September 16, 2026Wednesday
Who was executed in the world today
None confirmed yet
Governments and human rights organisations often take hours or days to confirm an execution. Executions in the United States take place in the local evening, which is the following morning in Japan. Records are added as soon as they are confirmed.
Tuesday, 15 September 2026
1Saudi Arabia
1 personSuliman Amjad Amjad Hussain
Terrorism-related offences — killing a migrant worker, possession of weapons and planning further killings (ta'zir). Pakistani national|Not disclosed (Saudi Arabia generally uses beheading)|Qassim Province
Monday, 14 September 2026
1Iran
1 personAbdolrahim Narouei Rouzanehaged 47
Drug offences|Hanging|Isfahan Central (Dastgerd) Prison
A Baloch man from Zabol. He was arrested in Isfahan in 2019. The authorities made no announcement.
Sunday, 13 September 2026
10Iran
6 peopleAmanollah Nazarkhani
Drug offences|Hanging|Zabol Central Prison
From Zehak County. He was arrested two years earlier.
Asghar Pishahangaged 34
Drug offences|Hanging|Zahedan Central Prison
A Baloch man from Zarabad County. A father of three. He was arrested four years earlier.
Farzad Ahmadpouraged 35
Drug offences|Hanging|Jiroft Prison, Kerman Province
A Kurdish man from Saqqez, Kurdistan Province. A father of two. He was arrested three years earlier.
Hashem Rakhshaniaged 34
Drug offences|Hanging|Zabol Central Prison
From Zehak County. A father of two. He was arrested two years earlier.
Mohammad Mousazahiaged 34
Drug offences|Hanging|Iranshahr Central Prison
A Baloch man from Zahedan, resident in Iranshahr.
Yousef Abil
Drug offences|Hanging|Jiroft Prison, Kerman Province
A Baloch man. The authorities made no announcement.
Saudi Arabia
4 peopleHaflom Teghlay Mezqebo Qara Arqawi
Smuggling hashish (ta'zir). Ethiopian national|Not disclosed (Saudi Arabia generally uses beheading)|Asir Province
Three people convicted in the same case were executed on the same day.
Haftam Qwaytam Ghishi Hadqo
Smuggling hashish (ta'zir). Ethiopian national|Not disclosed (Saudi Arabia generally uses beheading)|Asir Province
Three people convicted in the same case were executed on the same day.
Hilom Kadana Qabra Salasi Abr
Smuggling hashish (ta'zir). Ethiopian national|Not disclosed (Saudi Arabia generally uses beheading)|Asir Province
Three people convicted in the same case were executed on the same day.
Yasin Muhammad Ramadan Abu Al-Hussein
Stabbed a man to death with a sharp implement (qisas). Myanmar national|Not disclosed (Saudi Arabia generally uses beheading)|Mecca Province
Saturday, 12 September 2026none
Friday, 11 September 2026
1United States
1 personDaniel Owen Conahan Jr.aged 72
Kidnapped and strangled a 21-year-old man in southwest Florida in 1996|Lethal injection (three-drug)|Florida State Prison, Starke
One of the series of killings known as the “Hog Trail Murders”. The 15th execution in Florida this year.
Thursday, 10 September 2026none
Wednesday, 9 September 2026
4Iran
3 peopleHossein Ghasemzadehaged 54
Drug offences|Hanging|Isfahan Central (Dastgerd) Prison
From Bandar Abbas. A father of three.
Mohammad Yousef Issazahiaged 40
Drug offences|Hanging|Isfahan Central (Dastgerd) Prison
A Baloch man from Iranshahr. A father of five.
Shahrokh Pouresmaeiliaged 27
Drug offences|Hanging|Isfahan Central (Dastgerd) Prison
From Najafabad. He was arrested three years earlier.
Singapore
1 personName not disclosed1 people
Drug trafficking (controlled substances)|Hanging|Changi Prison
The Central Narcotics Bureau announced only age and nationality; the name has not been made public.
