For other years, see Worldwide Executions 2006-2025 Index.
Below are the monthly figures for worldwide executions in 2012.
(f) = female, (j) = juvenile, (p) = public
Executions in January 2012
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for January 2012.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 2 |
| Botswana | 1 |
| Iran | 40 |
| Iraq | 51 |
| Saudi Arabia | 5 |
| Somalia | 1 |
| Yemen | 2 |
100 men and 2 women were executed in January 2012
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 02/01 | Saudi Arabia | Mustafa bin Nuh al-Zain, & Anas bin Malik al-Duheim | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 02/01 | Iran | Salah Rashidi | Hanging | Drugs |
| 03/01 | Iran | J. Sh. & A. A. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 04/01 | Saudi Arabia | Sami al-Mekhlafi | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 04/01 | Iran | Mohammad A., Ali N., Ahmad T, Alireza B. & Hamzeh M. + 5 unnamed men (10 men) | Hanging | Drugs |
| 04/01 | Iran | A. T. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 05/01 | Iran | Alireza Ahamdi, Sadegh Eskandari and Sasan Basami | Hanging (p) | Murder and armed robbery |
| 05/01 | America – Oklahoma | Gary Roland Welch | Injection | Murder |
| 06/01 | Iran | Nazar Ali Moradi | Hanging | Drugs |
| 07/01 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging (p) | Rape |
| 08/01 | Saudi Arabia | Jahaz al-Baqmi | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 12/01 | Iran | Fazlollah and Jalal | Hanging | Rape |
| 15/01 | Iran | Rahmat Heydari, Esmaeil Hamidi Mahmood Abadi, Ali Hadavinia, Mohammad Nabi Tavakoli, Ramin Darakhshan (6 men) | Hanging (p) | Kidnap and murderArmed robberyKidnap and rape |
| 15/01 | Iran | 7 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 19/01 | Iran | Majid Samimi | Hanging (p) | Rape |
| 19/01 | Iraq (see below) | 32 men and 2 women | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 23/01 | Somalia | Mohamed Ali | Shooting | Murder |
| 26/01 | America – Texas | Rodrigo Hernandez | Injection | Murder |
| 28/01 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Murder |
| 29/01 | Iran | M. J. & H. A. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 30/01 | Saudi Arabia | Salman Khan Taj Mohammad | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 30/01 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Drugs |
| 30/01 | Iran | Hassan Armin (Mafi) | Hanging | Murder |
| 31/01 | Iraq | 17 unnamed men | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 31/01 | Botswana | Zibani Thamo | Hanging | Murder |
| 31/01 | Yemen | 2 unnamed men | Shooting | Murder |
On January 26th the Iraqi Justice Ministry, responding to a report by the UN on the 19th of January, confirmed that 32 men and 2 women had been hanged so far in 2012 but stated that these executions had been carried out in batches during the month. No other details were given.
Executions in Febuary 2012
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for February 2012.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 4 |
| Iran | 7 |
| Iraq | 18 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 |
33 men were executed in February 2012.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 02/02 | Saudi Arabia | Abulrahman al-Qarni | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 07/02 | Iraq | Walid Nayef Abboud al-Juburi, Mohammed Khalaf Shakar + 12 unnamed men | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 08/02 | Iran | 4 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 08/02 | America – Mississippi | Edwin Hart Turner | Injection | Murder |
| 14/02 | Saudi Arabia | Mohammed Abdulmalik Ajaj & Hamad al-Yami | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 15/02 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Armed robbery |
| 15/02 | America – Florida | Robert Brian Waterhouse | Injection | Murder |
| 19/02 | Iran | 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Rape |
| 21/02 | Iraq | 4 unnamed men | Hanging | Terrorism (2) Kidnap and murder (2) |
| 24/02 | Saudi Arabia | Wahid Atawi | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 29/02 | America – Arizona | Robert Moormann | Injection | Murder |
| 29/02 | America – Texas | George Rivas | Injection | Murder |
