For other years, see Worldwide Executions 2006-2025 Index.
Below are the monthly figures for worldwide executions in 2013.
(f) = female, (j) = juvenile, (p) = public
Executions in January 2013
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for January 2013.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 1 |
| China | 1 |
| Iran | 38 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 |
46 men and 3 women were executed in January 2013.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 02/01 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Drugs |
| 05/01 | Iran | Saleh & Vakbr (brothers) | Hanging (p) | Kidnapping & rape |
| 06/01 | Iran | 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 08/01 | Saudi Arabia | Mohammed Darwish | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 09/01 | Saudi Arabia | Rizana Nafeek (f) | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 10/01 | China | Zhang Yongming | Shooting? | Murder |
| 13/01 | Saudi Arabia | Eid al-Dhafiri | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 13/01 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Rape |
| 16/01 | Saudi Arabia | Arshad Mohammed | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 16/01 | Iran | 2 unnamed men | Hanging (1 p) | Rape |
| 16/01 | Iran | 1 unnamed man & Ali Kianoosh Naderi | Hanging | Murder |
| 16/01 | Iran | M. Sh. & M. F. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 16/01 | America – Virginia | Robert Gleason | Electrocution | Murder |
| 17/01 | Saudi Arabia | Saeed Al Qah’tani | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 18/01 | Iran | Siavash Babaei & Mahmoud Goudarzi | Hanging (p) | Rape |
| 19/01 | Iran | Hamed | Hanging | Murder |
| 19/01 | Iran | Mahmoud Shahraki, Ali Kamali & Davoud Ghanbar Zehi | Hanging | Drugs |
| 20/01 | Iran | Alireza Mafiha and Mohammad-Ali Sorouri | Hanging (p) | Armed robbery |
| 20/01 | Iran | Mohsen K. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 22/01 | Iran | K. Kh., A.N. & A. H. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 23/01 | Saudi Arabia | Mohammed Omar Khan | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 23/01 | Iran | Reza Shahmoradi | Hanging (p) | Murder |
| 24/01 | Iran | Ch. B. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 25/01 | Iran | Yasir K. | Hanging (p) | Rape |
| 27/01 | Iran | Masoud Ali Moradi | Hanging | Drugs |
| 27/01 | Iran | 4 unnamed men and 2 women | Hanging | Drugs |
| 29/01 | Saudi Arabia | Musaed Al Ruweili | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 30/01 | Saudi Arabia | Marwan Al-Balawi & Hussein Al-Yami | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 30/01 | Iran | Allhnzr S, R. S, Abdulla S, Salih H and S Nemat | Hanging | Drugs |
Executions in February 2013
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for February 2013.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 2 |
| India | 1 |
| Iran | 41 |
| Japan | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 7 |
| Yemen | 1 |
54 men and 1 woman were executed in February 2013.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 02/02 | Iran | Haj Mohammad Nourzehi | Hanging | Drugs |
| 05/02 | Saudi Arabia | Abdullah Fandi Al-Shammary | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 06/02 | Iran | 3 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 09/02 | India | Afzal Guru | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 12/02 | Saudi Arabia | Mohammad Al Qah’tani Nabil Abu Khanjar | Beheading (p) | Murder Drugs |
| 12/02 | Iran | A. M. & R. M. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 13/02 | Iran | Ali Mohammad Zadeh | Hanging (p) | Murder |
| 14/02 | Yemen | Ahmed Saleh Abdullah al-Ma’ouri | Shooting | Murder |
| 14/02 | Iran | Iman B. | Hanging (p) | Rape |
