Saeed Davoudi

Saeed Davoudi was an Iranian citizen, aged 21, publicly hanged in Qom on 19 March 2026 alongside two other men: Saleh Mohammadi, who was 19, and Mehdi Ghasemi, whose age was not published. All three were charged with "waging war against God", a capital offence under Iranian law routinely applied to political dissidents and protesters. Their executions formed part of a broader wave of state killings carried out against the backdrop of the 2026 Iran conflict.

The hanging was one of several executions in rapid succession. The day prior, Kouroush Keyvani, a dual Iranian-Swedish national, was hanged on espionage charges. Amnesty International denounced the killings as arbitrary executions designed to intimidate "an already traumatised population, under bombardment." Iran Human Rights warned that dozens more, including minors, faced imminent execution in the shadow of war.

The case of Saleh Mohammadi drew particular scrutiny: sentenced less than three weeks after arrest, he had turned 19 in prison eight days before his execution, and his family alleged his confession was extracted under torture. Davoudi's execution raises the question of whether Iran is exploiting wartime emergency to accelerate killings of political prisoners beyond any meaningful judicial scrutiny.