rape

24/10

Iran

A. M.

Hanging

Murder

25/10

Iran

Hayatullah Eidouzahi

Hanging

Drugs

25/10

Iran

Jalil Seyed Rezaei
3 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

25/10

Saudi Arabia

Ahmed bin Walid bin Ibrahim Al-Mahmoud

Beheading (p)

Murder

26/10

Iran

Abdol Basir Mohammadani, Mohammad Nabi Shahouzahi, Mohammad Mirshah, Omid Jovini and
Reza Shahraki (5 men)

Hanging

Drugs

26/10

Saudi Arabia

Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Muhammad Al-Dosari

Beheading (p)

Murder

27/10

Iran

Amir Hossein Dashtban

Hanging

Murder

28/10

Saudi Arabia

Shaeib bin Sayir bin Mohammed al-Fadghush

Beheading (p)

Murder

30/10

Iran

Jalil Noti Zahi, Jalal Vahdati and Khalil Mohammadi

Hanging

Drugs

30/10

Saudi Arabia

Abdulaziz bin Issa bin Ali Abdali

Beheading (p)

Murder

31/10

Iran

Hamid Tekavar

Hanging

Drugs

31/10

Iran

Shahab Sadeghzadeh and Mansour Taqvaei

Hanging

Drugs

31/10

Iran

Heydar Salkhord

Hanging

Murder

 (f) = female, (j) = juvenile, (p) = public, (t) = transgender

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