| 14/02 | Saudi Arabia | Shabib Bin Thuwab Bin Othman Al-Muqati Al-Otaibi | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 14/02 | Iran | Sabah Lavimi | Hanging | Drugs |
| 16/02 | Iran | Omar Shahbazi | Hanging | Drugs |
| 16/02 | Iran | Ahmad Shahnour Zehi, Abdollah Barahoui, Parviz Mirbalouch Zehi, and Gholam Rigi Sistani | Hanging | Drugs |
| 16/02 | Iran | A. B. | Hanging (p) | Rape |
| 17/02 | Iran | A. B., M. S. & A. F. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 17/02 | Iran | H. A., Y. F. & M. V. | Hanging (p) | Rape |
| 19/02 | Iran | Lotfollah J., Noor Mohammad Sh., Abbas N. Hossein A., Parinaz M. (f), Hamid A., Abdolvahed M. and Ali T. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 19/02 | Saudi Arabia | Abdelkerim Ibrahim Mussa Abkar | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 20/02 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging (p) | Rape |
| 21/02 | Japan | Kaoru Kobayashi, Masahiro Kanagawa & Keiki Kano | Hanging | Murder |
| 21/02 | Saudi Arabia | Aqeel Khan Mohammed Riyad | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 21/02 | Iran | 3 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 21/02 | America – Texas | Carl Henry Blue | Injection | Murder |
| 21/02 | America – Georgia | Andrew Cook | Injection | Murder |
| 24/02 | Saudi Arabia | Faris Salam Salama al-Maghrebi | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 25/02 | Iran | 4 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 26/02 | Saudi Arabia | Nemr al-Subaie | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 27/02 | Iran | 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 28/02 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Drugs |
| 28/02 | Iran | Kianoosh Anbazpour, Yahya Bei’atpanah, Sajjad Soltani and Shahzad Basiri | Hanging | Rape |
Executions in March 2013
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for March 2013.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 2 |
| China | 6 |
| Indonesia | 1 |
| Iran | 6 |
| Iraq | 18 |
| Saudi Arabia | 11 |
| Yemen | 1 |
45 men were executed in March 2013.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 01/03 | China | Naw Kham, Hsang Kham, Yi Lai, and Zha Xika | Injection | Murder |
| 01/03 | China | Wang Haijian | Injection? | Murder |
| 01/03 | China | Zhao Fuli | Injection? | Murder |
| 02/03 | Iran | A. R. and S. N. | Hanging | Murder |
| 04/03 | Iran | 4 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 06/03 | America – Ohio | Frederick Treesh | Injection | Murder |
| 09/03 | Yemen | Mohammed Haza’a | Shooting | Murder |
| 10/03 | Saudi Arabia | Khaled bin Hamad | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 12/03 | America – Ohio | Steven Thacker | Injection | Murder |
| 13/03 | Saudi Arabia | Sarhan Al Mashaikh, Saeed Al Zahrani, Ali Al Shahri, Nasser Al Qahtani, Saeed Al Shahrani, Abdul Aziz Al Amri and Ali Al Qahtani (7 men) | Shooting (p) | Armed robbery |
| 13/03 | Saudi Arabia | Fada Al Subaie | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 13/03 | Saudi Arabia | Adam Abdullah Younis | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 14/03 | Iraq | 8 unnamed men | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 15/03 | Indonesia | Adami Wilson Bin Adam | Shooting | Drugs |
| 17/03 | Iraq | 10 unnamed men | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 27/03 | Saudi Arabia | Mohammad Rashad Khairi Hussain | Beheading (p) | Murder |
Executions in April 2013
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for April 2013.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 4 |
| Bangladesh | 1 |
| Iran | 40 |
| Iraq | 32 |
| Japan | 2 |
| Kuwait | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 7 |
| Somalia | 13 |
| Taiwan | 6 |
105 men and 3 women were executed in April 2013.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 01/04 | Kuwait | Faisal Al Utaibi, Pervez Ghulam & Dhaher Al Utaibi | Hanging | Murder |