Tuesday, 8 September 2026
2Iran
1 personEzzat Asgari Galugahiaged 26
Murder (qisas)|Hanging|Behshahr Central Prison
The sources render the name differently (HRANA: Ezzat Asgari Galugahi; Hengaw: Asgari Khalilshahr). The authorities made no announcement.
Saudi Arabia
1 personMosaad bin Maawad bin Dakhil Al-Katani Al-Johani
Shot and killed a man following an argument (qisas)|Not disclosed (Saudi Arabia generally uses beheading)|Medina Province
Monday, 7 September 2026
2Saudi Arabia
2 peopleAlsayed Abdeljaber Ali Alsayed
Smuggling amphetamine tablets (ta'zir). Egyptian national|Not disclosed (Saudi Arabia generally uses beheading)|Tabuk Province
A co-defendant in the same case was executed on the same day.
Rouhi bin Ali bin Muhammad bin Ali Obaidan
Receiving smuggled amphetamine tablets for the purpose of trafficking (ta'zir)|Not disclosed (Saudi Arabia generally uses beheading)|Tabuk Province
An Egyptian co-defendant in the same case was executed on the same day.
Sunday, 6 September 2026
6Iran
3 peopleFatemeh Jahangardaged 40
Premeditated murder. A woman|Hanging|Vakilabad Prison, Mashhad
She had been arrested five years earlier in connection with the killing of her husband. The authorities made no announcement.
Mehrdad Mokhtariaged 24
Premeditated murder|Hanging|Vakilabad Prison, Mashhad
Mohammadreza Mohammadparastaged 27
Premeditated murder|Hanging|Vakilabad Prison, Mashhad
He had been arrested four years earlier on a charge of killing his mother's partner.
Saudi Arabia
3 peopleAbdulmajid bin Marid bin Hathloul Al-Anazi
Smuggling amphetamine tablets and hashish, and the attempted killing of security officers (hadd)|Not disclosed (Saudi Arabia generally uses beheading)|Jouf Province
Two brothers were executed on the same day.
Ghanem bin Marid bin Hathloul Al-Anazi
Smuggling amphetamine tablets and hashish, and the attempted killing of security officers (hadd)|Not disclosed (Saudi Arabia generally uses beheading)|Jouf Province
Two brothers were executed on the same day.
Samir Khamis Braik
Smuggling hashish (ta'zir). Omani national|Not disclosed (Saudi Arabia generally uses beheading)|Eastern Province
Saturday, 5 September 2026
2Iran
1 personReza Salimiaged 27
Murder|Hanging|Semnan Prison, Semnan Province
Sentenced to death under qisas (retribution in kind). The authorities made no announcement; the execution was confirmed later by human rights organisations.
Saudi Arabia
1 personMamdouh bin Dhahir Al-Hamli Al-Shammari
Killed his wife and daughter with a blade as they slept (hadd)|Not disclosed (Saudi Arabia generally uses beheading)|Ha'il Province
Friday, 4 September 2026none
Thursday, 3 September 2026
1Saudi Arabia
1 personMuhammad bin Nafi Al-Shammari
Smuggling amphetamine tablets (ta'zir)|Not disclosed (Saudi Arabia generally uses beheading)|Eastern Province
Wednesday, 2 September 2026
11Iran
8 peopleAhmad Haji Hassaniaged 50
Trafficking in methamphetamine|Hanging|Gorgan Prison, Golestan Province
From Gonbad-e Kavus. A father of four.
Ali Mirzaei
Murder, following an argument in a café|Hanging|Babol Central Prison
Ansar Namiaged 52
Killed two people. Afghan national|Hanging|Vakilabad Prison, Mashhad
Aziz Roshanayi
Murder|Hanging|Adelabad Prison, Shiraz
Nazif Rasoulkhandehaged 46
Killed two people. Afghan national|Hanging|Vakilabad Prison, Mashhad
Omid Rakhshaniaged 22
Murder|Hanging|Vakilabad Prison, Mashhad
Valijan Nourzayaged 29
Murder|Hanging|Rafsanjan Prison, Kerman Province
Afghan national. He had lost the use of his legs after being shot by police during his arrest three years earlier, and was hanged while seated in his wheelchair.
