Saleh Mohammadi
صالح محمدی
- Age
- 19
- Sex
- male
- Date of death
- 19 March 2026
- Place of death
- Qom
- Event
- Lion and Sun revolution
- Profession
- Freestyle wrestling champion
- Cause of death
- Execution by the state following forced confessions
Biography
Saleh Mohammadi was a 19-year-old world-class freestyle wrestling champion and gold medalist. Arrested during the January 2026 protests, he was executed by the Islamic Republic in Qom on March 19, 2026, following forced confessions and a legal process lacking sufficient evidence.
صالح محمدی، قهرمان ۱۹ ساله کشتی آزاد و دارنده چندین مدال طلای جهانی بود. او در جریان اعتراضات دیماه بازداشت شد و پس از اخذ اعترافات اجباری، در سحرگاه ۲۸ اسفند ۱۴۰۴ (۱۹ مارس ۲۰۲۶) به همراه دو تن دیگر از بازداشتشدگان در قم اعدام شد.
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Saleh Mohammadi, a 19-year-old wrestling champion, was arrested during the January protests and executed along with Mehdi Ghasemi and Saeed Davoudi.
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Mourners gather at a memorial service for Saleh Mohammadi, who was executed by the Islamic Republic, clapping and playing music in honor of his memory.
A medium shot of Saleh Mohammadi, an Iranian athlete and protest victim, wearing a wrestling singlet with the Iranian flag.