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Iran’s nationwide uprising is marking its 115th day on Sunday as the nation honors the memory of 176 innocent people onboard Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 that was shot down by Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) three years ago today.
The Iranian people both inside the country and abroad hold regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the IRGC fully accountable for this deliberate and premediated atrocity.
Protests in Iran have to this day expanded to at least 282 cities. Over 750 people have been killed and more than 30,000 are arrested by the regime’s forces, according to sources of Iranian opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK). The names of 627 killed protesters have been published by the PMOI/MEK.
Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the Iranian opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) in Europe, the U.S. and Canada have been holding rallies in memory of the PS752’s victims and calling on the international community to hold the mullahs’ regime accountable for their atrocities. These gatherings have been held in London, Paris, Washington, Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Heidelberg, Stockholm, Oslo, Gothenburg, Malmö, Vienna, Sydney, Toronto, and Vancouver.
Initial reports on Sunday indicate merchants and storeowners in the cities of Sanandaj, Saqqez, Bukan, Kermanshah, Kamyaran, and Abdanan are on strike as they mark the third anniversary of the PS752’s downing by IRGC air defense missile units.
In the city of Najafabad in Isfahan Province, central Iran, brave women were seen taking to the streets to launch their anti-regime rallies today and chanting “For each person killed another thousand will rise!” among other slogans. Similar protests have been seen in the city of Karaj, west of the capital Tehran.
January 8 – Abdanan, western #Iran
Locals are on strike and continuing the nationwide protests against the regime on the 115th day of the uprising and marking the third anniversary of the PS752 downing by the IRGC.#IranRevolution2023#اعتصابات_سراسری pic.twitter.com/Rm3Su7OBPi— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) January 8, 2023
Latest reports from the cities of Qom and Darreh Shahr in Ilam Province indicate that protesters have recently been using Molotov cocktails in more attacks targeting regime-associated sites. Bases of the regime’s IRGC paramilitary Basij units and a branch of the Islamic Development Organization have been targeted in these attacks.
Qom, central #Iran
Protesters attacked a base of the regime's IRGC paramilitary Basij units with Molotov cocktails.#IranRevolution2023#مرگ_بر_ستمگر_چه_شاه_باشه_چه_رهبر pic.twitter.com/A4ai2Uw6nW— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) January 8, 2023
In Tehran, students of Soore University held a rally today and began chanting anti-regime slogans, including: “Basiji and IRGC, you are our ISIS!”
Locals near the capital also gathered to hold a ceremony in memory of the 176 people killed three years ago today when the IRGC launched surface-to-air missiles and shot down Flight PS752. This event was held at the crash site.
Others in the capital’s Sadeghiyeh district gathered in another anti-regime protest rally and were seen chanting: “Death to the dictator!” and “Death to Khamenei!”
January 8 – Tehran, #Iran
Students at Soore University held a protest rally and were seen chanting:
"Basiji and IRGC, you are our ISIS!"#IranRevolution2023 #FreeIran2023pic.twitter.com/HjfmkCjFBy— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) January 8, 2023
In Saqqez, the hometown of Mahsa Amini, people gathered at the local Shahnaz Cemetery to hold a ceremony in memory of the Flight PS752 victims. Two of those victims, Rozgar Rahimi and her small child are buried in this cemetery. The participants also began chanting: “Death to Khamenei!” and “Death to the dictator!”
January 8 – Saqqez, western #Iran
Locals gathered at Shanaz Cemetery in memory of Flight PS752 victims began chanting:
"Death to Khamenei!"
"Death to the dictator!"#IranRevolution2023 #FreeIran2023 pic.twitter.com/STboHfFfuR— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) January 8, 2023
In the city of Anzali in northern Iran, locals held a ceremony to mark the 40th day of Mehran Sammak’s murder by regime security forces. He was killed while celebrating after a World Cup match. Authorities have been dispatching security forces to prevent any such gathering. The crowd, insisting upon holding their ceremony, began chanting anti-regime slogans including: “Death to Khamenei!” “Death to the dictator!” “For each person killed another thousand will rise!” and “We’re standing to the end!”
January 8 – Anzali, northern #Iran
Locals held a ceremony to mark the 40th day of Mehran Sammak's murder by regime security forces. He was killed while celebrating after a recent World Cup match.
"We're standing to the end!"#IranRevolution2023pic.twitter.com/1TwQP5gxtK— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) January 8, 2023
Tehran has also been witnessing various protest rallies by people in different districts, including Shariati and Sattarkhan. Similar reports are incoming from the Ferdowsi Metro Station where locals are chanting anti-regime slogans. Locals have also been protesting in the capital’s Enghelab (Revolution) Street and the Gohardasht district of Karaj, a large city located west of Tehran.