Yaser Momeni
Drug offences|Hanging|Shiraz Prison, Fars Province
From Saveh.
Saudi Arabia
2 peopleAmir Khan
Smuggling heroin (ta'zir). Pakistani national|Not disclosed (Saudi Arabia generally uses beheading)|Medina Province
Ziyad Waleed Haidrah
Beat a fellow Yemeni to death with a sharp implement (qisas). Yemeni national|Not disclosed (Saudi Arabia generally uses beheading)|Mecca Province
United States
1 personHarold Gene Lucasaged 74
Shot dead a 16-year-old girl who had rejected him and seriously wounded two of her friends in Bonita Springs, Florida, in August 1976|Lethal injection (three-drug, etomidate)|Florida State Prison, Starke
Sentenced to death in 1977; 35 years from sentence to execution. The 14th execution in Florida this year.
Tuesday, 1 September 2026
1Iran
1 personSina Alipouraged 26
Rape and robbery|Hanging|Zahedan Central Prison
Monday, 31 August 2026
4Iran
3 peopleAbbas Mardaniaged 30
Drug offences|Hanging|Qom Central Prison
Mansour Rahiminejadaged 38
Drug offences|Hanging|Qom Central Prison
Mojtaba Salahi Laghani
Murder (qisas)|Hanging|Lakan Prison, Rasht
Saudi Arabia
1 personHassan bin Muhammad Muhannashi
Smuggling Captagon tablets, as a repeat offender (ta'zir)|Not disclosed (Saudi Arabia generally uses beheading)|Jazan Province
Sunday, 30 August 2026
2Saudi Arabia
2 peopleMeshaal bin Sunaitan Al-Qassami Al-Otaibi
Shot and killed a man following an argument (qisas)|Not disclosed (Saudi Arabia generally uses beheading)|Riyadh Province
Yiabo Munirat Akim
Smuggling cocaine (ta'zir). A Nigerian woman|Not disclosed (Saudi Arabia generally uses beheading)|Medina Province
Saturday, 29 August 2026
11Libya
6 peopleName not disclosed6 people
Terrorism and assassination. Sentenced by a military court|Firing squad|Eastern Libya (area under Haftar's control)
Six people executed on this day. Names not disclosed.
Iran
4 peopleDavoud Tarkhanaged 48
Drug offences|Hanging|Tabriz Central Prison
Hossein Khalilianaged 40
Murder of his cousin (qisas)|Hanging|Tabriz Central Prison
Mojtaba Vahediaged 28
Drug offences|Hanging|Tabriz Central Prison
Yavar Alizadehaged 28
Murder (qisas)|Hanging|Tabriz Central Prison
Saudi Arabia
1 personFiras bin Ahmad Al-Sabah
Smuggling hashish, as a repeat offender (ta'zir)|Not disclosed (Saudi Arabia generally uses beheading)|Medina Province
Friday, 28 August 2026none
Thursday, 27 August 2026
1Saudi Arabia
1 personMustafa Mahmoud Al-Qayati
Stabbed a fellow Yemeni to death (qisas). Yemeni national|Not disclosed (Saudi Arabia generally uses beheading)|Riyadh Province
Wednesday, 26 August 2026
3Iran
3 peopleEsmaeil Ajamiaged 39
Drug offences (11 kg of methamphetamine and opium)|Hanging|Sari Central Prison
Masoud Nematiaged 42
Drug offences (11 kg of methamphetamine and opium)|Hanging|Sari Central Prison
Mostafa Vosoughiaged 27
Murder (qisas)|Hanging|Khorramabad Central Prison