Members of Resistance Units, a growing network of courageous and determined Iranian activists connected to the opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), are intensifying their ongoing campaign to weaken the regime’s crackdown throughout Iran, with their latest move aiming at the heart of the regime’s apparatus.
In Tehran, the capital of Iran, large images of Iranian Resistance leader Massoud Rajavi and Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian opposition coalition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), were projected on a building in the Municipality Boulevard of Sa’adat Abad district at around 9:05 pm local time. This is one of Tehran’s more populated areas and such a security breach raises concerns among regime officials across the board. A large image of regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei marked by a red X sign was also projected at the site.
April 26 – Tehran, #Iran
9:05 pm local time
Images of Iranian Resistance leader Massoud Rajavi and opposition coalition President-elect @Maryam_Rajavi projected in the capital's Sa'adat Abad district – Municipality Boulevard.#FreeIran2022pic.twitter.com/nLnXMVY0aV— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) April 27, 2022
On April 16, in Rasht, the capital of the northern province of Gilan, people saw anti-regime slogans being aired in public at 7:45 pm, followed by excerpts of speeches delivered by Mr. Massoud Rajavi and Mrs. Maryam Rajavi.
April 16 – Rasht, northern #Iran
7:45 pm local time
Anti-regime slogans aired in public
"Death to Khamenei-Raisi!"
"Khomeini be damned!"
"Hail to Rajavi!"
"Death to oppressors! Be it the Shah or the mullahs!"
Speeches by Iranian Resistance leaders.pic.twitter.com/BgW0BocOzj— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) April 17, 2022
On April 15, people in Mashhad, Iran’s second largest city located in the country’s northeast, anti-regime slogans were aired at 1:45 pm local time in the city’s famous Behesht-e Reza Cemetery.
“Death to Khamenei-Raisi!” referring to regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and current regime President Ebrahim Raisi.
“Khomeini be damned!” referring to the regime’s first supreme leader Ruhollah Khomeini.
“Hail to Rajavi!”
April 15 – Mashhad, northeast #Iran
Beheshte Reza Cemetery – 1:45 pm local time
Anti-regime slogans aired in public
"Death to Khamenei-Raisi!"
"Khomeini be damned!"
"Hail to Rajavi!"
Excerpts of speeches by Iranian Resistance leaders.#IranProtests pic.twitter.com/wPGo4mZS8q— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) April 16, 2022
On April 9, locals in the city of Langarud in northern Iran, were witness to anti-regime slogans being aired in public and excerpts of speeches by Iranian Resistance leaders.
“Death to Khamenei!”
“Hail to Rajavi!”
“We don’t want a shah or the mullahs!”
April 9 – Langarud, northern #Iran
Anti-regime slogans aired in public
"Death to Khamenei!"
"Hail to Rajavi!"
"We don't want a shah or the mullahs!"
Excerpts of speeches by Iranian Resistance leader Massoud Rajavi.#IranProtests #FreeIran2022 pic.twitter.com/U84Mx9uw7J— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) April 10, 2022
On April 7, in Neyshabur, another city in northeast Iran, anti-regime slogans were aired in public at a busy local market with many people at the scene. The slogans were followed by excerpts of speeches delivered by Iranian Resistance leaders.
“Death to Khamenei!”
“Hail to Rajavi!”
“We don’t want a shah or the mullahs!”
April 7 – Neyshabur, northeast #Iran
Anti-regime slogans aired in public
"Death to Khamenei!"
"Hail to Rajavi!"
"We don't want a shah or the mullahs!"
Excerpts of speeches by Iranian Resistance leader Massoud Rajavi & NCRI President-elect @Maryam_Rajavi.pic.twitter.com/7l4UWhrbxU— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) April 8, 2022
On March 19, the city of Mashhad was the scene of anti-regime slogans aired in public.
“Death to Khamenei!”
“Hail to Rajavi!”
March 19 – Mashhad, northeast #Iran
Anti-regime slogans aired in public
"Death to Khamenei!"
"Hail to Rajavi!"
Excerpts of speeches delivered by Iranian Resistance leader Massoud Rajavi & NCRI President-elect @Maryam_Rajavi#IranProtests #اعتراضات_سراسریpic.twitter.com/FSomReKVLI— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) March 19, 2022
On March 15, locals in the city of Lahijan in northern Iran were also witness to anti-regime slogans being aired in public:
“Death to Khamenei!”
“Hail to Rajavi!”
“We don’t want a Shah nor the mullahs! Damned be both!”
“Death to Khamenei & Raisi!”
“Damned be Khomeini!” is a reference to the regime’s first supreme leader.
March 15 – Lahijan, northern #Iran
Anti-regime slogans aired in public:
"Death to Khamenei!"
"Hail to Rajavi!"
"We don't want a Shah nor the mullahs! Damned be both!"
"Death to Khamenei & Raisi!"
"Damned be Khomeini!"#IranProtests #اعتراضات_سراسری pic.twitter.com/khZYevY2qB— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) March 16, 2022
The MEK’s anti-crackdown campaign that began on January 27 with the disruption of numerous state TV and radio networks, continuing with Resistance Units taking control of loudspeakers to blast these anti-regime slogans in public, are obviously intertwined and correlated. And this trend is progressing as we speak.
It is crystal clear that the regime is suffering from internal rifts amongst its rank and file. The Intelligence Ministry showcased a blindfolded individual claiming he was behind the broadcasting of anti-regime slogans in the famous Bazaar Reza of Mashhad on February 9. Despite the propaganda campaign aimed at instilling fear in the public, the Iranian people and their organized resistance are continuing these measures.
Even by resorting to an increasing number of executions and oppressive measures, parallel to unbearable economic pressures, the mullahs’ regime has failed to plunge the Iranian nation into the miseries of poverty and hopelessness.
