Executions in December 2023

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

 

Bangladesh

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

Chad

 

China

2

Egypt

 

India

 

Iran

105

Iraq

13

Japan

 

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Myanmar

 

Nigeria

 

Palestine

 

Qatar

 

Saudi Arabia

41

Singapore

 

Somalia

 

Sudan

 

Syria

 

Taiwan

 

UAE

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

2

157 men and 6 women were executed in December, their details are as under.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

01/12

Saudi Arabia

Thawab bin Dalmaj bin al-Hadhini al-Subaiei

Beheading (p)

Murder

02/12

Saudi Arabia

Abdullah bin Karim bin Maazer al-Fahiqi

Beheading (p)

Murder

03/12

Iran

Mohammad Naimi Far, Maziar Naroi, Ahmad Shahouzahi and Hamid Sarani + 1 unnamed man

Hanging

Drugs

03/12

Iran

Feridon Nasirinejad

Hanging

Drugs

03/12

Iran

Ali Majidi

Hanging

Murder

04/12

China

Long Peizhu

Injection

Multiple child rape

04/12

Saudi Arabia

Hoda Al-Mutairi (f)

Beheading (p)

Murder

04/12

Saudi Arabia

Omar bin Nayef bin Menahi al-Oteibi

Beheading (p)

Murder

05/12

Iran

Feridon Nasirinejad

Hanging

Drugs

05/12

Iran

Sasan Maleki, Mojtaba Amiri, Manouchehr Noorabad + 1 unnamed

Hanging

Drugs

05/12

Yemen

Muhammad Al-Harazi

Shooting (p)

Murder

05/12

Iran

Zabihullah Arjmand

Hanging

Drugs

06/12

Iran

Kamal Elhami

Hanging

Rape

06/12

Iran

Sadegh Azder,
Siros Heidari and
Khaled Rouhi

Hanging

Murder

06/12

Iran

Zabihollah Arjomand

Hanging

Drugs

07/12

Iran

Amir Alikhani

Hanging

Murder

08/12

Iran

Ali Shahinnejad,
Soulat Tosun and Janali Nadimi Dargahi

Hanging

Drugs

09/12

Iran

Abdul Basit Gargij, Abdul Aziz Shahli Bar + 2 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

09/12

Saudi Arabia

Wael bin Bajah bin Deham al-Anzi

Beheading (p)

Murder

09/12

Iran

Mehdi Nasiri and
Abbas Ketabi

Hanging

Drugs

10/12

Yemen

Arkan Fouad Hassan Muhammad Al-Hamdani

Shooting (p)

Murder

10/12

Saudi Arabia

Mashaal bin Madaaj bin Gharahid al-Maghibi al-Oteibi

Beheading (p)

Murder

10/12

Saudi Arabia

Tabatu Issa (f)

Beheading (p)

Murder

11/12

Iran

Amin Jokar

Hanging

Murder

10/12

Saudi Arabia

Abdulaziz bin Saleh bin Abdulaziz al-Hamad and Hikal bin Said bin Saber al-Shamri

Beheading (p)

Murder

12/12

Iran

Sajjad Haqizadeh,
Ali Babaei, Amin Zakeri Kakavand, Rahim Amiri and Khalil Haji Abadi 

Hanging

Drugs

12/12

Iran

Mohsen Gumshadzehi

Hanging

Murder

13/12

Iran

Daud Khademi and
1 unnamed man

Hanging

Murder

13/12

Iran

Obeid Mahmoudi and
Abbas Ali Soleimani

Hanging

Murder

13/12

Iran

Amin Zakeri Kakavand, Khalil Haji Abadi, Milad Bideh, Hamid Bakshaish, and Hamid Esmaili

Hanging

Drugs

13/12

Iran

Vahid Hajipour,
Dawood Brahui and
Sajad Haghizadeh

Hanging

Drugs

14/12

Iran

Masafer Zargar, Mojtabi Malekpour, Said Akbari and Jamil

Hanging

Murder

14/12

Saudi Arabia

Mohammed bin Felah bin Zayed al-Habutt al-Muttairi

Beheading (p)

Murder

16/12

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Espionage

16/12

Saudi Arabia

Abdul Rahman bin Saleh bin Madrham Al Qathami & Adnan bin Saleh bin Saleh Al-Budaiwi

Beheading (p)

Murder

16/12

Iran

Mohsen Salarzehi

Hanging

Drugs

17/12

Iran

Taher Davabi

Hanging

Murder

17/12

Saudi Arabia

Ali bin Khaled bin Nasser al-Huyan al-Bishi, Mohammed bin Hamed bin Shadid al-Hababi & Dhaw al-Kafal Ahmed Bakhit al-Haj