Executions in March 2012
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for March 2012.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 6 |
| Belarus | 2 |
| China | 3 |
| Iran | 15 |
| Japan | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 6 |
33 men and 2 women were executed in March 2012.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 02/03 | Saudi Arabia | Majid al-Anzi | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 06/03 | Iran | Yunes Shafigh Amin | Hanging (p) | Murder |
| 07/03 | Saudi Arabia | Basam al-Yami | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 07/03 | America – Texas | Keith Thurmond | Injection | Murder |
| 08/03 | America – Arizona | Robert Charles Towery | Injection | Murder |
| 10/03 | Iran | Mohammad Sayeri, Gol Ahmad Heydari, Gholam Sarani, 3 unnamed men and 2 unnamed women | Hanging | Drugs |
| 10/03 | Iran | 3 unnamed men | Hanging | Rape |
| 13/03 | Iran | Akram Norouz Zahi and Mojtaba Afshar | Hanging (p) | Rape |
| 13/03 | Iran | Reza P., Mansor A. and Latifollah B. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 13/03 | Saudi Arabia | Saeed al-Ahmari Humam Eid al-Kindar | Beheading (p) | Murder Drugs |
| 14/03 | Saudi Arabia | Masallah al-Shemari | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 15/03 | America – Oklahoma | Timothy Shaun Stemple | Injection | Murder |
| 16/03 | Belarus | Vladislav Kovalyov & Dmitry Konovalov | Shooting | Terrorist murders |
| 16/03 | Saudi Arabia | Nabil Al-Atwa | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 20/03 | America – Mississippi | Larry Matthew Puckett | Injection | Murder |
| 22/03 | America – Mississippi | William Mitchell | Injection | Murder |
| 28/03 | America – Texas | Jesse Joe Hernandez | Injection | Murder |
| 29/03 | Japan | Yasutoshi Matsuda, Tomoyuki Furusawa and Yasuaki Uwabe | Hanging | |
| 29/03 | China | Wang Jiansong, Qu Long and Wang Lu | Injection ? | Murder |
Executions in April 2012
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for April 2012.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 5 |
| Iran | 44 |
| Palestine | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 5 |
57 men were executed in April 2012
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 03/04 | Saudi Arabia | Salim Shah Sayed Shah | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 04/04 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Drugs |
| 07/04 | Palestine | Mohammed Garboh Mohammed Abdeen & Mohammed Baraka | Hanging | Treason Murder |
| 09/04 | Saudi Arabia | Mohammed and Selim al-Madhiribi al-Shamali | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 09/04 | Iran | 5 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 10/04 | Iran | A.H., M.M. + 3 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 14/04 | America – Florida | David Alan Gore | Injection | Murder |
| 16/04 | Iran | 8 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 17/04 | Iran | 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 18/04 | America – Ohio | Mark Wayne Wiles | Injection | Murder |
| 18/04 | Iran | M. Gh. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 19/04 | Iran | 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 19/04 | Iran | S. M. | Hanging (p) | Rape & sodomy |
| 20/04 | America – Delaware | Shannon Johnson | Injection | Murder |
| 20/04 | Saudi Arabia | Abdulrahman Zine Elabidine | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 24/04 | Iran | 10 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 25/04 | Iran | M. M., S. P., A. S., M. B. and H. P. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 25/04 | America – Arizona | Thomas Kemp | Injection | Murder |
| 26/04 | Saudi Arabia | Zaher bin Ali al-Shihri | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 26/04 | America – Texas | Beunka Adams | Injection | Murder |
| 30/04 | Iran | M. J., R. R., Ch. M. & A. M. | Hanging | Drugs |
Executions in May 2012
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for May 2012.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 1 |
| China | 3 |
| Iran | 56 |
| Saudi Arabia | 8 |
65 men and 3 women were executed in May 2012
