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A Baloch man from Zabol. He was arrested in Isfahan in 2019. The authorities made no announcement.

From Zehak County. He was arrested two years earlier.

A Baloch man from Zarabad County. A father of three. He was arrested four years earlier.

A Kurdish man from Saqqez, Kurdistan Province. A father of two. He was arrested three years earlier.

From Zehak County. A father of two. He was arrested two years earlier.

A Baloch man from Zahedan, resident in Iranshahr.

A Baloch man. The authorities made no announcement.

Three people convicted in the same case were executed on the same day.

Three people convicted in the same case were executed on the same day.

Three people convicted in the same case were executed on the same day.

One of the series of killings known as the “Hog Trail Murders”. The 15th execution in Florida this year.

From Bandar Abbas. A father of three.

A Baloch man from Iranshahr. A father of five.

From Najafabad. He was arrested three years earlier.

The Central Narcotics Bureau announced only age and nationality; the name has not been made public.

The sources render the name differently (HRANA: Ezzat Asgari Galugahi; Hengaw: Asgari Khalilshahr). The authorities made no announcement.

A co-defendant in the same case was executed on the same day.

An Egyptian co-defendant in the same case was executed on the same day.

She had been arrested five years earlier in connection with the killing of her husband. The authorities made no announcement.

He had been arrested four years earlier on a charge of killing his mother's partner.

Two brothers were executed on the same day.

Two brothers were executed on the same day.

Sentenced to death under qisas (retribution in kind). The authorities made no announcement; the execution was confirmed later by human rights organisations.

From Gonbad-e Kavus. A father of four.

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.

From Saveh.

Sentenced to death in 1977; 35 years from sentence to execution. The 14th execution in Florida this year.

Six people executed on this day. Names not disclosed.

Ten people executed on this day. Names not disclosed.

Singaporean national. The Central Narcotics Bureau announced only age and nationality; the name comes from local reporting.

Malaysian national. The name comes from local reporting.

Sentenced to death by the Osaka District Court in 2011; finalised by the Supreme Court in February 2016. The first execution in Japan in one year and two months, and the first under the Takaichi cabinet.

Sentenced to death in 2008 and resentenced in 2018. Last words: “It was an accident. I never meant to hurt anyone.”

Sentenced to death under qisas (retribution in kind). The authorities made no announcement; the execution was confirmed later by human rights organisations.

He was arrested during the January 2026 protests. The authorities made no announcement, and the prison refused to hand his body over to his family immediately.

The first execution in Japan in two years and eleven months.

The Akihabara massacre.

Chinese national.

He was executed while a request for a retrial was pending.

Over these two days, all thirteen people under sentence of death for the Aum Shinrikyo case were executed.

Former leader of the cult, who went by the name Shoko Asahara.

He was 19 at the time of the crime — one of the few cases in Japan where a person has been executed for an offence committed as a minor.

At the press conference the Minister of Justice described the case only as “extremely cruel” and did not disclose details.

At the press conference the Minister of Justice described the case only as “extremely cruel” and did not disclose details.