While Iran’s regime is resorting to different tactics to cause public fear and prevent protests on the anniversary of the 2022 nationwide uprising, Resistance Units are busy keeping the flame of rebellion alit and countering the regime’s apparatus of repression.
Resistance Units are a network of activists associated with the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK). They have been a driving force for the nationwide uprisings against the regime’s brutal suppression. They are carrying out activities at great risks to their lives and safety.
In the past few days, Resistance Units have carried out various activities across the country.
In Gorgan, northern Iran, Resistance Units posted a video, chanting, “The only solution is uprising and revolution, the rest is a mirage!” and “Their excuse is the hijab, the answer is revolution!”
Recently, the regime has reactivated the morality police patrols, tasked with controlling adherence to the regime’s forced hijab rules. The main goal of this campaign is to lower the demands of the people to the lifting of the hijab rules. Meanwhile, the people have made it clear in their slogans that they will suffice to nothing short of regime change.
In Tehran, Resistance Units held placards with pictures of Iranian Resistance Leader Massoud Rajavi that read, “The only way to freedom is the liberation army” and “The main dispute is on revolution and regime change” and “The mullahs’ regime will be wiped out like the Shah dictatorship.”
Resistance Units also held placards that read, “No to shah, no to mullahs, yes to freedom and democracy.”
This is a slogan that became popular during the 2022 uprising as the remnants of the Pahlavi regime as well as the mullahs’ regime tried to promote the idea of a return to the ousted monarchy.
In Tabriz, Resistance Units held placards that read, “The only solution is revolution, the target is the regime in its entirety,” a rejection of the idea of promoting the so-called reformist factions in the regime.
In Karaj, Resistance Units installed posters of NCRI president-elect Maryam Rajavi in public places. One poster read, “With uprisings and revolts, we can and we must free the occupied nation.”
Similar activities were reported in Yazd, Arak, Rasht, Kashan, Kashan, Someh Sara, Yasuj, Shiraz, Bam, and Shahin Shahr.
In Mahabad, a Resistance Unit member held a placard that read, “Khamenei you murderer, we will bring you down!”
In Tehran, Resistance Units wrote graffiti on walls that read, “Our salvation is through uprisings. This regime is at its end” and “Down with the tyrant, be it the Shah or the mullahs.”
Ahead of the anniversary of Iran’s nationwide uprising that began in September 2022, the regime has been on a campaign of repression to cause fear among the public, including an increase in executions and the arrest of dissidents. The regime is especially focused on targeting the supporters and network of the PMOI, which regime officials have recently described as their main problem.
This campaign includes increased pressure on political prisoners who have been charged with supporting the PMOI. However, as the activities of the Resistance Units show, the regime has utterly failed in its efforts to quell the spirit of resistance in Iran.