While the Iranian regime, under the direct order of supreme leader Ali Khamenei, unleashes an unprecedented wave of executions to terrorize the public and stifle dissent, its strategy is facing a powerful and organized backlash. Across the country, the PMOI Resistance Units are intensifying their activities, proving that the regime’s brutality is only hardening the people’s resolve to achieve freedom. Recent courageous actions in Zahedan exemplify this growing defiance, sending an unmistakable message that the Iranian people will not be silenced by the gallows and are more determined than ever to overthrow the ruling theocracy.
The voice of defiance on the streets of Zahedan
On Friday, October 17, 2025, the streets of Zahedan became a testament to this unwavering spirit. Resistance Units carried out a series of bold anti-regime activities, installing placards and distributing leaflets with messages from the Iranian Resistance leadership. These actions directly confronted the regime’s narrative of fear with a message of hope and struggle.
"Executions are the main tools of repression and maintaining power against the people and the organized resistance." pic.twitter.com/asbiH4rCAY
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) October 18, 2025
The slogans were pointed and powerful, articulating the core demands of the Iranian people. Slogans like, “The response to executions and intimidation is fire and uprising,” served as a direct answer to the regime’s campaign of terror. Others, such as “Death to the oppressor, be it the shah or the mullahs,” underscored the popular rejection of all forms of dictatorship and the deep-seated desire for a truly democratic republic. By displaying signs that read, “Salute to Baluch freedom fighters,” and expressing solidarity with the families of murdered Baluch fuel porters, the Resistance Units highlighted the unified, nationwide nature of the struggle against the mullahs’ tyranny.
A regime ruling by the gallows
The bravery of these Resistance Units is underscored by the horrifying context in which they operate. The clerical regime has escalated its use of capital punishment to a level not seen in decades. In September 2025 alone, the regime’s judiciary hanged at least 200 prisoners, marking the highest number of executions in a single month in 36 years. The total for the first nine months of 2025 has already reached a staggering 1,200, far surpassing the 1,001 executions recorded for all of 2024. This state-sanctioned murder campaign is a desperate attempt by a cornered regime to prevent another nationwide uprising. As one of the Resistance Units’ slogans accurately states, “Executions are the main tools of repression and maintaining power against the people and the organized resistance.”
"Khamenei has come to fight the Iranian people and the Resistance with the weapon of execution." pic.twitter.com/CV69HASH5m
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) October 18, 2025
The battle for life inside prison walls
This defiance is not limited to the streets. It has spread like wildfire within the regime’s darkest dungeons. In the notorious Ghezel Hesar prison, 1,500 death-row prisoners launched a mass hunger strike on October 13, protesting the execution frenzy that saw 38 of their fellow inmates hanged in just three days. This courageous act has inspired a wave of solidarity across Iran’s prison system, with political prisoners in Evin Prison and other inmates joining the protest.
This heroic stand validates another key message from the Resistance Units: “The crime of death-row prisoners is their love for freedom.” It exposes the regime’s narrative, revealing that those on death row are not “dangerous criminals” but victims of a system that criminalizes the very desire for life and liberty.
"[The regime] will burn in the blood of Baluch fuel porters" pic.twitter.com/TJdqYmwXvA
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) October 18, 2025
An unwavering resolve for a democratic future
The clerical regime’s strategy of rule by fear is failing. The coordinated defiance on the streets and inside prisons demonstrates that far from crushing dissent, the regime’s barbarism is fueling a more organized and determined resistance. The Resistance Units are not just reacting to the regime’s brutality; they are seizing the initiative, spreading a message of hope, and proving that the Iranian people will not be intimidated.
"We want Iran. We want to take back our country and free our nation" pic.twitter.com/7uKSP4LnRY
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) October 18, 2025
Their actions and slogans make their ultimate goal clear. As they declare on their placards, “We will fight, we will die, and we will take back Iran.” This is the unwavering voice of a nation that has endured decades of oppression but refuses to surrender its right to a free and democratic future. The message is resounding: “The time for any kind of dictatorship, whether religious or monarchical, has come to an end.”