Saleh Mohammadi was 19 when he was executed by the Iranian authorities. A young wrestling champion, he had spent years training for his dream of competing on the global stage. Instead, his life ended on the gallows in Qom, at the hands of the same country he once hoped to represent. His execution has sparked outrage across the world. A teenager was put to death after a process that human rights groups say was deeply flawed. Authorities accused him of moharebeh, or “enmity against God”, a charge frequently used in protest-related cases. For many, his death is not just another execution, but a stark example of how dissent is being punished with irreversible consequences.
