Iran executed 19-year-old wrestling champion Saleh Mohammadi in Qom the same day five members of Iran’s women’s football team crossed the border back from Australia, their asylum bids collapsed after the regime threatened their families. Two players remain in Brisbane. Inside Iran, the picture is grimmer still: a December crackdown killed an estimated 30,000 people, internet connectivity sits at one percent, and an opposition abroad — fractured and unverifiable — cannot reach the silenced streets.
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