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This should infuriate every single person with a conscience.

The bloodthirsty Iranian regime carried out public hangings on Thursday, executing three young men, including a promising 19-year-old wrestling champion, over their alleged involvement in anti-government protests earlier this year.

The execution is the kind of medieval barbarism that the mullahs in Tehran continue to inflict on their own people.

To anyone still defending a regime that chanted “Death to America” and bankrolls terror groups like Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Iraqi Shiite Militias, Bahraini Militant Groups, Syrian Proxies, and more, you’re defending brutality, oppression, and death. There’s no moral high ground there.

TIME Magazine reported that Iranian officials and intelligence estimates suggest that 30,000–36,500 people were killed in anti-regime in just TWO DAYS (Jan 8–9, 2026).

TIME reported:

As many as 30,000 people could have been killed in the streets of Iran on Jan. 8 and 9 alone, two senior officials of the country’s Ministry of Health told TIME—indicating a dramatic surge in the death toll. So many people were slaughtered by Iranian security services on that Thursday and Friday, it overwhelmed the state’s capacity to dispose of the dead. Stocks of body bags were exhausted, the officials said, and eighteen-wheel semi-trailers replaced ambulances.

The Iranian regime has now executed three individuals who took part in anti-government protests.

The victims were identified as Saleh Mohammadi, a 19-year-old freestyle wrestler from Qom who had earned medals on the international stage, including at a competition in Russia, along with Mehdi Ghasemi and Saeed Davoudi.

Iranian state media coldly announced the executions, claiming the three were convicted of murdering two police officers—charges that activists say were based largely on forced confessions obtained under torture during nationwide protests that erupted in December 2025 and January 2026 against the regime’s corruption, repression, and economic failures.

The hanging of a 19-year-old wrestler on Thursday intensified concerns over the fate of other detained athletes, with fears growing that more executions could follow in cases linked to protests earlier this year.https://t.co/QTaaAkSygG pic.twitter.com/pq078Rejjx

— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) March 19, 2026

Iran International reported:

Three protesters – Mehdi Ghasemi, Saleh Mohammadi and Saeed Davoudi – were executed on Thursday after being accused of killing two police officers during unrest in January, according to the judiciary-linked Mizan news agency.

Mohammadi, a national-level wrestler who had competed internationally, denied the charges in court and said his confession had been obtained under torture, according to accounts from those close to him. Members of Iran’s wrestling community had also defended him, saying he had no history of violence.

Mohammadi had represented Iran in international wrestling events, including the 2024 Saitiev Cup in Russia, where he won a bronze medal.

[…]

A growing list of athletes, coaches and referees remain detained, many linked to the recent wave of protests as well as earlier unrest.

Among those named are footballer Mohammad Hossein Hosseini, water polo goalkeeper Ali Pishevarzadeh, marathon runner Niloufar Pas, kickboxing champion Benjamin Naghdi, teenager footballer Abolfazl Dokht, and boxer Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani.

Others include basketball coach Payam Vahidi, billiards coach Hamzeh Kazemi, aerobics coach Narges Heidari and former footballer Amir Reza Nasr Azadani, whose earlier arrest had already drawn international concern.

Several detainees are young athletes, including Amirhossein Ghaderzadeh, 19, and Abolfazl Dokht, raising alarm among campaigners who say they face similar charges and judicial processes.

Boxer Mohammad Mahshari, a bronze medalist at the 2024 Asian youth and under-23 championships, is also reported to be in custody.

Read more here.

Iran also executed a Swedish-Iranian man, identified as Kourosh Keyvani, on Wednesday after convicting him of espionage for Israel.

It can be recalled that Iran’s Women’s Soccer Team protested the Islamic regime by refusing to sing the national anthem.

Following their act of defiance, Iranian state media branded them “wartime traitors” in the midst of the ongoing conflict with Iran.

President Trump announced that the Australian government was providing asylum to some members of the team.

He wrote on Truth Social, “I just spoke to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, of Australia, concerning the Iranian National Women’s Soccer Team. He’s on it!”

“Five have already been taken care of, and the rest are on their way.”

“Some, however, feel they must go back because they are worried about the safety of their families, including threats to those family members if they don’t return.”

“In any event, the Prime Minister is doing a very good job having to do with this rather delicate situation. God bless Australia!”

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Orbán has said that Ukraine is illegally funding his Globalist opposition and blocking Russian oil to destabilize his government.

Orbán has been very clear: no Druzhba pipeline oil, no EU funding.

Since Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán won’t accept Ukraine in NATO or in the EU, he became the enemy of Volodymyr Zelensky’s regime, who even threatened to unleash the Ukrainian military on him.

To get some vengeance on Orbán, and also to create an economic crisis who will favor the Globalist opposition that Kiev is illegally funding, Zelensky ordered the Druzhba (‘Friendship’) pipeline to be shut, cutting the flow of Russian oil that both Hungary and Slovakia depend on.

Hungary faces EU peer pressure to unblock the $100 billion loan to Ukraine.

Read: Hungary To Declassify Bombshell National Security Report Proving Globalist Opposition to Viktor Orbán Is Illegally Funded by Ukraine

After that, to no one’s surprise, Orbán retaliated by blocking the life-saving 90-billion-euro loan from the EU to Ukraine.

