As the anniversary of the 2022 nationwide uprising approaches, Iran’s regime has resorted to a repressive measures to prevent public rage to boil into anti-regime protests again. Chief among these measures is the unprecedented wave of executions happening across Iran.
On August 10 the regime hanged two of Baluch’s compatriots in Mashhad’s Vakilabad Prison and a Kurdish compatriot in Hamedan’s Central Prison. On August 9, two prisoners were executed in Hamedan and one in Yasuj Central Prison. On the same day, state media quoted the prosecutor of Marand as saying that five prisoners were hanged in the city. On August 8, the regime hanged two prisoners in Shiraz Central Prison and on August 6, they executed eight prisoners in different cities. A tally of different reports shows that since August 6, the regime has executed 24 prisoners to maintain its hold on power and intimidate the public.
At the same time, the regime is carrying out other repressive measures, including expanding the activities of the so-called “morality police.”
Equally important is the regime’s direct actions against the Iranian Resistance, including growing pressure on political prisoners and a recent summons by the regime’s judiciary to prosecute 104 MEK members. The regime, which has marked its history with the execution of tens of thousands of MEK members and supporters, has called for the Iranian Resistance members to present their lawyers to represent them in court.
But in response to the regime’s repressive measures, MEK Resistance Units have increased their efforts to keep the flame of resistance alit. The Resistance Units, a network of activists inside Iran that support the MEK, are carrying out these activities at great risk.
In response to the regime’s summons for MEK members, Resistance Units across Iran recorded videos, declaring their readiness the MEK and the Iranian Resistance in the streets, in their protests, and in their endeavors to overthrow the regime and to bring freedom to Iran.
“Dear Massoud Rajavi, we the Resistance Units, will proudly represent you,” a Resistance Unit member from Tehran said. “Down with Khamenei, damned be Khomeini, hail to Rajavi.”
Similar activities were reported in Mashhad, Urmia, Shahrekord, Marand, Arak, Zahedan, Dehloran, Sari, Sanandaj, Kashan, Karaj, Neyshabur, and Gorgan.
One Resistance Unit member in Shahrekord held a placard that read, “We will face off with the regime’s criminals in the streets with our uprisings.”
In Tehran, a Resistance Unit member challenged regime leaders, including Khamenei, Ebrahim Raisi, and Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Eje’i to attend an international court and be held accountable for their crimes against humanity.
Also in their activities, the Resistance Units vowed to continue their struggle against the regime despite the regime’s growing repressive measures.
A Resistance Unit member from Tehran held a placard that read, “We swear to the blood of the martyrs that we will fight till the end.”
Also in Tehran, Resistance Units installed a poster of Iranian Resistance leader Massoud Rajavi with a quote that said, “Revolt and uprising against the tyrant is the right of the Iranian people.”
Another poster of Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, read, “Anyone who wishes freedom for Iran must rise for the overthrow of the mullahs’ regime.”
Similar activities were reported in Karaj, Semnan, Tabriz, Shiraz, Isfahan, Mashhad, Rasht, Mahshahr, Noshahr, Ardakan, Amol, Shahrekord, and Urmia.
The growing activities of the Resistance Units and the influence of the MEK have caused concern among regime officials. In a recent roundtable, regime authorities warned about the role that the MEK is playing in Iran and anti-regime protests. Over the past 44 years, the mullahs’ regime has consistently led efforts to pretend that the PMOI has no base or importance inside the country, spending exorbitant sums and using all sorts of tricks with an army of domestic and foreign mercenaries and so-called “journalists friends” and lobbyists. These efforts have been happening in parallel to the massacre of MEK supporters and members across Iran and extensive efforts to carry out terrorist activities against them across the world.
However, the growing ranks and activities of the MEK Resistance Units are testament to the utter defeat of the regime and the people’s nearing victory to achieve freedom in their country.