Executions in February 2023

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

4

Bangladesh

1

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

Chad

 

China

 

Egypt

1

India

 

Iran

46

Iraq

 

Japan

 

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Myanmar

 

Nigeria

 

Palestine

 

Qatar

 

Saudi Arabia

 

Singapore

 

Somalia

6

South Sudan

 

Syria

 

Taiwan

 

UAE

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

2

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

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

01/02

Iran

Mehdi Rasi Azar

Hanging

Murder

01/02

America - Texas

Wesley Ruiz

Injection

Murder

02/02

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Murder

02/02

Somalia

Bukhari Awal Mahmoud, Ali Mahmoud Hussein, Abdul Razzaq Ahmed Mukhtar and Muhammad Nur Sheikh

Shooting

Murder

02/02

Iran

Saeed

Hanging

Murder

05/02

Iran

Ebrahim Hojjat Qoli

Hanging

Murder

06/02

Egypt

Mahmoud Nazmy

Hanging

Murder

07/02

Iran

Ebrahim Hojatgholi

Hanging

Murder

07/02

America - Missouri

Raheem Taylor

Injection

Murder

08/02

Iran

Alipour Haider

Hanging

Murder

08/02

America - Texas

John Balentine

Injection

Murder

09/02

Bangladesh

Amirul Islam

Hanging

Murder

12/02

Iran

Sirous Gholami

Hanging

Murder

13/02

Yemen

Q.A.Q.B. and F.N.A.

Shooting (p)

Murder

13/02

Iran

Behzad Alirezaei and Ahmad Samari

Hanging

Murder

14/02

Iran

Mustafa Majnoon and
2 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

14/02

Iran

Mohammad Ali Akhtri Kohlan and Milad Jajoy Khanik

Hanging

Murder and armed robbery

14/02

Iran

Mehdi Dostari and Mojtaba Zarpasand  + 1 unnamed man

Hanging

Drugs

14/02

Iran

Fariba Hosseini (f)

Hanging

Murder

15/02

Iran

Parviz Forutani
Hassan Tayran

Hanging

Murder

16/02

Iran

Najumi Moradi

Hanging

Murder

18/02

Somalia

Qasim Douali Abdi and Hassan Juli Shaker

Shooting

Murder

19/02

Iran

Alireza and Safar Mohammadpour

Hanging

Drugs

20/02

Iran

Hassan Abyat

Hanging

Moharebeh

21/02

Iran

Sadaleh Farrokhi Jeremi, Vahid Bayzaei and Amir Ali Bayrami

Hanging

Murder

21/02

Iran

Moslem Moradi

Hanging

Murder

21/02

Iran

Davoud Rokjan

Hanging

Drugs

22/02

Iran

Sarkot (Arash) Ahmadi
Mohammed Rasul Cholaki

Hanging

Murder

23/02

Iran

Hassan Abbasi and
Ali Rezaei

Hanging

Murder

23/02

America - Florida

Donald David Dillbeck

Injection

Murder

26/02

Iran

Abdul Hamid Shah Bakhsh and Ali Fanodi plus 1 unnamed man and
2 unnamed women

Hanging

Unknown

26/02

Iran

Hamid Rahimi

Hanging

Murder

27/02

Iran

Lila Bamri (f)

Hanging

Drugs

27/02

Iran

Hadi Arbabi and Mohammad Ishaq Gergij

Hanging

Drugs

28/02

Iran

Mohammed Safarim, Ali Milan, Khosro Mohammadi and 1 unnamed man

Hanging

Drugs

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

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