Each and every episode of anti-regime slogans broadcast in public places across the country are a stark reminder for the regime of the Iranian people’s relentless refusal to back down and succumb to their crackdown. When such measures have persisted for months now, it is only natural to conclude that the vast majority of Iran’s society support these actions.
This is exactly why the regime’s own experts have been voicing a variety of concerns in this regard. “Let there be no doubt that if the status quo continues, if we don’t witness the society exploding this (Iranian calendar year), we will most definitely be witness to the nation’s impoverished pouring into the streets next year,” according to one such expert whose remarks were published on March 9 in the state-run Arman daily.
On March 13, in Kermanshah, western Iran, Resistance Units members played the following slogans in the crowded Vali Asr Street:
“Death to Khamenei! Hail to Rajavi!”
“Death to oppressors! Be it the Shah or [Khamenei]!”
“The only path to freedom is through overthrowing the regime!”
“Death to Khamenei! Khomeini be damned!”
This initiative took place on the evening of Sunday, March 13, with many locals welcoming this anti-regime measure.
“Damned be Khomeini!”
March 13 – Kermanshah, western #Iran
Anti-regime slogans played in public:
"Death to Khamenei! Hail to Rajavi!"
"Death to oppressors! Be it the Shah or [Khamenei]!"
"Death to Khamenei! Khomeini be damned!"#FreeIran2022pic.twitter.com/XJuj0N1U6s— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) March 14, 2022
On the evening of Wednesday, March 9, Resistance Units members projected a massive slogan reading “Death to Khamenei! Hail to Rajavi!” on the side of a Highrise located on Tehran’s Jalal Al Ahmad highway, one of the city’s main pathways.
On the evening of Monday, February 28, the capital, Tehran, and Shahriar, west of Tehran, were scenes of yet another round of similar anti-regime slogans broadcast in public areas.
During afternoon hours people in the famous Tehran bazaar heard such slogans targeting the regime’s senior officials and calling for the overthrow of the mullahs’ establishment.
“Iranians are aware, and they loath the Shah and the mullahs!” referring to the Iranian people overthrowing the Shah’s monarchical dictatorship back in 1979, and the people’s resistance vis-à-vis to the currently ruling mullahs’ regime.
“Death to Khamenei and Raisi!” with the latter referring to current regime President Ebrahim Raisi, infamous for his direct role in Iran’s summer 1988 massacre of over 30,000 political prisoners, mostly PMOI/MEK members and supporters.
“Damn with Khomeini!” referring to the regime’s first Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini.
“Death to the mullahs’ principle!”
February 28 – Tehran, #Iran
These anti-slogan chants were played:
"Death to Khamenei! Hail to Rajavi!"
"Iranians are aware & they loath the Shah & the mullahs!"
"Death to Khamenei & Raisi!"
"Damn with Khomeini!"
"Death to the mullahs' principle!"pic.twitter.com/D8y2OtehPe— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) March 1, 2022
In Vali Asr Avenue of Shahriar, a city located just west of the Iranian capital Tehran, a similar scene was witnessed with anti-regime slogans aired in public:
“Death to Khamenei! Hail to Rajavi!”
“Death to oppressors! Be it the Shah or the mullahs!”
“Death to Khamenei and Raisi!”
“Damn with Khomeini!”
It is worth noting that during the November 2019 uprising the city of Shahriar was one of the hotbeds of major clashes between brave protesters and the regime’s oppressive forces. Authorities resorted to opening live fire in order to quell the protesters, leaving many killed and injured.
February 28 – Shahriar, west of Tehran, #Iran
Vali Asr Avenue
Anti-regime slogans were played:
"Death to Khamenei! Hail to Rajavi!"
"Death to oppressors! Be it the Shah or the mullahs!"
"Death to Khamenei & Raisi!"
"Damn with Khomeini!"#FreeIran2022pic.twitter.com/TSGQBzptZj— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) March 1, 2022
On February 24, reports and video footage from inside Iran indicated that members of Resistance Units broadcast anti-regime audiotapes in the cities of Tehran and Mashhad with slogans against the regime played in two crowded streets.
On February 19, people in Tehran’s Tajrish Bazaar were also witness to anti-regime slogans being played in the area. The slogans included:
“Death to Khamenei, Hail to Rajavi!”
“Neither crown, nor turban, the mullahs’ days are numbered!”
“Raisi is the executioner of 1988!”
February 19 – Tehran, #Iran
Tajrish Bazaar
Anti-regime slogans were broadcast:
"Death to Khamenei, Hail to Rajavi!"
"Neither crown, nor turbans, the mullahs' days are numbered!"
"Raisi is the executioner of 1988!"#IranProtests pic.twitter.com/4Nhh6DWflx— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) February 20, 2022
On February 11, marking the anniversary of Iran’s 1979 Revolution, anti-regime slogans were broadcast from the loudspeakers of a branch of the Saderat Bank in Shahriar, west of Tehran.
The audio included slogans that called Raisi a butcher, called for the overthrow of the mullahs’ regime, and hailed the Resistance’s leaders.
A local authority said that the bank’s audio system had been breached and asked them to leave the area and not listen to the slogans.
The incident took place a day after similar slogans were broadcast in Fardis, Sarasiab, and Shahr-e Rey, west and south of the capital, Tehran.
On February 9, similar slogans were heard in Mashhad’s Bazaar Reza, including:
“Death to Khamenei, Hail Rajavi” calling for the overthrow of the mullahs’ regime
“Down with the tyrant, be it the Shah or the mullahs”
At the time, locals said the market’s computer system had been breached. The incident came weeks after the regime’s state-run broadcasting system was disrupted, leading to footage of Iranian Resistance leaders airing on state TV.