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 01/05 | Saudi Arabia | Nujum Abdul-Sherif and Abdul-Majid Hamzah | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 01/05 | America – Oklahoma | Michael Bascum Selsor | Injection | Murder |
| 07/05 | Iran | Reza Golshani, Abolfazl Norouzi, Majid Heydarkhani, Majid Doosti, Majid Mandehi, Ali Alaee Babak Pouravarz, Bahman and Behzad Nabavi (9 m) | Hanging | Drugs |
| 07/05 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Sex crimes |
| 07/05 | Saudi Arabia | Abdullah bin Yehya Addawi | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 14/05 | China | Zhang Jianfei | Injection (?) | Murder |
| 15/05 | Iran | Majid Jamali Fashi | Hanging | Murder |
| 15/05 | Saudi Arabia | Ibrahim Zouani | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 16/05 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Drugs |
| 16/05 | Iran | A. A. (f), R. A., Kh. Sh., M. B., A. S. M. S. & M. Kh. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 17/05 | Iran | 3 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 17/05 | Saudi Arabia | Sultan Al Sahli | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 19/05 | Iran | Farshid & Bagher | Hanging | Rape & robbery |
| 20/05 | Saudi Arabia | Bashir Afridi and Rahmulwahab Abdullah | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 20/05 | Iran | S. R. & V. A + 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 21/05 | Iran | 14 men (initials only given) | Hanging | Drugs |
| 22/05 | Iran | Z.R., A.A. and H.A. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 24/05 | Iran | Amirhossein Hosseini | Hanging (p) | Murder |
| 25/05 | Iran | Abdolreza Damankeshan | Hanging (p) | Rape |
| 29/05 | Saudi Arabia | Majed ben Ghabish al-Husni | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 30/05 | Iran | Kourosh Zarini | Hanging | Prison riot |
| 30/05 | Iran | Allahvordi A., Sayyad A., Safar P., Haji P., Khosro D., Nahad N., Omran G., and Abdolmajid M. (8 m) | Hanging | Drugs |
| Late May | China | Fang Ruifeng & Wu Yuling (f) | Injection (?) | Forgery |
Executions in June 2012
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for June 2012.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 5 |
| China | 6 |
| Iran | 27 |
| Iraq | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 16 |
54 men and 1 woman were executed in June 2012.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 05/06 | America – Mississippi | Henry “Curtis” Jackson Jr. | Injection | Murder |
| 06/06 | Saudi Arabia | Hussein Al-Awfi | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 07/06 | Iraq | Abed Hamid Hmoud | Hanging | Genocide |
| 07/06 | Iran | Abbas Z, Aref A, Abolqasem A, Farhang N and Ali Akbar M.. | Hanging (p) | Drugs |
| 07/06 | Saudi Arabia | Zohur Hussein Mohammed Sadeq | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 09/06 | Iran | Mohammad-Hasani Lotak and Saeid Baluch Shah Bakhsh | Hanging | Kidnapping & drugs |
| 10/06 | Saudi Arabia | Ahmed bin Ali Hamdi | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 10/06 | China | Zeng Jie | Injection (?) | Murder |
| 11/06 | Iran | 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Murder |
| 11/06 | Iran | Mehdi Gohari, Majid Gohari, Reza Fakhri Raieni, Sadeq Yousefi Fard, Mohammad Rasol Pour, and Said Moini | Hanging (p) | Drugs |
| 12/06 | Saudi Arabia | Massud al-Dossari, Daij al-Dossari & Ahmed Balji Oghlu | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 12/06 | America – Idaho | Richard Albert Leavitt | Injection | Murder |
| 12/06 | America – Mississippi | Jan Michael Brawner | Injection | Murder |
| 13/06 | Iran | Jomeh R. | Hanging (p) | Drugs |
| 18/06 | Iran | Abdul Rahman Heidari, Taha Heidari, Ali Sharifi and Jamsheed Heidari | Hanging | Murder |
| 19/06 | Saudi Arabia | Mohammed bin Nafe and Jamalat bint Nafe (f) Ali bin Mohammed Al Qahtani & Muree bin Ali Al Asiri | Beheading (p) | Murder Sorcery & witchcraft |
| 20/06 | Iran | Iman Amani, Hashem; Farshid Aliari, Behzad Tajik, & Mohammad Aikahi | Hanging (p) | Rape |
| 20/06 | America – Mississippi | Gary Carl Simmons Jr. | Injection | Murder |
| 21/06 | Iran | Akbar | Hanging (p) | Murder |
| 25/06 | Saudi Arabia | Musfer bin Atallah Al Jaeed | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 25/06 | China | Chen Tianlu, Xu Futai and Wang Zhenzong + 1 unnamed man | Injection (?) | Drugs |
