Executions in January 2022

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

2

Bangladesh

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

Chad

 

China

 

Egypt

 

India

 

Iran

50

Iraq

 

Japan

 

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Malaysia

 

Nigeria

 

Pakistan

 

Qatar

 

Saudi Arabia

5

Singapore

 

Somalia

2

South Sudan

1

Syria

 

Taiwan

 

UAE

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

60 men were executed in January, their details are as under.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

02/01

Iran

Jalil Ashtarak

Hanging

Murder

03/01

Iran

Mohammad Salarzehi

Hanging

Drugs

06/01

Saudi Arabia

Farkhan bin Messaoud bin Darae al-Qahtani

Beheading (p)

Murder

07/01

South Sudan

Babu Emmanuel Lokiri

Hanging

Murder of 3 siblings

10/01

Somalia

Abdi Hussein Mahmoud Hassan Tafour

Shooting

Murder

10/01

Iran

Mohammad Rasoul Paghaddam

Hanging

Murder

11/01

Somalia

Abdikadir Farah Dhaqane

Shooting

Murder

11/01

Iran

Farhang Aliollahi and Yasser Aliollahi

Hanging

Drugs

13/01

Iran

Jahanbakhsh Abbasi and Mehran Naqdi

Hanging

Arson & murder

13/01

Iran

Shahinullah Moradi, Mohammad Bav, Amin Safari, Seyed Peyman Mousavi and
3 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

14/01

Iran

Shahin Khosravi

Hanging

Murder

14/01

Iran

Mohammad Jafar Salehi, and Abdolrahim Sargolzayi

Hanging

Drugs

15/01

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Murder

17/01

Iran

Abdolbaset Rigi
Abdol Ghaffar Gargij

Hanging

Murder

17/01

Iran

Valijan Rahimi

Hanging

Drugs

18/01

Iran

Parviz Khodadadi

Hanging

Murder

18/01

Saudi Arabia

Ahmed bin Daham bin Mohammed al-Mattar

Beheading (p)

Murder

19/01

Saudi Arabia

Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Ali Al-Marri

Beheading (p)

Murder

19/01

Iran

Sajjad and
Muslim Aghamirzaei

Hanging

Murder

19/01

Iran

Eghbal Mastoufi and Houshang Khan Mohammadi

Hanging

Murder

20/01

Iran

Jamaluddin Gargij and Parviz Akbari Rad

Hanging

Drugs

20/01

Iran

Abdolhamid Samalzehi Korni & Dadshah Sarani

Hanging

Murder

20/01

Iran

Hamed Manouchehri, Mohammad Karimnejad, Sobhan Shohani and
Ali Yazdani

Hanging

Murder

21/01

Iran

Eshagh Mohammadamin

Hanging

Murder and drugs

22/01

Iran

Mohammad Amin Dehmardeh, Parviz Akbarirad, Khodanazar Kakar and Jamaleddin Gargij

Hanging

Drugs

22/01

Iran

Hosseinali Khomr, Ataollah Barahouyi and Mehrollah Dehmardeh

Hanging

Drugs

22/01

Iran

Abdolhamid Esmailzehi

Hanging

Armed robbery

22/01

Iran

Dadshah Sarani

Hanging

Murder

25/01

Saudi Arabia

Khalufeh bin Mubarak bin Khalufeh al-Shahrani

Beheading (p)

Murder

26/01

Saudi Arabia

Mubarak bin Salem bin Abderabeh al-Bariki

Beheading (p)

Murder

27/01

America - Oklahoma

Donald Anthony Grant

Injection

Murder

27/01

America - Alabama

Matthew Reeves

Injection

Murder

28/01

Iran

Mirstan Amiri

Hanging

Drugs

29/01

Iran

Nasser Sohrab Zehi

Hanging

Drugs

30/01

Iran

Hossein Kaveh

Hanging

Murder

30/01

Iran

Mehrdad Karimpour and Farid Mohammadi

Hanging

Sodomy by force

30/01

Iran

Mohammad Reza Afridon

Hanging

Drugs

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

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