Executions in January 2024

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

1

Bangladesh

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

Chad

 

China

3

Egypt

 

India

 

Iran

80

Iraq

3

Japan

 

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Myanmar

 

Nigeria

 

Palestine

 

Qatar

 

Saudi Arabia

11

Singapore

 

Somalia

 

Sudan

 

Syria

 

Taiwan

 

UAE

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

2

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

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

01/01

Iran

Manouchehr Aqabi, Dariush Shekarzadeh, Masoud Rostami, Navkhas Maleki, and Afshin Mohammadi (5 men)

Hanging

Armed robbery

02/01

Iran

Davud Abdullahi

Hanging

Murder

04/01

Iran

Saeed (Ali) Moradian, Hashem Zorabadi, Amir Ahmadzadeh and Asghar Barzegar + 1 unnamed man

Hanging

Drugs

04/01

Iran

Mehdi Kivanlu

Hanging

Murder

08/01

Iran

Mohammed Hossein Garavand, Hamed Khodadad and
Kiyomarth Gholami

Hanging

Drugs

09/01

Iran

Mohammed Ali Mirzaei, and Mahmoud Mirzaei

Hanging

Drugs

10/01

Iran

Kivan

Hanging

Murder

11/01

Iran

Nizam Dehmardeh and Feridon Abedi

Hanging

Drugs

11/01

Iran

Meysam Habibi

Hanging

Murder

13/01

Iran

Reza Heydari

Hanging

Drugs

14/01

Iran

Akbar Taj, Hojat Miri, Hamed Nazari, Ahmad Latifi, and Mohammad Ali + 6 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

14/01

Saudi Arabia

Abdulaziz bin Hadib bin Tahimer al-Madhibri

Beheading (p)

Murder

16/01

Iran

Kamran Khorosh,
Akram Karimpour and Habib Darvishi

Hanging

Drugs

16/01

Yemen

M. M. A.

Shooting (p)

Murder

16/01

Iran

Mohsen Mehri

Hanging

Murder

17/01

Iran

Jalil Soleimani,
Iman Shabani, Hamid Ebadi Nezhad and Bahman Fethullahzadeh

Hanging

Drugs

17/01

Iran

Karamat Nazarkhani,
Ali Mashahdi and
Islam Aman Al-Dini

Hanging

Murder

17/01

Yemen

B. A. N.

Shooting (p)

Murder

18/01

Saudi Arabia

Fayez bin Dhafer bin Mohammed al-Saadi al-Bishi

Beheading (p)

Murder

18/01

Iran

Islahullah Bakhsh and Hamid Ebadinejad

Hanging

Drugs

20/01

Iran

Moslem Aliari, Nouri Zamani, Fethullah Jurkesh and Hossein Ali Kotahi

Hanging

Drugs

20/01

Iran

Hasan Gergij

Hanging

Murder

20/01

Iran

Khaled bin Mohammed bin Naji al-Shamri

Hanging

Drugs

21/01

Iran

Hossein Ali Shakurian, Naser Maudet,
Salman Salimi and
Ahmad Haeri

Hanging

Drugs

22/01

Iran

Masoud Rigi

Hanging

Murder

22/01

Iran

Fathollah Jorkesh, Nouri Zamani, and Hossein Ali Koutahi

Hanging

Drugs

23/01

Iran

Mohammad Qabadlo

Hanging

Corruption (protestor)

23/01

Iran

Farhad Salimi and
Ahmed Asgarat

Hanging

Murder

24/01

Iran

Fazel Shafiei and Morteza Nadimi + 1 unnamed man

Hanging

Drugs

25/01

America - Alabama

Kenneth Eugene Smith

Nitrogen gas hypoxia

Murder

28/01

Iran

Reza Ghorbani

Hanging

Drugs

28/01

Iran

Ruhollah Shakri

Hanging

Murder

28/01

Iran

Razavi Khorasan, Arif Ishaqzahi and his brother Asif Ishaqzahi

Hanging

Drugs

29/01

Iran

Mohsen Mazloum,
Pejman Fatehi,
Wafa Azarbar and
Hajir Faramarezi

Hanging

Espionage

29/01

Iran

Mohammad Hussein Esmaieli, Ali Rajabian, Javad Ajamian, and Mohammad Hassan Jafari

Hanging

Drugs

29/01

Saudi Arabia

Idris bin Abdullah bin Hossen al-Dahim and
Abdulaziz bin Mohammed bin Said al-Bireq

Beheading (p)

Murder

29/01

Iraq

3 unnamed men

Hanging

Terrorism

30/01

Saudi Arabia

Aoun bin Hassan bin Radhi al Abu Abdullah

Beheading (p)

Terrorism

31/01

China

Zhang Bo and
Ye Chengchen (f)

Injection

Murder

31/01

China

Wu Xieyu

Injection

Murder

31/01

Iran

Zahra Nazarian (f)
Mehdi Azaryoun

Hanging

Murder

31/01

Saudi Arabia

Ali Abdullah, Naqs Barha, Shaber Shanbeh, and Aftam Haqous

Beheading (p)

Murder

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

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