Executions in August 2023

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

2

Bangladesh

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

Chad

 

China

1

Egypt

 

India

 

Iran

71

Iraq

3

Japan

 

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Myanmar

 

Nigeria

 

Palestine

 

Qatar

 

Saudi Arabia

20

Singapore

1

Somalia

 

South Sudan

 

Syria

 

Taiwan

 

UAE

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

96 men and 1 woman were executed in August, their details are as under. 

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

01/08

Iran

Masoud Ishaqzahi
Rouhollah Azizi

Hanging

Drugs

01/08

Iran

Mehdi Baboli Bahmai

Hanging

Murder

01/08

Iran

Hossein Gomshadzehi and Yusuf Kalbali + 1 unnamed

Hanging

Drugs

01/08

Saudi Arabia

Saleh bin Madhkar bin Saleh al-Maghiri al-Oteibi

Beheading (p)

Murder

01/08

America - Missouri

Johnny Johnson

Injection

Murder

02/08

Iran

Mohammad Javad Akbari, Kianoush Timuri and Sharif Akbari 

Hanging

Drugs

02/08

Saudi Arabia

Talal bin Saud bin Sabil al-Awdhi

Beheading (p)

Murder

03/08

Singapore

Mohamed Shalleh Abdul Latiff

Hanging

Drugs

03/08

Iran

Rahim Ghaljaei and
Farhad Badruze

Hanging

Drugs

03/08

America - Florida

James Phillip Barnes

Injection

Murder

03/08

Saudi Arabia

Bandar bin Dheeb bin Zaid Al-Dosari

Beheading (p)

Murder

04/08

China

Unnamed Korean man

Injection

Drugs

06/08

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Armed robbery

06/08

Iran

Jabar Muslimi

Hanging

Murder

06/08

Iran

Arslan Kazemi, Amir Jahangiri, Sajjad Nazari, Ali Eslami and Mohsen Sharifi + 1 unnamed man

Hanging

Drugs

06/08

Saudi Arabia

Abdullah bin Hashan bin Mubarak al-Aajmi and Mohammed bin Zaaili bin Hussein al-Anzi

Beheading (p)

Murder

07/08

Iran

Abdul Ghafar Shahiki and
1 unnamed man

Hanging

Drugs

08/08

Iran

Hossein Nassirian and Hassan Ali Shakib

Hanging

Drugs

09/08

Iran

5 unnamed men

Hanging

Rape

09/08

Iran

Ahad Hashemi, Ahed Hashemi and Manochehr Khazaei

Hanging

Drugs

09/08

Iran

Asadollah Arjomand

Hanging

Murder

09/08

Saudi Arabia

Muhammad bin Aqil bin Issa Al-Qarni

Beheading (p)

Robbery

10/08

Iran

Ahmad Karimdadzehi, Afshin Rahimihedayat and Hamid Garkhil

Hanging

Drugs

10/08

Iran

Ryqiyeh Abedini (f)

Hanging

Murder

10/08

Saudi Arabia

Naef bin Ali bin Yaslem al-Siaari

Beheading (p)

Murder

12/08

Iran

Chirag Ali Bamri

Hanging

Murder

13/08

Iran

Mohammad Gorgij,
Abdul Ghani Arbabi and Hamed Jamshidi
+ 1 unnamed man

Hanging

Drugs

13/08

Iran

Saeid Beiranvand

Hanging

Murder

13/08

Saudi Arabia

Khalid bin Ahmed bin Khalifa Al-Shaheen

Beheading (p)

Sodomy

14/08

Saudi Arabia

Hamud bin Mashahi bin Hamed al-Ghamdi

Beheading (p)

Murder

15/08

Saudi Arabia

Mashaal bin Mohammed bin Hamed al-Ghamdi

Beheading (p)

Murder

16/08

Saudi Arabia

Bishoy Sharif Naji Naseef

Beheading (p)

Murder

16/08

Iran

Ibrahim Moulodpour

Hanging

Drugs

16/08

Iran

Hossein Javadi

Hanging

Murder

19/08

Iran

Abdul Samad Shahouzahi and Mahmoud Rigi

Hanging

Murder

19/08

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Drugs

20/08

Iran

Musa Afkhami

Hanging

Murder

21/08

Iran

Abdul Samad Khadim, Yaqoub Mandari, Mohammad Anwar Brahui and Qanbarzahi

Hanging

Drugs

21/08

Iran

Abdulreza Qalavand,
Jamil Abdullahzadeh and Mehran Amiri

Hanging

Drugs

21/08

Iran

Rasoul Narouyi, Yazdan Varehzardi and Mahmood

Hanging

Murder

21/08

Iran

Saeed Rigi, Amir Rahimi and Abdolghafour Toumaj

Hanging

Drugs

21/08

Saudi Arabia

Eid bin Muhammad bin Eid Al-Shammari

Beheading (p)

Murder

22/08

Iran

Gholamreza Marvotti

Hanging

Murder

23/08

Iran

Rahman Ebrahimi, Kiyomarth Rezaei and Behrouz Rahmani

Hanging

Drugs

23/08

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Murder

23/08

Saudi Arabia

Munir Qul Lal Syed

Beheading (p)

Drugs

24/08

Saudi Arabia

Abdullah bin Ali bin Muhammad al-Matrod

Beheading (p)

Murder

26/08

Iran

Milad Yazdan Panah

Hanging

Murder

27/08

Iran

Vafa Khoramani and Sobhan Iftikharuddin

Hanging

Murder

27/08

Saudi Arabia

Ahmed Muhammad Kamel Dagher

Beheading (p)

Murder

28/08

Iraq

3 unnamed men

Hanging (p)

Terrorism

28/08

Saudi Arabia

Shahin Miya

Beheading (p)

Murder

29/08

Iran

Hamed Sargazi,
Ehsan Dehqanipour and
Ismail Hajizadeh

Hanging

Drugs

30/08

Saudi Arabia

Majdi Mohammed al-Nur Salumah

Beheading (p)

Murder

31/08

Saudi Arabia

Hassan bin Khaled bin Hussein al-Khiwani and Majdi Muhammad al-Nur Salloumah

Beheading (p)

Murder

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

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