Olympians Condemn Iran’s Hanging Of Wrestler Saleh Mohammadi

Iran just brutally murdered a 19 year old champion wrestler, Saleh Mohammadi, by hanging him and several others. Why? Because they dared to speak out against the terrorist regime during the January protests. Now, Olympian athletes are speaking out against Iran’s atrocities, but too many others are shamefully silent.

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Keep in mind, Saleh and others were arrested by the regime after the January protests against the Iranian terrorist leadership. The U.S. was the lead in urging Iran to not execute them.

The translation is:

The United States is deeply concerned by reports about Saleh Mohammadi, a 19-year-old wrestling champion facing imminent execution. The Islamic Republic of Iran regime is massacring youth and destroying Iran’s future.

We call on the Iranian regime to halt the execution of Saleh Mohammadi and all individuals sentenced to death for seeking to exercise their fundamental rights.

Iran ignored those pleas for mercy, conducted a sham trial and hanged those young men yesterday.

The Islamic Republic of Iran’s judiciary on Thursday ignored a U.S. State Department warning along with pleas from elite Iranian-American wrestlers to not execute 19-year-old champion wrestler Saleh Mohammadi for protesting against the Khamenei regime.

Reports say Mohammadi was killed in a public hanging seen as a barbaric move by the Iranian regime to snuff out the ongoing movement seeking to topple it, according to Iranian American human rights activists and dissidents....

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