Saleh Mohammadi, a 19-year-old champion wrestler, was publicly hanged by the Iranian government for protesting against the
A teenager has been executed in a public hanging in Iran.
Saleh Mohammadi, a 19-year-old champion wrestler, was publicly hanged by the Iranian government for his role in protesting against the Khamenei Regime in January. State media has reported that Mohammadi, Mehdi Ghasemi and Saeed Davvodi allegedly stabbed two police officers to death in Qom, which led to their arrests and killings.
The executions come as the conflict in the Middle East nears its third full week. The United States and Israel carried out joint strikes on several key Iranian sites on February 28. Iran has retaliated by carrying out attacks across the region, plunging the Middle East into war.
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The State Department wrote on X, in Farsi, before the killing: “The United States is deeply concerned by reports that 19-year-old wrestling champion Saleh Mohammadi is facing imminent execution. The regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran is massacring young people and destroying Iran’s future.”
“We call on the Iranian regime to halt the execution of Saleh Mohammadi and all those sentenced to death for exercising their fundamental rights. #SalehMohammadi #StopExecutionsInIran #HumanRights #IranProtest.”
The Mirror US reported that US Sen. John Fetterman wrote on X after the news was confirmed: “The Iranian regime executed a 19-year-old for demanding democracy.”
“I stand with his memory and the thousands of other young Iranians. Those who grieve the elimination of Iranian leaders over murdered protesters is telling.”
Earlier this year, US President Donald Trump threatened that drastic action would be taken if Iran executed anti-government protesters.
“If they hang them, you’re going to see some things… We will take very strong action if they do such a thing,” Trump said to CBS News at the time.
He also said in a post on his Truth Social platform that the Iranian government would “pay a big price” and urging citizens to “keep protesting.”
Nima Far, an Iranian combat athlete and human rights activist, shared her thoughts on Mohammadi’s death. “His execution was a blatant political murder, part of the Islamic Republic’s pattern of targeting athletes to crush dissent and terrorize society, as seen with Navid Afkari and others executed despite international outcry,” Far told FOX News Digital.
Mohammadi and the three men are just the latest to be killed as part of the protests. Though the exact number of deaths has yet to be confirmed, The Guardian reports that over 30,000 Iranians have been killed.
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