| 01/04 | Saudi Arabia | Abderrahman al-Qahtani | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 01/04 | Iraq | Munaf Abdul Rahim al-Rawi + 3 unnamed men | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 06/04 | Saudi Arabia | Saud bin Diri al-Anezi | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 07/04 | Iraq | 7 unnamed men | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 08/04 | Iran | Hamid | Hanging | Murder |
| 09/04 | Saudi Arabia | Talal bin Fayez al-Shemmari | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 09/04 | America – Texas | Rickey Lynn Lewis | Injection | Murder |
| 10/04 | Iran | Omid Shojaii | Hanging | Murder |
| 10/04 | America – Florida | Larry Eugene Mann | Injection | Murder |
| 11/04 | Saudi Arabia | Ali al-Saeedi | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 12/04 | Saudi Arabia | Amjad Ali Gul | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 14/04 | Saudi Arabia | Sultan bin Rashid al-Mutairi | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 15/04 | Iraq | 21 unnamed men | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 16/04 | Iran | 6 unnamed men 3 unnamed men | Hanging (p) Hanging | Armed robbery (5) Rape (1) Armed robbery |
| 16/04 | America – Texas | Ronnie Threadgill | Injection | Murder |
| 17/04 | Iran | 2 unnamed men 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Rape Murder |
| 17/04 | Iran | 1 unnamed man 2 unnamed men 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs Rape Murder |
| 18/04 | Taiwan | Gi Gen-yi, Li Gia-shun, Chen Dong-zon, Chen Rei-chin, Lin Gin-de and Chang Bao-shun | Shooting | Murder |
| 20/04 | Iran | Sardashti Jaafar, Abdul Ghani, Abbas Karimi, Kashmir Alyzhy and Iqbal Shhbkhsh | Hanging | Drugs |
| 22/04 | Iran | 2 unnamed men & 2 unnamed women | Hanging | Drugs |
| 22/04 | Iran | 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Rape |
| 22/04 | Saudi Arabia | Mohammad ben Ali al-Alawi | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 24/04 | Bangladesh | Mohammad Saleh Nur | Hanging | Murder |
| 24/04 | Iran | 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Rape |
| 25/04 | Iran | Nazmi Abbasnejad | Hanging | Drugs |
| 25/04 | America – Texas | Richard Cobb | Injection | Murder |
| 26/04 | Japan | Katsuji Hamasaki, & Yoshihide Miyagi | Hanging | Murder |
| 26/04 | Iran | 4 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 28/04 | Iran | Ghassem B. and Hadi Kh. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 28/04 | Iran | S. A. | Hanging (p) | Rape |
| 29/04 | Somalia | 12 unnamed men & 1 woman | Shooting | Murder & terrorism |
Executions in May 2013
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for May 2013.
| Country | No. of executions |
| Afghanistan | 2 |
| America (USA) | 4 |
| Botswana | 1 |
| Indonesia | 3 |
| Iran | 46 |
| Iraq | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 11 |
| Sudan | 4 |
73 men and 1 woman were executed in May 2013.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 01/05 | America – Ohio | Steve Smith | Injection | Murder |
| 02/05 | Iran | M. Y., M. H., A. A. & M. J. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 06/05 | Iran | 3 unnamed men | Hanging (p) | Murder |
| 06/05 | Saudi Arabia | Mohammed Khalaf | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 07/05 | Iran | 3 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 07/05 | Saudi Arabia | Hussam Al Sharari | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 07/05 | America – Texas | Carroll Joe Parr | Injection | Murder |
| 08/05 | Saudi Arabia | Muhammad Zarin Gul | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 08/05 | Iran | Abbas Bi-parva, Abulfazl Kardeh, Maisam, Adel, Amir and Vahid Hashemi + 5 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 09/05 | Iran | A.Zh, M.Kh., H.R. & H. KH. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 10/05 | Iraq | 3 unnamed men | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 11/05 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Rape |
