At Least 59 Hanged in March in Iran; 230 Executions Recorded in 2025

At Least 59 Hanged in March in Iran; 230 Executions Recorded in 2025

© Iran Human Rights

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the execution spree in Iran at the European Parliament - Iran HRM

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the execution spree in Iran at the European Parliament

© Iran Human Rights Monitor

Impact Iran: Historic decision by the UN top human rights body to allow broad investigations into violations and crimes committed by Iranian authorities

© Iran Human Rights

USA » April/June 2025 - Scheduled executions

April - June 2025

April

8 - Michael Tanzi - Florida *

Lawyers argue that lethal injection of morbidly obese Florida inmate could result in botched execution
© CBS News » pub. March 28

11 - Mikal Mahdi - South Carolina *

South Carolina death row inmate Mikal Mahdi chooses to die by firing squad execution
© CNN » pub. March 28


23 - Moises Mendoza - Texas *

24 - James Osgood - Alabama *

 
May

1 - Jeffrey Hutchinson - Florida *

20 - Matthew Johnson - Texas *

22 - Oscar Franklin Smith - Tennessee *

28 - Darrell Draughn - Louisiana *   

June

4 - Marcus Reed - Louisiana *

12 - John Hanson - Oklahoma *

18 - Percy Hutton - Ohio


as of April 1

* serious dates    

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January - March 2025

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Pakistan: Don't send them to die

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Pakistan: Don't send them to die

In just days, 60 brave human rights defenders in Pakistan could be deported to Afghanistan, where they face prison, torture,
or even death.

They have raised their voices for women’s rights, democracy, and freedom, and the Taliban want to silence them forever.

© Avaaz

Trees are poems by Khalil Gibran

Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky.
We fell them down and turn them into paper,
that we may record our emptiness.

- Khalil Gibran -

January 6, 1883 - April 10, 1931

Lebanese writer

Today is Poetry & Tree Day !!!!

USA » Jan/March 2025 - Scheduled executions

January - March 2025

March

7 - Brad Sigmon - murdered by South Carolina & Scotus

Brad Sigmon: South Carolina inmate executed by firing squad for first time in US since 2010
© CNN

13 - David Wood - Texas - stayed

Stay granted for Texas death row inmate David Leonard Wood
© The Texas Tribune » pub. March 11

17 - Christopher Sepulvado - Louisiana - passed away

Louisiana's oldest death row inmate dies less than month before execution date
© CBS News » pub. Feb. 24

18 - Jessie Hoffman - murdered with gas by Louisiana 

Louisiana conducts its first nitrogen gas execution, ending 15-year death penalty hiatus
© Louisiana Illuminator

Supreme Court rejects request to block Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution
© Lethbridge News Now » pub. March 18

Louisiana to use nitrogen execution method it bans for cats and dogs
© The Guardian » pub. March 17

19 - Aaron Gunches - murdered by Arizona 

Aaron Gunches executed for 2002 murder, marking Arizona's first execution since 2022
© USA Today

Arizona prisoner set to be executed next week passes up chance to ask for reprieve
© AP News » pub. March 10

 

20 - Wendell Grissom - murdered by Oklahoma 

Oklahoma executes Wendell Grissom
© AP News

Wendell Grissom will be first Oklahoman executed in 2025
© KOSU » pub. March 19

 

20 - Edward James - murdered by Florida 

Florida executes Edward Thomas James in 2nd execution of the day in the US, 4th this week
© USA Today

Florida man who raped, killed 8-year-old, murdered her grandma asks SCOTUS to block execution
© FOX 35 Orlando » pub. March 19

 

as of March 20

* serious dates    

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&
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Recent State Killings ► 

January

31 - Marion Bowman - murdered by South Carolina 

South Carolina puts inmate Marion Bowman Jr. to death in state’s third execution since September
© AP News

February

5 - Steven Nelson - murdered by Texas 

Texas executes Steven Nelson
© The Texas Tribune

6 - Demetrius Frazier - murdered with gas by Alabama 

Alabama puts man to death in the nation’s fourth execution using nitrogen gas
© AP News

13 - James Ford - murdered by Florida 

James Ford is executed for the 1997 killing of a couple
© AP News

13 - Richard Tabler - murdered by Texas 

Texas executes Richard Tabler
© The Texas Tribune

Recent State Killings & stays ►

October - December 2024

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Israel’s Assault Marks One of the Deadliest Days for Children in Gaza History

Israel’s Assault Marks One of the Deadliest Days for Children in Gaza History

“Israeli forces have signed a death warrant for Palestinian children in Gaza,” one rights group worker said.

Israel killed at least 174 children in its ceasefire-shattering assault on Gaza on Tuesday, making it one of the deadliest 24 hours for children in Gaza’s history, Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCIP) has said.