| 26/06 | China | 2 unnamed men | Injection (?) | Drugs |
| 26/06 | Saudi Arabia | Khaled bin Saeed al-Asmari, Hussein bin Ahmad Shweikhat, Abdel Aziz bin Hasan al-Maatouq and Hussein bin Ibrahim al-Maatouq (4 men) | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 26/06 | Saudi Arabia | William Hatoum | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 27/06 | Saudi Arabia | Mohammed bin Ahmad al-Jubeiri | Beheading (p) | Kidnap and rape |
| 27/06 | America – Arizona | Samuel Villegas Lopez | Injection | Murder |
| 28/06 | Iran | Ali + unnamed man | Hanging (p) | Rape Drugs |
Executions in July 2012
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for July 2012.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 1 |
| Iran | 29 |
| Palestine | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 |
| Yemen | 1 |
35 men and 1 woman were executed in July 2012.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 02/07 | Iran | M.S., A. A. and A. Sh. + 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 03/07 | Saudi Arabia | Nasser bin Sarie bin Nasser al-Dosari | Beheading (p) | Kidnap & rape |
| 04/07 | Saudi Arabia | Ali al-Muzayyan | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 08/07 | Iran | Kh. J. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 09/07 | Iran | H. B., Gh. S & M. Sh. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 10/07 | Iran | Mohammad Askani and Abdollatif Askani | Hanging | Murder |
| 11/07 | Yemen | Mohamed al-Ali al-Azab | Shooting | Murder |
| 12/07 | Iran | 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 12/07 | Iran | Safieh Ghafoori (f) | Hanging | Murder |
| 12/07 | Iran | A. Kh., G. Kh. & Gh. H. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 16/07 | Iran | 3 unnamed men | Hanging | Rape |
| 17/07 | Iran | 3 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 17/07 | Palestine | N. J. D., F. T. W. & H. H. H. | Hanging | Murder |
| 18/07 | America – Texas | Yokamon Hearn | Injection | Murder |
| 19/07 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Murder |
| 19/07 | Iran | A. T. | Hanging (p) | Kidnap and rape |
| 19/07 | Iran | H. B. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 22/07 | Iran | Eidi Sh., Malang S.A. & Teymor M. Gh. | Hanging | Drugs |
Executions in August 2012
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for August 2012.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 3 |
| Gambia | 9 |
| Iraq | 26 |
| Japan | 2 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 |
| Sudan | 2 |
37 men and 4 women were executed in August 2012.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 03/08 | Japan | Junya Hattori & Kyozo Matsumura | Hanging | Murder |
| 07/08 | America – Texas | Marvin Wilson | Injection | Murder |
| 08/08 | America – Arizona | Daniel Wayne Cook | Injection | Murder |
| 14/08 | America – Oklahoma | Michael Hooper | Injection | Murder |
| 26/08 | Gambia | Lamin B. Darboe, Alieu Bah, Lamin Jarju, Dawda Bojang, Abubacarr Yarboi, Malang Sonko, Lamin F Jammeh, Gibril Bah and Tabara Samba. (f) | Shooting | Treason Murder |
| 27/08 | Iraq | Mazin Masawee + 17 unnamed men & 3 women | Hanging | Terrorist crimes |
| 28/08 | Sudan | 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Murder |
| 28/08 | Saudi Arabia | Mohammad Al Salala Asiri | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 29/08 | Saudi Arabia | Abeer Zaidan | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 29/08 | Iraq | 5 unnamed men | Hanging | Terrorist crimes |
Executions in September 2012
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for September 2012.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 3 |
| China | 1 |
| Iran | 57 |
| Japan | 2 |
| Saudi Arabia | 11 |
73 men and 1 woman were executed in September 2012.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 03/09 | Iran | Parviz & Iraj Parvizi + 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Drugs |
| 04/09 | Saudi Arabia | Hayat Sayed Lal Sayed & Ahmed bin Hasan al-Shehri | Beheading (p) | Drugs Murder |
| 04/09 | Iran | 3 unnamed men | Hanging | Rape |
| 05/09 | Saudi Arabia | Faleh bin Ali Al-Oteibi | Beheading (p) | Rape & incest |