| 12/05 | Saudi Arabia | Awad Rawili | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 14/05 | Saudi Arabia | Maneh Al Daen | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 15/05 | Iran | Jahangir Gorgij, Hashem bahar Ali, Shahram Hassan-Zadeh, Nemat Rajabi, Fahad Shirazi, Mohammad Zareiiand Tooraj Amin (7 men) | Hanging | Drugs |
| 15/05 | Iran | Hamid Shahriari, Hossein Nasiri and Afshin Karimi | Hanging | Murder |
| 15/05 | Iran | Bekar Faridi | Hanging | Murder |
| 15/05 | Iran | Allah Nazar Shibak | Hanging | Murder |
| 15/05 | America – Texas | Jeffrey Williams | Injection | Murder |
| 16/05 | Iran | M. T. | Hanging (p) | Murder |
| 17/05 | Indonesia | Suryadi Swabhuana, Jurit, and Ibrahim | Shooting | Murder |
| 18/05 | Afghanistan | Jalil Ahmad & Abdul Sami | Hanging | Murder |
| 18/05 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Drugs |
| 19/05 | Iran | Mohammad Heydari & Koroush Ahmadi | Hanging | Espionage |
| 20/05 | Saudi Arabia | Mohammed Yousuf Ezzeddine | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 20/05 | Iran | P. P. & Q. L | Hanging (p) | Murder |
| 21/05 | Saudi Arabia | Khaled, Adel and Qassim Al Sarra, Saif Saleh Al Sahari and Khaled Hussein Al Sahari | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 21/05 | Saudi Arabia | Said bin Abdullah bin Mohammed al-Omri | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 22/05 | Iran | Giti Marami (f) | Hanging | Murder |
| 23/05 | Iran | Alireza & Mohammad | Hanging | Murder |
| 27/05 | Botswana | Orelesitse Modise Thokamolemo | Hanging | Murder |
| 29/05 | Sudan | 4 unnamed men | Hanging | Murder |
| 29/05 | America – Florida | Elmer Carroll | Injection | Murder |
Executions in June 2013
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for June 2013.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 5 |
| China | 4 |
| Iran | 18 |
| Kuwait | 2 |
| Nigeria | 4 |
| Palestine | 2 |
| Saudi Arabia | 7 |
40 men and 2 women were executed in June 2013.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 02/06 | Iran | 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 04/06 | Saudi Arabia | Shuwail al-Amri Hasan Sharahili | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 05/06 | Saudi Arabia | Wajid Ali Zarnoosh | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 11/06 | Saudi Arabia | Hussam al-Rjoob | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 12/06 | America – Texas | Elroy Chester | Injection | Murder |
| 12/06 | America – Florida | William Van Poyck | Injection | Murder |
| 17/06 | Saudi Arabia | Ali Derbalah | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 18/06 | Kuwait | Ahmadi Abdulsalam Hajjaj Al-Saadi | Hanging | Murder Serial child rape |
| 18/06 | Iran | Seyed Majid Afzali | Hanging | Murder |
| 18/06 | America – Oklahoma | James Lewis DeRosa | Injection | Murder |
| 19/06 | China | Li Xingong | Injection? | Rape |
| 20/06 | Iran | Ghobad Fayouj Mohammad Ebdali, Vahid Fayouj & Golafrooz Fayouj (f) | Hanging (p) Hanging | Drugs |
| 22/06 | Palestine | Imad Mahmoud Ibn Ghalyun & Hussein Yusef al-Khatib | Hanging | Espionage |
| 24/06 | Nigeria | Chima Ejiofor, Daniel Nsofor, Osarenmwinda Aiguokhan and Richard Igagu | Hanging | Murder & armed robbery |
| 24/06 | Saudi Arabia | Ali Tishamdu Abdullatif and Khan Mohammed Ramdhan | Beheading (p) | Armed robbery |
| 25/06 | China | Yang Jiande, Chen & Yuan Tingchang | Injection? | Drugs |
| 25/06 | America – Oklahoma | Brian Darrell Davis | Injection | Murder |
| 26/06 | Iran | 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 26/06 | America – Texas | Kimberly McCarthy (f) | Injection | Murder |
| 29/06 | Iran | Hoseyn Tukan | Hanging (p) | Drugs |
