Executions in January 2021

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

3

Bangladesh

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

Chad

 

China

1

Egypt

1

India

 

Iran

36

Iraq

3

Japan

 

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Malaysia

 

Nigeria

 

Pakistan

 

Qatar

 

Saudi Arabia

5

Singapore

 

Somalia

 

Sudan

 

Taiwan

 

UAE

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

47 men and 2 women were executed in January, their details are as under.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

01/01

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Murder

02/01

Iran

Hamid Ras Bala,
Kabir Sa'ad Jahani and Muhammad Ali Arayesh

Hanging

Terrorism

02/01

Iran

Fereydoun Tavakoli

Hanging

Murder

03/01

Iran

Hassan Dehvari and
Elias Qalandarzehi
Omid Mahmoudzehi

Hanging

Terrorism

murder

03/01

Iran

Hadi Hosseini Mirak

Hanging

Murder

05/01

Saudi Arabia

Salem bin Nasser bin Salem al-Karbi

Beheading

Murder

08/01

Iran

Farzad Nasser Jourshari

Hanging

Murder

09/01

Iran

Farzad Mohammad-Noureh and Mehdi Joushani

Hanging

Drugs

09/01

Iran

Majid Rigi and
Khodadad Nahtani

Hanging

Drugs

09/01

Iran

Abdolhamid Mir Baluch Zehi

Hanging

Terrorism

13/01

Saudi Arabia

Adam Zain Issa Kuji

Beheading

Kidnapping & rape

13/01

Saudi Arabia

Ahmed Abakar Othman Muhammad and Hutoon Bint Ali Ibn Abdul Wahid Majida (f)

Beheading

Murder

13/01

America

Lisa Montgomery (f)

Injection

Murder

13/01

Iran

Mehdi Feizi & Muharram Feizi

Hanging

Murder

14/01

Iran

Saber Khoshkar &
Jama Daroo-Zehi

Hanging

Murder

14/01

America

Cory Johnson

Injection

Murder

16/01

America

Dustin Higgs

Injection

Murder

16/01

Iran

Reza Shirzadeh & Amir

Hanging

Murder

16/01

Iran

Shamsuddin Soleimani

Hanging

Drugs

18/01

Iran

Fateh Qaderinia

Hanging

Murder

19/01

Iran

Anwar Ali-Zehi

Hanging

Drugs

20/01

Iran

Younes Khanshini

Hanging

Murder

21/01

Iran

Hafez Abdolsattar

Hanging

Murder

22/01

Iran

Younes Jamshid Zehi and Shamsuddin Baji Zehi

Hanging

Murder

23/01

Iran

Mohammad Shakori

Hanging

Rape

25/01

Iran

Mehdi Ali Hosseini, Houshang Mohammadi and Ali Angazi

Hanging

Murder

25/01

Iraq

3 unnamed men

Hanging

Terrorism

25/01

Iran

Abdolraouf Kobdani

Hanging

Drugs

28/01

Iran

Anwar Naroui

Hanging

Drugs

28/01

Iran

Ali Motayyeri

Hanging

Terrorist murders

29/01

Iran

Abas Ali Hosseini

Hanging

Murder

29/01

China

Lai Xiaomin

Injection

Corruption

30/01

Iran

Javid Dehghan Khald

Hanging

Terrorism

30/01

Egypt

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Murder

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

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