Beheading (p)

Murder

18/12

China

Lao Rongzhi (f)

Injection

Murder

18/12

Saudi Arabia

Musa bin Ali bin Ibrahim al-Othman and Nayef bin Dakhil bin Amur al-Harbi

Beheading (p)

Murder

19/12

Iran

Ismail Mansouri and
1 unnamed man

Hanging

Drugs

19/12

Iran

Abdullah Zamani and Ismail Ijbari

Hanging

Drugs

19/12

Iran

Muslim Farahani and
Ali Poursiamak

Hanging

Drugs

19/12

Saudi Arabia

Farraj bin Mughayb bin Mabkhout Al-Dosari

Beheading (p)

Armed attack

18/12

Saudi Arabia

Yazid bin Mohammed bin Ibrahim al-Dhiyab

Beheading (p)

Murder

20/12

Iran

Samira Sabzian Fard (f)
Farzad Golmohammadi

Hanging

Murder

20/12

Iran

Najibullah Dehmardeh &
6 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

20/12

Saudi Arabia

Abu al-Kalam Ashraf Ali & Ishaq Ali Ahmed Badawi

Beheading (p)

Murder

21/12

Iran

Mohammad Saleh Amini

Hanging

Drugs

21/12

Saudi Arabia

Sirazul Mudjalal Bivari and Mufaddal Mujun Ali

Beheading (p)

Murder

22/12

Iran

Mujtabi Ayami

Hanging

Drugs

23/12

Iran

Khodakarm Lorestani and Hossein Mosivand

Hanging

Drugs

23/12

Iran

Shirali Saeedi and
Saman Mogooee

Hanging

Drugs

23/12

Saudi Arabia

Sajad bin Jaafer bin Ahmed al-Bawri and Talal bin Mubarak bin Khallif al-Osseimi al-Oteibi

Beheading (p)

Murder

23/12

Saudi Arabia

Sultan bin Malahi bin Hassan al-Arjani al-Ajmi

Beheading (p)

Armed attack

24/12

Iran

Shir Ali Saeedi, Saman Mogoi and Reza Kfarzur

Hanging

Drugs

24/12

Saudi Arabia

Linilini Akhtar (f), Mashaal bin Hussein bin Mohammed Mabqum and Saleh bin Masslah bin Mohammed al-Aazmi

Beheading (p)

Murder

25/12

Iraq

13 unamed men

Hanging

Terrorism

26/12

Iran

Mohammad Reza Mehraban

Hanging

Murder

26/12

Saudi Arabia

Shahin Miah and Hamed bin Ahmed bin Daws al-Aamri

Beheading (p)

Murder

27/12

Iran

Ismail Qadir Maqam, Shirali Saeedi,
Ahmad Gergij,
Ramin Faqiri,
Saman Mogooee,
Reza Aiwazi,
Ibrahim Nahtani and
Abdul Ghafoor Gargi (8)

Hanging

Drugs

27/12

Iran

Ramin Faqiri

Hanging

Drugs

28/12

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging (p)

Murder

27/12

Saudi Arabia

Bander Mohammed Ali al-Salmi

Beheading (p)

Child rape

27/12

Saudi Arabia

Mashaal bin Fanisan bin Khalwi al-Qasmi al-Dhafiri

Beheading (p)

Murder

28/12

Iran

Hassan Rahbar
Karim Aminikhah

Hanging

Drugs

28/12

Saudi Arabia

Mutaab bin Mohammed bin Wadhhan al-Dosari, Nasser bin Said bin Nasser al-Shahrani & Samad Sali Hassan Sali

Beheading (p)

Murder

29/12

Iran

Wafa Hanareh, Aram Omri, Rahman Berhazo, and Naseem Nama (f)

Hanging

Espionage

30/12

Iran

Asgar Abdullah Parikhani and Abbas Faraj Oghli

Hanging

Drugs

30/12

Saudi Arabia

Dakhilullah bin Aaedh bin Dakhilullah al-Halafi and Hassan bin Bakri bin Mohammed Sahli

Beheading (p)

Murder

31/12

Iran

Noorahmad Qalandarzahi, Shir Ahmad Sanjrani, Amanullah Brahui,
Abdul Shawali, Javad Chopani, Hamid Jahani and
2 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

31/12

Saudi Arabia

Abdullah bin Khariss bin Khader al-Yazidi, Mazen bin Bashir bin Hamud al-Balawi and Mutaab bin Nasser bin Bander al-Oteibi

Beheading (p)

Murder

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

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