| 29/06 | Iran | Aref Noorzahi, Shir Mohammad Kashani, and Ghorbanali Soori | Hanging | Drugs |
| 29/06 | Iran | A. S. | Hanging | Murder |
| 30/06 | Iran | Arash Molaei and Behnam Sohrabi | Hanging (p) | Rape |
| 30/06 | Iran | 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
Executions in July 2013
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for July 2013.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 4 |
| China | 4 |
| Iran | 41 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 |
| Somalia | 6 |
51 men and 7 women were executed in July 2013.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 02/07 | China | 1 unnamed woman | Injection | Drugs |
| 03/07 | China | Ma Xiuling (f) | Injection | Murder |
| 04/07 | Iran | 6 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 04/07 | Saudi Arabia | Abdullah Hassan Al-Kholani and Adel Ali Ahmad | Beheading (p) | Armed robbery |
| 06/07 | Iran | 3 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 06/07 | Iran | Rasoul Khorouj, Vahid Rigi, Hamid Najafi and Naser Naghaei plus 2 unnamed men & 5 unnamed women | Hanging | Drugs |
| 07/07 | Iran | R. Kh., N. H. & A. Gh. M. S. and Habib | Hanging | Drugs Murder |
| 08/07 | Saudi Arabia | Saleh bin Ali al-Shemmarani | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 08/07 | Iran | 3 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 09/07 | Iran | 3 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 09/07 | Iran | 7 unnamed men | Hanging | Rape |
| 10/07 | Iran | A. R.& F. Kh.A. F. | Hanging | Murder Drugs |
| 12/07 | China | Zeng Chengjie | Injection | Fraud |
| 16/07 | America – Texas | John Manuel Quintanilla | Injection | Murder |
| 18/07 | America – Texas | Vaughn Ross | Injection | Murder |
| 20/07 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Drugs |
| 25/07 | Somalia | Abdirahman Bile & Abdullahi Osman Ahmed | Shooting | Murder |
| 25/07 | China | Wang Hairong | Injection | Murder |
| 25/07 | America – Alabama | Andrew Lackey | Injection | Murder |
| 27/07 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Drugs |
| 29/07 | Somalia | Ali Mohamed Aden, Osman Mohamed Dirie, Ibrahim Mohamed Hussein and Hassan Mohamud Abukar | Shooting | Murder |
| 31/07 | America – Texas | Douglas Feldman | Injection | Murder |
Executions in August 2013
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for August 2013.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 1 |
| Iran | 38 |
| Iraq | 17 |
| North Korea | 12 |
| Saudi Arabia | 5 |
| Somalia | 2 |
| Vietnam | 1 |
73 men and 3 women were executed in August 2013.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 03/08 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Murder |
| 05/08 | America – Florida | John Errol Ferguson | Injection | Murder |
| 05/08 | Somalia | Mukhtar Mahamed | Shooting | Murder |
| 06/08 | Vietnam | Nguyen Anh Tuan | Injection | Murder |
| 14/08 | Iran | Ali Naz, Ali Hossein, Mohammad, Nobar + 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Rape |
| 15/08 | Saudi Arabia | Fawzi al-Khaibari | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 17/08 | Somalia | Aden Sheikh Abdi | Shooting | Murder |
| 18/08 | Iran | Meraj T., Ali A. & Milad P. | Hanging (p) | Rape |
| 19/08 | Iraq | 15 unnamed men & 2 unnamed women | Hanging | Terrorism (16) + 1 unspecified crime |
| 20/08 | Saudi Arabia | Ibrahim al-Qanbar and Ahmed al-Musalam | Beheading (p) | Murder and armed robbery |
| 20/08 | Iran | M. | Hanging | Murder |
| 20/08 | North Korea | Hyon Song-wol (f) & 11 unnamed persons | Shooting (p) | Pornography |
| 21/08 | Saudi Arabia | Husni Tawhal | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 21/08 | Iran | Abdolhamid S. & 1 unnamed man | Hanging (p) | Murder |
| 21/08 | Iran | Reza R. and Ali Sh. | Hanging | Murder |
| 22/08 | Iran | Arman Mohammadi | Hanging | Murder |