| 06/09 | Saudi Arabia | Majed Abdulrahman Saleh Obeid | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 08/09 | Iran | Mohammad Dahmardeh & 10 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 10/09 | Iran | H. A. | Hanging (p) | Rape & sodomy |
| 11/09 | Iran | Sadegh Moradi | Hanging (p) | Rape & kidnap |
| 11/09 | Saudi Arabia | Mohammed bin Ahmed Kharmi and Musa bin Mohsen Kharmi | Beheading (p) | Armed robbery |
| 11/09 | Saudi Arabia | Wael Anbar Saad al-Mansuri | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 13/09 | Saudi Arabia | Mohammed Al-Shahrani | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 17/09 | Iran | 5 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 18/09 | Saudi Arabia | Mufreh bin Mohammed al-Assiri | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 19/09 | Saudi Arabia | Bashir Khamis Ahmad | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 20/09 | Iran | M.M., A. M. and M. R., Hashem Jahangiri, Iraj Deylami + 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Drugs |
| 20/09 | America – Ohio | Donald Palmer | Injection | Murder |
| 20/09 | America – Texas | Robert Wayne Harris | Injection | Murder |
| 21/09 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Drugs |
| 23/09 | Iran | Reza M. | Hanging (p) | Murder |
| 25/09 | Iran | H. Ch. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 25/09 | America – Texas | Cleve Foster | Injection | Murder |
| 26/09 | Iran | Mohammad Rigi | Hanging | Drugs |
| 27/09 | Japan | Sachiko Eto (f) & Yukinori Matsuda | Hanging | Murder |
| 27/09 | Iran | M. Salimi, Hossein Moradi, Reza Roozbehani, Jhanshad Gravnd, Jafar, Ali Hedayat, M. Zangeneh, A. Sarlak (8 men) | Hanging | Drugs |
| 27/09 | Iran | 6 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 28/09 | China | Teng Zhaowu | Injection? | Murder |
Executions in October 2012
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for October 2012.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 5 |
| Iran | 50 |
| Iraq | 23 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 |
80 men were executed in October 2012.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 02/10 | Iran | N. M., Sh. P. and Z.N. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 02/10 | Saudi Arabia | Abdulrahman al-Sweidan | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 04/10 | Iraq | 6 unnamed men | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 04/10 | Saudi Arabia | Abdullah al-Wadie | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 04/10 | Iran | Hadi Nour, Eghbal Jowzani, Mahmoud Zerehpoush, Nezam Eslami and Hassan Mohamadi (5 men) | Hanging | Drugs |
| 07/10 | Iran | Ali P. & A. K. A. S., M. A. & A. Z | Hanging (p) Hanging | Drugs |
| 07/10 | Iraq | Abdallah Ahmed Belhadi + 10 unnamed men | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 08/10 | Iraq | 6 unnamed men | Hanging | Terrorism & murder |
| 09/10 | Iran | Jahanbahash Jeroand and Hossein Jeroand | Hanging | Drugs |
| 10/10 | America – Texas | Jonathan Green | Injection | Murder |
| 11/10 | Iran | 4 unnamed men | Hanging | Rape |
| 14/10 | Iran | Fazl Ahmad B. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 14/10 | Iran | Taj Mohammad B., Ali B., Hossein B., and Mohammad B. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 15/10 | America – S. Dakota | Eric Robert | Injection | Murder |
| 18/10 | Iran | M. N. & A. A. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 21/10 | Iran | Yahya Charizehi, Abdoljalil Kahrazehi & Abdolbasset Rigi | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 22/10 | Iran | Farshid Rostami, Farhad Mashhadi Abolghasem, Ali Darvishi, Abbas Abbasi Namaki, Saeed Sedighi, Hami Rabiei and Mohammad Ali Rabiei Alireza Molaei, Eshagh (Isac) Lorgi, and Yousef Parmar. (10 men) | Hanging | Drugs |
| 23/10 | Iran | Hassan R., Reza Ch. and Hossein S. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 24/10 | America – Texas | Bobby Lee Hines | Injection | Murder |
| 29/10 | Iran | 8 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 30/10 | America – S. Dakota | Donald Moeller | Injection | Murder |
| 31/10 | America – Texas | Donnie Lee Roberts | Injection | Murder |
Executions in November 2012
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for November 2012.
