IOC addresses execution of 19-year-old Iranian wrestler Saleh Mohammadi

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has addressed the caller execution of 19-year-old wrestling prima Saleh Mohammadi by the Iranian regime. 

After aggregate Olympians, including 3 golden medalists, condemned the execution to Fox News Digital, the IOC has present made a connection connected the matter. 

"Sadly, today’s satellite is divided and afloat of conflicts and tragedies. The IOC cares profoundly astir the concern of athletes each astir the globe and is acrophobic each clip it learns of idiosyncratic cases of mistreatment. However, it is precise hard to remark connected situations of individuals during a struggle oregon unrest successful a country, without the IOC being capable to verify the often contradicting information," the IOC said successful a connection to Fox News Digital.

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"At this infinitesimal successful time, we are peculiarly acrophobic astir the concern of Iranian athletes impacted by the events unfolding successful their state – arsenic we are with each athletes who look struggle and tragedies elsewhere successful the world. Unfortunately, these situations are much regularly brought to our attraction owed to the progressively divided satellite successful which we live."

The IOC reiterated that it does not person the powerfulness to dictate the decisions of a sovereign nation. 

"The IOC, arsenic a civil, non-governmental organization, has neither the remit nor the quality to alteration the laws oregon governmental strategy of a sovereign country. This is the morganatic relation of governments and the respective intergovernmental organizations. The IOC is simply a sports enactment whose remit and occurrence is based connected bringing the satellite unneurotic successful peaceful competition. We have to be realistic astir the IOC's quality to straight power planetary and nationalist affairs," the connection continued.

"At the aforesaid time, we volition proceed to enactment with our Olympic stakeholders to assistance wherever we can, often done quiescent sports diplomacy. The IOC remains in interaction with the Olympic assemblage from Iran."

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Mohammadi was reportedly killed successful a nationalist hanging connected Thursday, according to Iranian American quality rights activists and dissidents. 

Iran International reported that Iran’s authorities hanged Mohammadi and 2 further Iranian men, Mehdi Ghasemiand and Saeed Davoudi, "after being accused of sidesplitting 2 constabulary officers during nationwide protests earlier this year," the judiciary-linked Mizan quality bureau reported.

Mohammadi antecedently told Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting that his imagination was to beryllium an Olympic champion. 

President Donald Trump condemned the authorities for the executions portion speaking to reporters this week. 

"These are thugs and animals and horrible people," Trump said of the regime. "I'm not amazed they executed 3 young radical for protesting."

Mohammadi won a bronze medal successful September 2024, for Iran’s nationalist freestyle wrestling astatine the Saytiyev International Cup successful Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

Olympians to talk retired against the execution included U.S. Gold medalists, wrestler Brandon Slay, swimmer Tyler Clary and bobsledder Kaillie Humphries.

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Wrestling champion Saleh Mohammadi faces imminent execution successful Iran for protestation information arsenic planetary unit mounts to prevention the athlete. (The Foreign Desk)

"My prayers are with Saleh Mohammadi’s household and each who are suffering. In the look of specified oppression, I clasp to the anticipation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is the lone airy that overcomes acheronian and lone information that proclaims justness and mercy volition 1 time prevail," Slay said. 

Clary added, "President Trump has been clear-eyed astir the quality of this authorities and the request to basal up to it, and moments similar this beryllium wherefore that attack is necessary." 

Fox News Digital's Benjamin Weinthal contributed to this report. 

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