Trump speaks out on Iran's execution of 19-year-old wrestler Saleh Mohammadi

President Donald Trump drew attention to the execution of 19-year-old wrestler Saleh Mohammadi on ‘The Five.’ 

President Donald Trump on Thursday addressed the Iranian regime's execution of 19-year-old wrestler Saleh Mohammadi. 

"About two weeks ago, they put out a notice that if you protest, we will shoot you. They kill them. Look what they did to the wrestler. They killed him for, for speaking up. They killed him. He was a star wrestler, a great wrestler, actually," Trump said during an interview on Fox News' "The Five."

"Iran has great wrestlers, and he was a star, one of the best. And they killed him because he spoke up. He spoke against the regime, which is largely decimated."

Mohammadi was reportedly killed in a public hanging earlier this month, according to Iranian American human rights activists and dissidents.

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Iran International reported that Iran’s regime hanged Mohammadi and two other Iranian men, Mehdi Ghasemi and Saeed Davoudi "after being accused of killing two police officers during nationwide protests earlier this year," the judiciary-linked Mizan news agency reported.

Mohammadi previously told Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting that his dream was to be an Olympic champion. 

Mohammadi won a bronze medal in September 2024 for Iran’s national freestyle wrestling at the Saytiyev International Cup in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

The execution prompted comments of mourning and outrage from multiple Olympians, including U.S. gold medalists Brandon Slay, a wrestler; Tyler Clary, a swimmer; and Kaillie Humphries, a women's bobsledder.

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