Iran executed 19-year-old freestyle wrestling champion Saleh Mohammadi on March 19, 2026, in a public hanging in Qom alongside Saeed Davoudi and Mehdi Ghasemi. The three had been arrested on December 18, 2025, and charged with moharebeh, waging war against God, in connection with the deaths of two police officers during protests on January 8. The regime frequently applies this capital charge in protest-related cases.
The Islamic Republic has positioned itself as the embodiment of divine governance on earth, a principle established in its constitution through the concept of velayat-e faqih, the guardianship of the Islamic jurist, which holds that the supreme leader rules as the representative of God and the Hidden Imam.
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