© Truthout

Idaho Governor Signs Legislation Authorizing Firing Squad as State’s Primary Execution Method

Idaho Governor Signs Legislation Authorizing Firing Squad as State’s Primary Execution Method

© Death Penalty Information Center

The Situation of Women Prisoners in Evin Women's Prison - Iran HRM

The Situation of Women Prisoners in Evin Women's Prison

© Iran Human Rights Monitor

Two Women Executed in Urmia Central Prison

 today ...

Two Women Executed in Urmia Central Prison: Mojgan Azarpisheh and Kowsar Baghernejad

© NCRI Women Committee

Two Women and Kurdish Man Hanged in Urmia

© Iran Human Rights

My Country, I Will Build You Again by Simin Behbahani

My Country, I Will Build You Again
© Poetry in Voice


My country, I will build you again,
if need be, with bricks made from my life.
I will build columns to support your roof,
if need be, with my bones.
I will inhale again the perfume of flowers
favored by your youth.
I will wash again the blood off your body
with torrents of my tears.
Once more, the darkness will leave this house.
I will paint my poems blue with the color of our sky.
The resurrector of “old bones” will grant me in his bounty
a mountain’s splendor in his testing grounds.
Old I may be, but given the chance, I will learn.
I will begin a second youth alongside my progeny.
I will recite the Hadith of “love and country”
with such fervor as to make each word bear life.
There still burns a fire in my breast
to keep undiminished the warmth of kinship
I feel for my people.

Once more you will grant me strength,
though my poems have settled in blood.

Once more I will build you with my life,
though it be beyond my means.

- Simin Behbahani -

July 20,1927 – August 19, 2014

Iranian Poet & Activist


Iranian Influential Women Simin Behbahani
© IranWire

Nasrin Barani, the Fifth Woman Executed in Iran in 2025

Nasrin Barani, the Fifth Woman Executed in Iran in 2025

© NCRI Women Committee

Israeli torture: Urinating on Palestinian prisoners, burying them alive and beating the sick

Israeli torture: Urinating on Palestinian prisoners, burying them alive and beating the sick

© Middle East Eye

USA Kills Brad Sigmon by Firing Squad

Brad Sigmon: South Carolina inmate executed by firing squad for first time in US since 2010

© CNN

A South Carolina man executed by firing squad is the first US prisoner killed this way in 15 years

© AP News

previous news ►

Supreme Court Clears Way for Rare Execution by Firing Squad
© Bloomberg Law » pub. March 7

South Carolina moves ahead with ‘cruel’ firing squad execution despite outcry
© The Guardian » pub. March 7

SC Supreme Court denies Brad Sigmon's request to delay execution
© Greenville Online » pub. March 4

South Carolina Preparing for State’s First Firing Squad Execution, Marking First Firing Squad Execution in U.S. in 15 Years
© Death Penalty Information Center » pub. March 4

South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon picks firing squad for execution
© USA Today » pub. Feb. 21

Donald Trump threatens Palestinians in Gaza with death in stunning social media post

Donald Trump threatens Palestinians in Gaza with death in stunning social media post

'To the People of Gaza: A beautiful Future awaits, but not if you hold Hostages. If you do, you are DEAD!'

- Donald Trump -

© Middle East Eye

Free Palestine !!!!

Iran Executes at Least 74 in February; Eightfold Increase from 2024

Iran Executes at Least 74 in February; Eightfold Increase from 2024

© Iran Human Rights

South Carolina's first firing squad execution will involve a target, volunteer shooters and special bullets

South Carolina's first firing squad execution will involve a target, volunteer shooters and special bullets

© CBS News

The US is killing someone by firing squad for the 1st time in 15 years. Here's a look at the history

© The Daily Progress

Asieh Ghavi-Cheshm: Execution of a Woman in Mashhad Central Prison

Asieh Ghavi-Cheshm: Execution of a Woman in Mashhad Central Prison

On Saturday, March 1, 2025, seven prisoners, including a woman named Asieh Ghavi-Cheshm, were executed in Mashhad Central Prison (Vakilabad).

© NCRI Women Committee

Life inside Singapore's Changi prison: Tough justice for some, no mercy for others

Life inside Singapore's Changi prison: Tough justice for some, no mercy for others

© SBS Dateline

After Nine Execution Dates and Three Last Meals, Richard Glossip May Soon Walk Free

After Nine Execution Dates and Three Last Meals, Richard Glossip May Soon Walk Free

After the Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Richard Glossip, his fate is in the hands of an Oklahoma City district attorney.

© The Intercept

Annual Report on the Death Penalty in Iran 2024

Annual Report on the Death Penalty in Iran 2024

© Iran Human Rights

Adelabad Prison, Shiraz: Execution of a Woman Named Bagheri Nejad

Adelabad Prison, Shiraz: Execution of a Woman Named Bagheri Nejad

© NCRI Women Committee

Seven Prisoners Executed in Ghezel Hesar Prison

© Hrana