| 22/08 | Iran | A.K, P.Y, A.A, A.T, M.A + 3 unnamed men (8 men) | Hanging | Drugs |
| 23/08 | Saudi Arabia | Ahmed Al-Onayzi | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 23/08 | Iran | Saeed Gshtyl | Hanging | Drugs |
| 25/08 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Murder |
| 25/08 | Iran | A. M., H. B. and J. S. | Hanging | Murder |
| 26/08 | Iran | 7 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 27/08 | Iran | 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Murder |
Executions in September 2013
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for September 2013.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 4 |
| China | 2 |
| Iran | 62 |
| Iraq | 26 |
| Japan | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 6 |
92 men and 9 women were executed in September 2013.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 01/09 | Iran | 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Murder Drugs |
| 03/09 | Saudi Arabia | Abdullah al-Harbi | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 03/09 | Iran | Samir | Hanging | Murder |
| 04/09 | Iran | J. H. | Hanging (p) | Murder |
| 04/09 | Iran | Yunes Assadi | Hanging | Rape |
| 04/09 | Iraq | 3 unnamed men | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 05/09 | Saudi Arabia | Hashan al-Nutayfat & Mohammed al-Qahtani | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 07/09 | Iran | M. R. A. S. and A. M. | Hanging | Murder Drugs |
| 08/09 | Iran | H. A. P. | Hanging | Murder |
| 09/09 | Iran | Behrouz Shir-pour, Manouchehr Davoudi, Bahman Qaitarani, Qasem Akbari and Zakaria Nasrollahi + 1 woman | Hanging | Drugs |
| 10/09 | Iran | M. B. & A. K. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 10/09 | America – Oklahoma | Anthony Rozelle Banks | Injection | Murder |
| 11/09 | Saudi Arabia | Salim Bin Hassan Al Essi | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 12/09 | Japan | Tokuhisa Kumagai | Hanging | Murder |
| 12/09 | Iran | S. S., H. Kh. & B. H. | Hanging (p) | Rape |
| 14/09 | Iran | Erfan Gholinejad | Hanging (p) | Rape |
| 14/09 | Iran | 3 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 17/09 | China | Nie Lei | Injection | Murder |
| 17/09 | Saudi Arabia | Waleed Zeineddin | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 18/09 | Iran | Fardin Mohammadi & 3 unnamed men | Hanging | Murder |
| 19/09 | America – Texas | Robert Gene Garza | Injection | Murder |
| 19/09 | Iran | R. H., M. Sh., R. B., Z. S. S. H, Z. S. & N. S. (3 f) | Hanging | Drugs |
| 20/09 | Iran | 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Murder |
| 21/09 | Iran | B. A. F. N., B. M. & R. N. | Hanging | Murder Drugs |
| 24/09 | Iran | Farzad T., Masoud Kh., Meysam S. and Ali M. | Hanging | Kidnapping & rape |
| 25/09 | China | Xia Junfeng | Injection | Murder |
| 25/09 | Iran | Vahid Jahromi, Ali Faramarzi &Hossein Torabi + 2 unnamed men & Madrzn A (f) | Hanging | Murder |
| 25/09 | Iran | Aydin Salamat, Firuz Madani, Rasoul Kalhor, Bahram Tabari, Abdollah Ghodsi & 3 unnamed women | Hanging | Drugs |
| 25/09 | America – Ohio | Harry Mitts Jr. | Injection | Murder |
| 26/09 | Iraq | 10 unnamed men | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 26/09 | America – Texas | Arturo Diaz | Injection | Murder |
| 27/09 | Iran | Sydkhlyl Sadjadpour (f) | Hanging | Murder |
| 30/09 | Saudi Arabia | Mazyad al-Obeidi | Beheading (p) | Murder |
Executions in October 2013
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for October 2013.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 5 |
| Iran | 68 |
| Iraq | 42 |
| Palestine | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Somalia | 1 |
111 men and 5 women were executed in October 2013.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 01/10 | America – Florida | Marshall Lee Gore | Injection | Murder |
| 02/10 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Drugs |
