Editing Hanging (section)

===Iraq===
{{Main|Capital punishment in Iraq}}
{{See also|Execution of Saddam Hussein}}
Hanging was used under the regime of [[Saddam Hussein]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/hanging2.html |last=Clark |first=Richard |title=The process of Judicial Hanging |website=Capital Punishment U.K. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020809210711/http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/hanging2.html|archive-date=9 August 2002|df=dmy-all|access-date=29 December 2005}}</ref>{{sps|certain=y|date=February 2025}} but was suspended along with capital punishment on 10 June 2003, when a coalition led by the United States [[2003 invasion of Iraq|invaded]] and overthrew the previous regime. The death penalty was reinstated on 8 August 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200903209818&lang=e|title=Scores face execution in Iraq six years after invasion|date=20 March 2009|publisher=[[Amnesty International USA]]|access-date=21 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513021829/http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200903209818&lang=e|archive-date=13 May 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In September 2005, three murderers were the first people to be executed since the restoration. Then on 9 March 2006, an official of Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council confirmed that Iraqi authorities had executed the first [[Iraqi insurgency (Iraq War)|insurgents]] by hanging.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=266369&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/ | title=More bombs bring death to Iraq | publisher=Mail & Guardian Online | date=10 March 2006 | access-date=27 April 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706193136/http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=266369&area=%2Fbreaking_news%2Fbreaking_news__international_news%2F | archive-date=6 July 2007 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death by hanging for [[crimes against humanity]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/05/dujail.saddam/index.html |title=Saddam Hussein sentenced to death by hanging |work=CNN |date=5 November 2006 |access-date=5 November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061113081326/http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/05/dujail.saddam/index.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=13 November 2006}}</ref> on 5 November 2006, and was executed on 30 December 2006 at approximately 6:00&nbsp;a.m. local time. During the drop, there was an audible crack indicating that his neck was broken, a successful example of a long-drop hanging.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272610730.shtml |title=Saddam Hussein Hanging Video Shows Defiance, Taunts and Glee |work=The National Ledger |date=1 January 2007 |access-date=20 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070120132227/http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272610730.shtml |archive-date=20 January 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

[[Barzan Ibrahim]], the head of the Mukhabarat, Saddam's security agency, and [[Awad Hamed al-Bandar]], former chief judge, were executed on 15 January 2007, also by the long-drop method, but Barzan was decapitated by the rope at the end of his fall.{{cn|date=February 2025}}

Former vice-president [[Taha Yassin Ramadan]] had been sentenced to life in prison on 5 November 2006, but the sentence was changed to death by hanging on 12 February 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6354205.stm|title=Top Saddam aide sentenced to hang|date=12 February 2007|website=BBC News|access-date=8 October 2017|archive-date=25 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125084847/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6354205.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> He was the fourth and final man to be executed for the 1982 crimes against humanity on 20 March 2007. The execution went smoothly.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070320/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq |title=Former Saddam aide buried after hanging |work=Yahoo! News |access-date=2017-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070322130508/https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070320/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq |archive-date=22 March 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

At the Anfal genocide trial, Saddam's cousin [[Ali Hassan al-Majid]] (nicknamed Chemical Ali by Iraqis), former defence minister [[Sultan Hashim Ahmed]] al-Tay, and former deputy Hussein Rashid Mohammed were sentenced to hang for their role in the [[Al-Anfal Campaign]] against the Kurds on 24 June 2007.<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna19394865 "Iraq's 'Chemical Ali' sentenced to death"], ''MSNBC'', 24 June 2007. Retrieved on 24 June 2007.</ref> Al-Majid was sentenced to death three more times: once for the 1991 suppression of a Shi'a uprising along with Abdul-Ghani Abdul Ghafur on 2 December 2008;<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna28011270 "Second death sentence for Iraq's 'Chemical Ali{{'"}}], ''MSNBC'', 2 December 2008. Retrieved on 2 December 2008.</ref> once for the 1999 crackdown in the assassination of [[Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr|Grand Ayatollah Mohammad al-Sadr]] on 2 March 2009;<ref>[http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAQ?SITE=CAGRA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT "Iraq's 'Chemical Ali' gets 3rd death sentence"]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091222184931/http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAQ?SITE=CAGRA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |date=22 December 2009 }}, ''Associated Press'', 2 March 2009. Retrieved on 17 January 2010.</ref> and once on 17 January 2010 for the gassing of the Kurds in 1988;<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna34904200 {{"'}}Chemical Ali' gets a new death sentence"]. ''MSNBC'', 17 January 2010. Retrieved on 17 January 2010.</ref> he was hanged on 25 January.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/7072155/Saddam-Husseins-henchman-Chemical-Ali-executed.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/7072155/Saddam-Husseins-henchman-Chemical-Ali-executed.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Saddam Hussein's Henchman Chemical Ali Executed |access-date=25 January 2010 | work=The Daily Telegraph | location=London | date=25 January 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

On 26 October 2010, Saddam's top minister [[Tariq Aziz]] was sentenced to hang for persecuting the members of rival Shi'a political parties.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/10/26/2010-10-26_tk.html?r=news&asid=172f6dff|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906070226/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/10/26/2010-10-26_tk.html?r=news&asid=172f6dff|archive-date=6 September 2012|title=Tariq Aziz, Saddam Hussein's former aid, sentenced to hang in Iraq for crimes against humanity|access-date=26 October 2010|work=New York Daily News|date=26 October 2010|first=Philip|last=Caulfield}}</ref> His sentence was commuted to indefinite imprisonment after Iraqi president [[Jalal Talabani]] did not sign his execution order and he died in prison in 2015.

On 14 July 2011, US forces transferred condemned prisoners Sultan Hashim Ahmed al-Tay and two of Saddam's half-brothers, [[Sabawi Ibrahim al-Tikriti]] and [[Watban Ibrahim al-Tikriti]], to Iraqi authorities for execution.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-usa-prison-idUSTRE76E2CR20110715 |title=U.S. turns Saddam's half-brothers over to Iraq |access-date=17 July 2011 |work=Reuters |date=15 July 2011 |first=Khalid |last=al-Ansary |archive-date=8 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308040754/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-usa-prison-idUSTRE76E2CR20110715 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Iraqi High Tribunal had sentenced Saddam's half-brothers to death on 11 March 2009 for their roles in the executions of 42 traders who were accused of manipulating [[food prices]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/saddam-s-deputy-pm-tariq-aziz-gets-15-year-prison-sentence-1.789502 | work=CBC News | title=Saddam's deputy PM Tariq Aziz gets 15-year prison sentence | date=11 March 2009 | access-date=26 January 2020 | archive-date=27 September 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927082027/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/saddam-s-deputy-pm-tariq-aziz-gets-15-year-prison-sentence-1.789502 | url-status=live }}</ref> None of the three men were executed.

It is alleged that Iraq's government keeps the execution rate secret, and hundreds may be carried out every year. In 2007, Amnesty International stated that 900 people were at "imminent risk" of execution in Iraq.