Zelensky could have opened the oil flow and gotten the Brussels money – but he will only do it if and when Peter Magyar, the Globalist candidate he is backing, wins the April elections.

So, today, as the EU leaders met in the European Council headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, for a crucial summit, all eyes were on Orbán.

This is not a game. Access to affordable energy is vital for Hungarian families and businesses. We are not asking for favours. We insist on receiving what is rightfully ours, what keeps our homes warm and our economy running. It is time to end the oil blockade @ZelenskyyUa. pic.twitter.com/ttvcLxQaXd

— Orbán Viktor (@PM_ViktorOrban) March 19, 2026

“Zelensky should understand it, that this is not a game, this is absolutely existential for the Hungarians. We are waiting for the oil, all the other is just fairytale. What we are speaking about is not politics.

To get the oil is existential for the Hungarians. Without getting that oil, all the households and Hungarian companies will go to bankruptcy. So you know, it’s not a joke, it’s not a political game.”

Politico reported:

“EU leaders have failed to convince Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to drop his opposition to a €90 billion loan to fund Ukraine’s war effort, according to four diplomats and officials.

A 90-minute discussion on the loan failed to produce a clear path to a deal, according to the four diplomats and officials, granted anonymity to speak openly about the closed-door talks at the European Council.

According to one of the diplomats, European Council President António Costa blasted Orbán’s behavior as ‘unacceptable’ and a breach of the terms of cooperation that underpin the EU. Costa pointed out that no leader has ever violated ‘this red line before’.”

March for Peace in Budapest.

WATCH: Hungarians Take to the Streets in Greatest Political March in History To Support Orbán’s Government, Reject War and Denounce Ukrainian Oil Blackmail

“Speaking in the room, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán rejected the idea that his block on the approval of a €90 billion loan to Ukraine is linked to the upcoming election, calling it ‘totally unfounded’, said an official familiar with the talks, granted anonymity to speak freely. Orbán accused his fellow leaders of caring more about Ukraine than about Hungary and said it is an ‘existential issue’ for Budapest.”

Hungary’s Orban STANDS HIS GROUND in EU: ‘we have right to say NO to Ukrainian war loan’

‘As long as Zelensky doesn’t lift oil blockade, they will not receive ANY money from Brussels’ pic.twitter.com/YIP6odFRwn

— RT (@RT_com) March 19, 2026

Read more:

ORBÁN FIGHTS BACK: Hungary Blocks $106 Billion EU Loan to Ukraine Until Zelensky Allows Flow of Russian Oil Through Druzhba Pipeline To Resume

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In a powerful and emotional moment during his confirmation hearing for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday, Senator Markwayne Mullin fought back tears as he shared how President Donald Trump went out of his way to visit his son, who had a traumatic brain injury.

Mullin’s son Jim, a world-class young wrestler who had competed internationally since age 12, suffered a catastrophic traumatic brain injury in 2020 during a high school match.

The teen was unconscious for 26 hours.

When he woke up, he was a different kid entirely.

The once-athletic teen couldn’t touch his nose, walked with a shuffle, struggled with short-term memory loss, and couldn’t even handle basic math like five plus three.

The family feared the worst as his pulse dropped dangerously low.

“I’m going to try getting through without crying. It’s not about President Trump. It’s about my son,” Mullin said.

President Trump, who at the time was only acquaintances with Mullin, heard about the tragedy and immediately sprang into action. He called right away, offered the use of his personal plane to fly the family to the renowned Center for Neural Skills rehabilitation facility in Bakersfield, California, and followed up with near-daily check-in calls for two weeks.

But the most moving part came in the thick of the brutal 2020 presidential campaign.

WATCH:

NEW: Senator Markwayne Mullin tears up as he tells a story about how President Trump went to work for him when he found out his son had a traumatic brain injury.

Mullin explained how his son became a completely different kid after the injury.

“Here you had a world-class athlete… pic.twitter.com/lQhS3vM3KK

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) March 18, 2026

Bakersfield wasn’t a must-win campaign stop. Trump’s team was pressuring him to keep moving. Yet the President made time to personally visit young Jim anyway.

“His team came to him twice and said, ‘Sir, we got to go; we got to go,'” Mullin said. “On the third time, they came over to him, he looked at them. He says, ‘Hey, I guarantee you that plane won’t leave without me for the next 15 minutes.'”

Choking up at the Senate hearing, Mullin emphasized that Trump did none of this for show, publicity, or political gain.

“He didn’t do it for publicity. He didn’t do it for any show. He was running in one of the toughest elections he had been in and the guy was still that concerned about my son,” Mullin said. “I mean, here’s the president of the United States, and he did it just because he cared.”

The visit and ongoing support had a profound impact.

The “big event” of Trump’s presence helped jog Jim’s memory, boosted his spirits, and contributed to his remarkable recovery.

What doctors projected would take years of rehab was largely complete in just nine months.

Jim went on to wrestle at Oklahoma State University and is thriving today.

WATCH:

Great news! My son Jim has been discharged from the Centre for Neuro Skills and we are heading home! pic.twitter.com/K6fx6TB0jl

— Markwayne Mullin (@SenMullin) October 9, 2020

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