On Saturday, December 28, 2024, Iran’s rebellious youth targeted the regime’s centers of oppression and corruption in response to the disclosure of 33 executions in the first six days of December 2024 and a total of 678 executions during Masoud Pezeshkian’s presidency, including 143 disclosed in the Persian calendar month of Azar (November 21–December 10):
- An arson attack at the headquarters of the corrupt Khomeini Relief Committee in Tehran
- An arson attack at the IRGC Basij headquarters in Homayounshahr
- Setting fire to an IRGC Basij base in Tehran
- Setting fire to an IRGC Basij base in Arak
- Setting fire to the entrance of the headquarters of suppressive security forces near a mosque in Lordegan
- Setting fire to the headquarters of the corrupt Khomeini Relief Committee in Eqlid
- Setting fire to a wall banner featuring Khamenei’s propaganda in Shushtar
- Setting fire to the street sign named after Khomeini in Karaj
- Setting fire to a banner of the regime’s terrorist proxies in Ahvaz
Alarmed by increasing protests against high prices, inflation, harsh living conditions, and the demoralization of its forces following the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, Iran’s regime hanged more than 30 prisoners in the first week of December.
In a statement on December 26, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI ): “The regime’s executioners hanged at least 22 prisoners on December 24-26, coinciding with Christmas celebrations. On Thursday, December 26, As’ad Amini, Saman Fakhri, and Jasem Jahan Tigh were executed in Jiroft, and Ahmad Ghofran, Javad Ghaffari, Hossein Salarzahi, and Abdollah Narouyi were hanged in Gonabad Prison. On Wednesday, December 25, Kateb Sayednian, Hamed Ranjbar, and Mahmoud Keshavarzi were executed in Shiraz, Hamed Pakdaman, Hossein Mansouri Nasab, and Masoud Jalilian were hanged in Qezelhessar Prison, and on Tuesday, December 24, Abdolrahman Eshaqzahi was executed in Mashhad, Asghar Ghaffari in Qom, Ali Rahm Khani in Nahavand, two brothers named Ali and Jasem Manyan, aged 25 and 31, in Isfahan, Amin Farahmand in Shiraz, Hamed Khosravi and Davoud Ghaljayi in Birjand. On Monday, December 23, Loghman Aghdaminia (Shangeh) was hanged in Urmia, and on Saturday, December 21, Hamid Moradiyan was executed in Kermanshah, Ashkan Parseh and Arman Samadi in Isfahan, and Soltan Jahan Tigh in Zahedan.”
In the Persian month of Dey, seven women were hanged by the regime. Among those executed during the month, two were under the age of 18 at the time of their alleged crimes. A political prisoner named Rahim Barin, from Mahabad, was executed in Mahabad prison after 19 years of imprisonment. He was accused of killing a member of the repressive State Security Forces during public protests in 2005.
The rebellious youth carried out five rounds of operations from November 11 to December 10, targeting the regime’s centers of oppression and execution. The fifth round of these operations included the following:
- Four arson attacks at the IRGC Basij base in Kahnuj, Kerman Province
- An arson attack at the IRGC Basij base in Mashhad
- An arson attack at the suppressive governorate office in Zahak, Sistan and Baluchestan Province
- Burning a banner of the regime’s terrorist proxies on a bridge at 7th Tir Square, Tehran
- Burning banners of Khomeini and Khamenei in Isfahan
- Burning Khamenei’s picture on a bridge in Mashhad
- Burning a Basij propaganda banner in Isfahan
- Burning an IRGC Basij base in Bandar Anzali
- Burning a poster of terror mastermind Qassem Soleimani in Kazerun
- Burning of IRGC commander Abbas Nilforoushan and banner of the regime’s proxies in Mahshahr
The desperate regime, fearful of meeting the same fate as Bashar al-Assad, seeks to prevent popular uprisings through executions, massacres, and spreading terror. However, these brutal crimes only fuel the people’s anger and intensify the fervor of freedom fighters.