| 02/10 | Palestine | Hani Abu Aliyan | Hanging | Murder |
| 03/10 | Iran | 3 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 03/10 | Iran | 5 unnamed men 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Drugs Murder |
| 05/10 | Iran | M. S. & A. T. | Hanging (p) | Murder |
| 06/10 | Iran | Hossein Soltani | Hanging | Murder |
| 08/10 | Iran | 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 09/10 | Iran | H. A. | Hanging (p) | Armed robbery |
| 09/10 | Iran | 3 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 09/10 | America – Arizona | Edward Schad | Injection | Murder |
| 09/10 | America – Texas | Michael Yowell | Injection | Murder |
| 10/10 | Saudi Arabia | Saad bin Shbat al-Subaie | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 10/10 | Iraq | 41 unnamed men & 1 woman. Executed over a 7 day period up to 10/10 | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 13/10 | Iran | 5 unnamed men | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 14/10 | Iran | A. F. | Hanging | Murder |
| 15/10 | America – Florida | William Happ | Injection | Murder |
| 21/10 | Iran | Nastaran Safari (f) + 6 unnamed men | Hanging | Murder Drugs |
| 23/10 | Somalia | 1 unnamed man | Shooting | Murder |
| 23/10 | America – Arizona | Robert Glen Jones | Injection | Murder |
| 26/10 | Iran | 16 unnamed men | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 28/10 | Iran | 1 unnamed man & F. J. | Hanging | Terrorism Drugs |
| 28/10 | Iran | Yousef Rezaii | Hanging | Murder |
| 29/10 | Iran | Mitra Shahnavazi (f) Rahbar | Hanging | Murder |
| 30/10 | Iran | M. S. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 30/10 | Iran | Yadollah Mahmoudi Kamel Saeidi, Kamel Habibi, Zaki Khani, Mohammad Gorji, Mosayeb Sadati, Vali Mohammadzadeh, + 2 unnamed men and 2 women | Hanging | Murder Drugs “ “ “ “ “ “ |
| 30/10 | Iran | Rahim Rashidi + 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 31/10 | Iran | Peyman Ghaderi & 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Murder |
Executions in November 2013
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for November 2013.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 3 |
| China | 4 |
| Indonesia | 1 |
| Iran | 49 |
| Iraq | 30 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 |
| Sudan | 4 |
91 men and 3 women were executed in November 2013.
It has been reported that 80 people were executed by firing squads in North Korea for minor offences in early November, but this cannot be verified.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 01/11 | China | Wang Jianfu & Wang Feiyun | Injection? | Murder |
| 02/11 | Iran | T. R., N. S., B. F., J. D. and A. Sh. | Hanging | Murder |
| 03/11 | Iran | A. M. & M. B. | Hanging | Murder |
| 03/11 | Saudi Arabia | Zafer bin Hadi bin Jerab al-Batheen | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 04/11 | Iran | Shirkoo Moarefi | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 04/11 | Iran | 6 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 04/11 | Iran | A. M. | Hanging | Murder |
| 06/11 | Saudi Arabia | Jaafar Ghulam Ali | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 06/11 | Iran | 5 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 07/11 | Iraq | 6 unnamed men | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 07/11 | Iran | 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 08/11 | China | Gan Qiang | Injection | Murder |
| 11/11 | Iraq | Adel Zuwai | Hanging | Murder |
| 12/11 | Sudan | 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Murder |
| 12/11 | America – Florida | Darius Kimbrough | Injection | |
| 12/11 | America – Texas | Jamie McCoskey | Injection | Murder |
| 17/11 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Drugs |
| 17/11 | Indonesia | Muhammad Abdul Hafeez | Shooting | Drugs |