Similar protest gatherings have been reported in Isfahan, central Iran, Sanandaj in the western part of the country, Mashhad, Javanrud, Qazvin, Mahabad, Babol, Bandar Abbas, Abdanan, Arak, and various districts of Tehran.
January 8 – Tehran, #Iran
Ferdowsi Metro Station
Protesters chanting: "So many years of crimes! Death to the mullahs' regime!"#IranRevolution2023#FreeIran2023pic.twitter.com/LMVJcTBmhr— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) January 8, 2023
On Saturday, aiming to install fear among the Iranian people and quell the ongoing uprising, the mullahs’ regime ruling Iran executed Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini in the early morning hours local time. The regime’s judiciary confirmed that the two, arrested for taking part in the revolution that continues across the country, were hanged.
The semi-official Mizan news agency, affiliated to the regime’s judiciary, reported that the two were executed for killing a member of the regime’s paramilitary Basij and blocking the Karaj-Qazvin expressway located west of the capital Tehran. Amnesty International has said the trials “bore no resemblance to a meaningful judicial proceeding.” Many reports indicate the two were tortured into coerced confessions.
Karami and Hosseini were also found guilty of “corruption on Earth,” a term and charge that has been levied against others by the mullahs’ so-called judiciary and carries the death penalty. To this day four men are known to have been executed by the mullahs’ regime for taking part in the demonstrations that began in September. All have faced rapid and closed-door trials.
Last month Iranian opposition coalition NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi called on the United Nations, the UN Security Council, the European Union and Member States to take effective and practical measures against the religious fascism ruling Iran to stop the regime’s killing sprees, and use of torture and executions.
“If the mullahs think Iran’s revolution can be stopped through repression, torture, and execution, they are gravely mistaken. Our people’s response to suppression and killings, being Khamenei’s main tool for preserving his power, is Iran protests and the regime’s overthrow,” Mrs. Rajavi explained.
This morning bloodthirsty Khamenei shed the blood of #MohammadMehdiKarami & #SeyedMohammadHosseini to save his rule in face of #IranRevolution
But the blood of these brave souls runs in the veins of millions of Iran’s youths determined to bring down Khamenei #StopExecutionsinIran— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) January 7, 2023
Verbal remarks and condemnations are not enough, the NCRI President-elect emphasized, adding the mullahs’ embassies must be closed, its Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and Intelligence Ministry (MOIS) be designated as terrorist organizations, and their agents expelled.
“Political relations and diplomatic engagement with a regime that relies on executions to preserve its rule are unjustifiable… Silence and inaction trample human rights values,” Mrs. Rajavi said.
Imprisoned protester, #Mohsen Shekari, 23, was executed on Khamenei’s order, showing the regime’s fear in the face of #IranRevolution and the prospect of being overthrown. This vicious crime will fuel people’s anger. Courageous youths and protesters will not remain silent. pic.twitter.com/tCG3GpBsKB
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) December 8, 2022
Regime authorities in the city of Bijar, Kurdistan Province, western Iran, have dispatched and stationed security units outside the home of Mohammad Mehdi Karami‘s parents. The authorities have been closing local shops and threatening the storeowners. At least three people have been abducted by the security units, according to reports from local activists.
January 7 – Bijar, western #Iran
Regime authorities placed security units outside the home of #MohammadMehdiKarami's parents. They're closing local shops and threatening the owners.
At least 3 people have been abducted by the security units, via reports.pic.twitter.com/qFOvrHUFjZ— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) January 7, 2023
In Tehran, locals in the Tehranpars district took to the streets on Saturday night in their latest anti-regime demonstration during they were seen chanting:
“For each person killed another thousand will rise!”
“Death to Khamenei! Damned be Khomeini!”
This rally was in response to today’s execution of Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini.
In another part of the capital, regime security units were dispatched a neighborhood where locals were chanting anti-regime slogans from their homes. The units began shooting at people’s windows.
January 7 – Tehran, #Iran
Tehranpars district
Protesters chanting: "For each person killed another thousand will rise!"
"Death to Khamenei! Damned be Khomeini!"#IranRevolution2023#مرگ_بر_ستمگر_چه_شاه_باشه_چه_رهبرpic.twitter.com/vtvraIj6kt— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) January 7, 2023
The protests in Iran began following the death of Mahsa Amini. Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, a 22-year-old woman from the city of Saqqez in Kurdistan Province, western Iran, who traveled to Tehran with her family, was arrested on Tuesday, September 13, at the entry of Haqqani Highway by the regime’s so-called “Guidance Patrol” and transferred to the “Moral Security” agency.
She was brutally beaten by the morality police and died of her wounds in a Tehran hospital on September 16. The event triggered protests that quickly spread across Iran and rekindled the people’s desire to overthrow the regime.
