Overview
- Iran’s judiciary-linked outlet Mizan confirmed the March 19 executions of Saleh Mohammadi, Mehdi Ghasemi and Saeed Davoudi in Qom.
- The three were convicted of moharebeh and accused of killing two police officers during unrest in Qom on January 8, according to state media.
- Amnesty International and Iran Human Rights report the men were denied independent counsel and forced into confessions under torture.
- The U.S. State Department had publicly urged Tehran to halt Mohammadi’s execution and those of others sentenced over the protests.
- Mohammadi, a national team wrestler with a 2024 bronze in Russia, was compared to Navid Afkari as activists press the IOC and United World Wrestling for sanctions.