| 17/11 | Iraq | 12 unnamed men | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 18/11 | Sudan | 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Murder |
| 18/11 | Iran | Rahmatullah Gmshaz | Hanging | Murder |
| 20/11 | America – Missouri | Joseph Paul Franklin | Injection | Murder |
| 21/11 | Iran | Abdolaziz A., Saeed B., Sirus S., Abolfazl A. A. A. & R. A (f) | Hanging | Drugs |
| 22/11 | China | Zhou Xijun | Injection | Murder |
| 22/11 | Iran | Haji Rashid Rigi | Hanging | Murder |
| 24/11 | Iraq | 11 unnamed men | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 25/11 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging (p) | Murder & rape |
| 26/11 | Saudi Arabia | Mohammed Iqbal Hassan Jayun | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 26/11 | Iran | 10 unnamed men & 1 woman | Hanging | Drugs |
| 27/11 | Iran | 3 unnamed men S. Gh. | Hanging | Drugs Rape |
| 28/11 | Iran | Ahdallh Mahmoudi | Hanging | Murder |
| 30/11 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Murder |
Executions in December 2013
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for December 2013.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 4 |
| Bangladesh | 1 |
| Iran | 46 |
| Iraq | 7 |
| Japan | 2 |
| North Korea | 8 |
| Saudi Arabia | 5 |
| Vietnam | 1 |
74 men were executed in December 2013.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 01/12 | Iran | R. N., K. S., & H. D. P.G. & M. B. | Hanging | Drugs Kidnapping & murder |
| 02/12 | Iran | Ghazi Abbasi, Abdul-Reza Amir-Khanafereh, Abdul-Amir Mojaddami and Jasim Moghaddam Payam | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 03/12 | America – Texas | Jerry Martin | Injection | Murder |
| 05/12 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Murder |
| 06/12 | Iran | S. Ahmad & Ibrahim Abdullahi | Hanging | Rape |
| 08/12 | Saudi Arabia | Mohammed Zayer Khan Qol | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 10/12 | Saudi Arabia | Hasan Ghazwani | Beheading (p) | Incest |
| 10/12 | Saudi Arabia | Sherab al-Din-Kul Jam | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 10/12 | America – Oklahoma | Ronald Clinton Lott | Injection | Murder |
| 11/12 | Iran | 7 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 11/12 | America – Missouri | Allen Nicklasson | Injection | Murder |
| 12/12 | Japan | Ryoji Kagayama & Akira Morinaga | Hanging | Murder |
| 12/12 | North Korea | Jang Song-Thaek + 7 unnamed men | Shooting | Treason |
| 12/12 | Bangladesh | Abdul Quader Mollah | Hanging | War crimes |
| 14/12 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Drugs |
| 15/12 | Iran | Latif Faizollahi | Hanging | Murder |
| 16/12 | Vietnam | Tran Quoc Tuan | Injection | Murder |
| 17/12 | Saudi Arabia | Hasan Mahmud al-Bash | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 17/12 | America – Oklahoma | Johnny Dale Black | Injection | Murder |
| 17/12 | Iran | Nasser Gomshadzehi and Mehdi | Hanging | Murder |
| 18/12 | Iran | Iraj Nasiri, A. Shakouri, and Genghis Salehi | Hanging | Murder |
| 19/12 | Iran | 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 19/12 | Iran | Y. D. & M. H. | Hanging | Rape |
| 19/12 | Iraq | 7 unnamed men | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 20/12 | Saudi Arabia | Anad al-Amrani | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 20/12 | Iran | 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 21/12 | Iran | Ali Mujtaba Timurid | Hanging | Murder |
| 25/12 | Iran | 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Murder |
| 26/12 | Iran | Ali Agha Zarei and Rasoul Karimi + 4 unnamed men | Hanging | Murder |
| 27/12 | Iran | M. Qizilbash, Hiva Mzhdhay, Mehdi Hassan & Bakers Aqajani | Hanging | Murder |
| 31/12 | Saudi Arabia | Zufar Iqbal Mohammed Khan | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
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