While Iran’s regime is grappling with the crises triggered by the downfall of the Assad dictatorship in Syria and the collapse of the regime’s strategic depth, it has responded to the people’s uprisings and protests over dire living conditions and fuel shortages in the biting cold with executions and intimidation. But in response, Iran’s rebellious youth are resisting and answering fire with fire.
On Monday, December 16, the rebellious youth attacked the regime’s centers of oppression and crime in various cities in response to the 113 executions revealed from November 21 to December 15 and the 613 executions during the tenure of the regime’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian. The targets included IRGC and Basij bases, as well as posters and billboards of regime leaders:
- Four arson attacks at the IRGC Salman 110 Brigade in Zahedan
- An arson attack at a center of fundamentalism and oppression in Mashhad
- An arson attack at an IRGC Basij base in Tehran
- Setting fire to a Basij base in Zahedan
- Burning a propaganda Basij billboard in Tehransar
- Burning posters of Khomeini and Khamenei in Karaj
- Burning a billboard of Khamenei in Esfarayen
- Burning a mural of Qassen Soleimani in Najafabad
- Burning an MOIS espionage poster in Sanandaj
- Burning an IRGC Basij intelligence poster in Bojnurd
The Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, in a statement dated December 15, highlighted the ceaseless cycle of blood and death under the mullahs’ rule, stating: “Ali Khamenei, the regime’s aging ‘head of the snake’, terrified of the people’s uprising—especially after the fall of the Syrian dictator—sends more prisoners to the gallows every day.”
On Sunday, December 16, 11 prisoners, including one woman, were hanged in Yazd and Zahedan… On Thursday, December 13, three prisoners in Shiraz, three in Mashhad, and one in Isfahan were executed. Earlier that day, 13 prisoners had been executed.
In the third round of December operations, the heroic members of the Resistance Units targeted the regime’s centers of oppression and crime as follows:
- Six arson attacks at the IRGC Ground Forces Industries Complex “Anti-Imam Hussein” in Homayounshahr, Isfahan
- An arson attack at the Anti-Imam Hussein Oppression Center in Ahvaz
- An arson attack at an IRGC Basij base on Imam Ali Highway in Tehran
On November 30, the rebellious youth, responding to the executions by the regime, launched powerful attacks on the regime’s centers of oppression and crime in the cities of Ahvaz, Zahedan, Zhak, Kish, Iranshahr, Tehran, Karaj, and Qaemshahr.
And on Wednesday, November 27, symbols of oppression and repression in the cities of Karaj, Tehran, Shushtar, Khorramabad, Kerman, Sabzevar, Varamin, and Dezful were targeted.
Additionally, on Saturday, December 7, the rebellious youth responded to the death sentences of political prisoners by attacking centers of crime:
- An arson at a center for oppressing women in Shushtar
- An arson attack at the corrupt Khomeini Relief Foundation in Rafsanjan
- Setting fire to a Basij base for repressing students in Urmia
- Burning down a Basij base for suppressing teachers in Qasr-e Qand
- Burning a banner of Khamenei in Ashkhaneh, North Khorasan
- Burning a poster of Qasem Soleimani in Shiraz
- Burning an IRGC intelligence billboard in Nikshahr
- Burning photos of Raisi, Soleimani, and the regime’s proxies in Tehran
- Burning a Basij propaganda poster in Shahin Shahr
At the same time, PMOI Resistance Units are continuing to defy the regime’s repressive measures meant to terrorize the public and prevent uprisings. On December 13, the Resistance Units raised a large banner on the Ghadir Bridge in Dezful with the slogan: “The only path to freedom is the Liberation Army.”
In this way, Iran’s youth and Resistance Units, through a series of anti-repression activities, respond to the regime’s repression and keep the flame of resistance alit across Iran.