Executions in February 2025

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

4

Bangladesh

1

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

Chad

 

China

1

Egypt

 

India

 

Iran

85

Iraq

 

Japan

 

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Myanmar

 

Nigeria

 

Palestine

 

Qatar

 

Saudi Arabia

24

Singapore

1

Somalia

 

Sudan

 

Syria

 

Taiwan

 

UAE

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

3

115 men and 4 women were executed in February, their details are as under.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

01/02

Iran

Maryam Kaviani (f)

Hanging

Murder

01/02

Iran

Zargham Jahandedesoha

Hanging

Murder

01/02

Iran

Ehsan Jamshidi,
Mehdi Salehzadeh and
Abdullah Khademi

Hanging

Drugs

02/02

Bangladesh

Asadul Islam

Hanging

Terrorism

02/02

Yemen

Hassan Mohammed Abdullah bin Salim

Shooting

Murder

02/02

Saudi Arabia

Khaled Dhanin Ali Hindi,
Amjed Qul Sadin Khan and
Taj Wali Khan

Beheading (p)

Drugs

03/02

Iran

Hamidreza Shahmoradi

Hanging

Drugs

02/02

Saudi Arabia

Mohsen bin Sulaiman bin Sabr al-Ruwaili

Beheading (p)

Drugs

04/02

Iran

Hafez Bani Asadi

Hanging

Armed robbery

04/02

Saudi Arabia

Nayef bin Abdullah bin Mohammed al-Qasem

Beheading (p)

Murder

05/02

Iran

Salman Hamdard

Hanging

Drugs

05/02

Saudi Arabia

Fahd bin Saud bin Hamad Al Shammari and Sami bin Khalaf bin Aqil Al Mutairi

Beheading (p)

Terrorism

05/02

Yemen

Salem Ali Mohammed Bamarhoul

Shooting

Murder

05/02

Singapore

Iskandar Rahmat

Hanging

Murder

05/02

USA Texas

Steven Lawayne Nelson

Injection

Murder

06/02

Saudi Arabia

Mohammed bin Harun bin Salem al-Omrani

Beheading (p)

Drugs

06/02

USA Alabama

Demetrius Frazier

Nitrogen gas

Murder

07/02

Iran

Saeed Gholami and
Mehdi Ahmadi

Hanging

Murder

08/02

Iran

Mahtab Ghazizadeh (f)

Hanging

Murder

08/02

Iran

Ali Rezaei

Hanging

Drugs

08/02

Saudi Arabia

Ziyan bin Hussein bin Saad al-Shahrani and
Abdullah Ahmed Besaad

Beheading (p)

Armed robbery and homicide

08/02

Saudi Arabia

Amir Zadah Mohammed Khan and Mohammed bin Hamad bin Sulaiman al-Huwaitti

Beheading (p)

Drugs

09/02

Iran

Afshin Amiri,
Abdul Hamid Kohkan and
Gol Mohammad Gargij

Hanging

Drugs

09/02

Iran

Shahram Manafzadeh and Farhad Abdoli

Hanging

Rape

09/02

Saudi Arabia

Sula Yemun Ala Likan

Beheading (p)

Drugs

10/02

Saudi Arabia

Ibrahim Tunde Arimu

Beheading (p)

Drugs

11/02

Saudi Arabia

Obeid bin Ali bin Mohammed al-Shamrani

Beheading (p)

Murder

11/02

Saudi Arabia

Rashed bin Ibrahim bin Ahmed al-Qaraani

Beheading (p)

Drugs

12/02

Iran

Mehdi Shahbakhsh Pirsorani,
Abolfazl Mahmoudi and
Tayeb Javadi

Hanging

Drugs

12/02

Iran

Milad Attar

Hanging

Murder

12/02

Iran

Abolfazl Mahmoudi

Hanging

Drugs

12/02

Saudi Arabia

Ali bin Salman bin Mohammed Al-Leif

Beheading (p)

Terrorism

13/02

Iran

Javad Kakavand and
Younes Khairollahpour

Hanging

Drugs

13/02

Saudi Arabia

al-Ridh bin Jaris bin Eid al-Salbi

Beheading (p)

Drugs

13/02

Yemen

Mohammed Abbadi Saleh Hamoud

Shooting

Murder

13/02

USA Florida

James Dennis Ford

Injection

Murder

13/02

USA Texas

Richard Lee Tabler

Injection

Murder

15/02

Iran

Ali Kurd

Hanging

Murder

16/02

Iran

Milad Farahmandi and
Hadi Farahani

Hanging

Murder

16/02

Iran

Hamid Mehdi Panah,
Sadegh Nazakat and
Saeed Jokar

Hanging

Murder

16/02

Saudi Arabia

Mohamed Nur Hussein Ja'al

Beheading (p)

Drugs

16/02

Saudi Arabia

Raed bin Awadh bin Zayed al-Omri

Beheading (p)

Murder

17/02

Iran

Burhan Wasimzai,
Haidar Babaei,
Hossein Ali Yari,
Ezzat Hosseini Duraki,
Ali Ishaqi,
Mohammad Shams-eddin and
Majid Baloch

Hanging

Drugs

17/02

Iran

Bahram Almasi

Hanging

Murder

18/02

Iran

Yousef Kwarui,
Mehdi Iranianpour and
first name unknown Bagherinejad (f)

Hanging

Murder

19/02

Iran

Reza Anzaliqi and
2 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

19/02

Iran

Malek Parsa,
Hossein Yavari and
Behrouz Mohammadi

Hanging

Murder

19/02

Iran

Sasan Mirhadi 

Hanging

Armed robbery

19/02

Saudi Arabia

Saad bin Saud bin Banih al-Jaeid and Abdulrahman bin Saleh bin Saleh al-Zahrani

Beheading (p)

Terrorism

20/02

Iran

Shahin Mahdavi and
Soran Aminpour

Hanging

Rape
Murder

20/02

Iran

Hossein Goshoul,
Behrouz Goshoul,
Babak Hajipour and
Rasoul Ashour

Hanging

Murder

20/02

Iran

Masjed Soleiman

Hanging

Murder

20/02

Saudi Arabia

Thawab bin Nasser bin Faraj al-Subaiei

Beheading (p)

Murder

21/02

Iran

Aref Za’faranlou,
Mohammad Brahui and
Hossein Sassani

Hanging

Drugs

21/02

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Murder

22/02

Iran

Vahid Mohebbi,
Abbas Bamri,
Ahmad Hanafi and
Asghar Dehghani

Hanging

Drugs

22/02

Iran

Milad Naseri

Hanging

Murder

23/02

Iran

Naeem Abdi

Hanging

Murder

23/02

Iran

Kaveh Asadbeigi

Hanging

Drugs

24/02

Iran

Yousef Rostami and
Ebrahim Khosheh

Hanging

Murder

26/02

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Armed robbery

26/02

Iran

Abdullah Safarzahi

Hanging

Drugs

26/02

Iran

Milad Moradi,
Ali Cheshmeh-Sefidi, Mohammad Fereidouni,
Behrouz Safari Qaleh-Zanjiri Mosayeb Azizi,
Sajjad Eqbali + 4 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

27/02

Iran

Mostafa Hojeir Pirouz,
Morteza Jafari and
Javad Mohammad Khani

Hanging

Drugs

27/02

Iran

Ali Khalili

Hanging

Drugs

28/02

China

Yu Huaying (f)

Injection

Child trafficking

28/02

Iran

Shoaib Rezapour

Hanging (p)

Murder

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

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