| Country | No. of executions |
| Afghanistan | 14 |
| America (USA) | 5 |
| India | 1 |
| Iran | 49 |
| Iraq | 10 |
| Pakistan | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 10 |
90 men were executed in November 2012.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 06/11 | America – Oklahoma | Garry Thomas Allen | Injection | Murder |
| 07/11 | Iran | Ahmad Tajari, Shahram Yadollahi, Yousef Karimkhani Zarnaghi, Ghader Malaki, Asgar Faraji Nayeri, Abdolghader Hadi Tajik (Afghan citizen), Seyed Jalal Hosseini, Hamid Gholami, Gahhreman Gahsemi Karam, and Ahmad Barahoui & Y. A. (11 men) | Hanging | Drugs |
| 07/11 | Iran | Arash Esmaeili, Naghibollah Tajik, Shahpour Majnun Mozafari, and Najaf Ali H. | Hanging (p) | Drugs |
| 08/11 | Iran | Parviz K., Majid D., Feyz Mohammad M., Ali M., and Reza D. | Hanging (p) | Drugs |
| 08/11 | Iran | M. P. + 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 08/11 | Saudi Arabia | Mnawar Khan | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 08/11 | America – Texas | Mario Swain | Injection | Murder |
| 11/11 | Iraq | 10 unnamed men | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 11/11 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Drugs |
| 12/11 | Saudi Arabia | Mohammed bin Abdullah al-Shamri | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 12/11 | Iran | 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 13/11 | America – Ohio | Brett Hartman | Injection | Murder |
| 14/11 | Iran | Behzad, Mehdi and Meysam | Hanging (p) | Rape |
| 14/11 | Iran | 12 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 14/11 | Pakistan | Muhammed Hussain | Hanging | Murder |
| 14/11 | Iran | Bahmani Talib | Hanging | Murder |
| 14/11 | Iran | Fereydon 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Murder Drugs |
| 14/11 | America – Texas | Ramon Hernandez | Injection | Murder |
| 15/11 | Saudi Arabia | Ahmed al-Huwaiti | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 15/11 | America – Texas | Preston Hughes | Injection | Murder |
| 16/11 | Iran | A.M. & S. S. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 16/11 | Iran | Ghorbanali P. & Fahim M. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 17/11 | Saudi Arabia | Madhaheb Shanadra | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 19/11 | Saudi Arabia | Mohammad Al Khalili | Beheading (p) | Armed robbery |
| 20/11 | Afghanistan | 8 unnamed men | Hanging | Murder, rape & kidnapping |
| 21/11 | India | Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 21/11 | Afghanistan | 6 unnamed men | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 26/11 | Saudi Arabia | Mubarak al-Harithi and Obaidallah al-Harithi + Majed al-Dosari | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 27/11 | Saudi Arabia | Ali Mohammed Mahrazi & Ahmed Mahmud al-Yazidi | Beheading (p) | Murder |
Executions in December 2012
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for December 2012.
| Country | No. of executions |
| Abu Dhabi | 1 |
| America (USA) | 3 |
| China | 1 |
| Iran | 52 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 |
| Taiwan | 6 |
| Yemen | 1 |
66 men and 2 women were executed in December 2012.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 02/12 | Saudi Arabia | Khalid al-Nufayie | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 03/12 | Iran | 2 unnamed men & 1 woman | Hanging | Drugs |
| 03/12 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging (p) | Kidnapping & rape |
| 03/12 | Yemen | Hind al-Barti (f) (j) | Shooting | Murder |
| 04/12 | America – Oklahoma | George Ochoa | Injection | Murder |
| 05/12 | America – Arizona | Richard Dale Stokley | Injection | Murder |
| 06/12 | Abu Dhabi | Alex Rohana | Shooting | Murder |
| 06/12 | China | Ke Youpeng | Shooting | Murder |
| 08/12 | Iran | Iraj M., Mahmood T. & Nematollah A. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 09/12 | Saudi Arabia | Altaf Hussein Hati | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 10/12 | Iran | M. H. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 11/12 | Saudi Arabia | Mohammed bin Fahd al-Dussari | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 11/12 | America – Florida | Manuel Pardo | Injection | Murder |
| 15/12 | Iran | 3 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 17/12 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Drugs |
| 19/12 | Saudi Arabia | Othman Mohammed | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 20/12 | Iran | 6 unnamed men 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Drugs Rape |
| 21/12 | Taiwan | Zeng Si-ru, Hung Ming-tsung, Huang Hsien –cheng, Chen Chin-huo, Kuang Te-chiang and Tai Te-ying (6 men) | Shooting | Murder |
| 25/12 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Drugs |
| 27/12 | Iran | 5 unnamed men | Hanging (p) | Rape |
| 27/12 | Iran | M. M. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 27/12 | Iran | Bahram Ahmadi, Asghar Rahimi, Behnam Rahimi, Mohammad Zaher Bahmani, Keyvan Zand Karimi and Houshiar Mohammadi | Hanging | Assassination |
| 28/12 | Iran | 6 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 29/12 | Iran | A.B., R.D. and N.B. M. A. A. | Hanging | Rape Drugs |
| 30/12 | Iran | 10 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
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