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Iran is seeking to execute a decorated Iranian wrestler for merely peacefully protesting against the regime in early January, prompting the U.S. State Department<\/a> on Wednesday to demand that Tehran overturn the death penalty for 19-year-old Saleh Mohammadi. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Wrestling is a national pastime in Iran and a sport liked by President \u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>, who sought to save the life of champion Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler Navid Afkari<\/a> in 2020. The clerical regime in Iran executed Afkari for his 2018 role in a demonstration against the economic and political corruption of the theocratic state.<\/p>\n

According to the official X account for the State Department in Farsi, a post on Wednesday read: “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\u2019s future. We call on the Iranian regime<\/a> to halt the execution of Saleh Mohammadi and all those sentenced to death for exercising their fundamental rights.\u00a0 #SalehMohammadi #StopExecutionsInIran #HumanRights #IranProtest “<\/p>\n

The State Department action comes as activists are calling on the International Olympic Committee<\/a> and United World Wrestling to intervene with regime authorities on his behalf, as well as other persecuted wrestlers in the country.<\/p>\n

The Iranian-American, Sardar Pashaei, who won a Greco-Roman wrestling world championship title for Iran and coached the country\u2019s elite Greco-Roman team, told Fox News Digital, “In less than ten days, the Iranian regime shot dead more than 30 athletes across the country. The youngest was just 15 years old. The victims included youth athletes, national champions, coaches and international referees. Every one of them was killed by gunfire.”<\/p>\n

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He added that his organization, Hiwa,”has documented only confirmed cases. Many more athletes remain missing, imprisoned, or at risk of torture and execution, while families across Iran continue searching for loved ones with no answers or justice.” He prasied the State Department’s actions in publicly calling for Saleh Mohammadi’s release.<\/p>\n

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Pashaei continued, “A regime that jails, tortures and murders its own athletes has no place in the international sporting community. Sport must never be used to whitewash blood. Hiwa is preparing an official letter demanding that the International Olympic Committee<\/a> and United World Wrestling suspend and ban Iran from all international competitions.”<\/p>\n

Security forces for the Islamic Republic seized Olympic wrestler Alireza Nejati, who has won medals in world championships, after he posted a social media message\u00a0to his more than 78,000 Instagram followers. The regime imprisoned Nejati and reportedly tortured him.<\/p>\n

“I wish everyone a beautiful weekend full of success and good vibes,” the \u00a027-year-old Greco-Roman wrestling champion<\/a> wrote on Jan. 7. He concluded his message with, “This is the end.”<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital sent email press queries and conducted telephone calls to the UWW and IOC regarding statements.<\/p>\n

IRAN TO EXECUTE 2ND WRESTLER, SPARKING OUTRAGE FROM US STATE DEPARTMENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Foreign Desk Editor-in-Chief, Lisa Daftari, who is a leading expert on Iran, told Fox News Digital, “Saleh Mohammadi is a 19\u2011year\u2011old athlete whose only \u2018crime\u2019 was to stand with his people, yet he now faces an imminent death sentence designed to make an example out of him and terrify an entire nation<\/a>. His imminent execution would not be justice, it would be a warning shot at every young Iranian who dares dream of freedom \u2014 and the world\u2019s response will show protesters whether they are truly alone or not.”<\/p>\n

She added, “By threatening to kill its youth \u2014 its athletes, artists, musicians and brightest minds \u2014 the regime is making clear that it does not see the Iranian people as its future, but as a threat to be silenced.”<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to the U.S. State Department for a comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/state-department-demands-iran-halt-execution-19-year-old-wrestling-star-ioc-remains-silent <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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