On December 12, in the southeastern city of Zahedan, PMOI Resistance Units launched a new wave of anti-regime activities. These actions featured the distribution of revolutionary messages and slogans that underscored a singular political reality: the Iranian people’s unwavering determination to overthrow the ruling dictatorship and establish a free, democratic Iran. These activities are not merely symbolic; they reflect a continuation of organized resistance and steadfastness in the face of a regime that relies almost exclusively on executions and repression to maintain its grip on power.
A firm demarcation against dictatorship
The slogans displayed in Zahedan articulated a clear political vision for Iran’s future that rejects both the current theocracy and the monarchical past. The Resistance Units emphasized that Iranian society is at an exceptional moment where it will neither return to the past nor remain stagnant in the present. Messages such as “No to monarchy, no to the mullahs, yes to democracy and equality” and “Dictatorship is dictatorship, whether with a turban or a crown” served as a firm rejection of the mullahs’ rule as well as the past tyranny of the Shah.
The guarantees of the rights of nationalities by the NCRI guarantees the entirety of a democratic Iran without the shah or the mullahs. pic.twitter.com/A9pqMph9hl
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) December 13, 2025
Crucially, the Resistance Units addressed the regime’s attempts to sow division among Iran’s diverse ethnicities. By asserting that the guarantees of rights for nationalities by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) ensure the entirety of a democratic Iran, they countered the regime’s demonization campaigns. They declared that the linkage between the resistance of different ethnicities and the nationwide resistance “burns the label of secession,” proving that the Baluch people cannot be ignored or destroyed regardless of how many executions the regime carries out.
The collapse of the regime’s regional influence
The boldness of these domestic activities coincides with a catastrophic geopolitical collapse for the regime in Tehran. For decades, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei utilized warmongering and the export of extremism as a shield for the regime’s survival. However, the past year has stripped the mullahs of this strategic depth. The fall of the Assad dictatorship in Syria and the crippling of Hezbollah in Lebanon have left the regime’s proxies neutralized and Tehran’s rulers exposed without external support.
The regime doesn't have multiple paths ahead of it; rather, the only remaining path is its overthrow pic.twitter.com/SRf8rq16P2
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) December 13, 2025
As noted in recent slogans from Zahedan, the regime “doesn’t have multiple paths ahead of it; rather, the only remaining path is its overthrow.” Khamenei has effectively lost the “Axis of Resistance” he manufactured, leaving the regime in an existential deadlock against the Iranian people’s drive for change.
Crisis and repression at home
Domestically, the regime’s social base has collapsed, a fact evidenced by the results of its most recent sham elections. Even insiders admit that 90 percent of the population opposes the regime’s parliamentary laws. The economy is in a precarious state with inflation climbing well above 40 percent, structural shortages of energy, and millions facing hunger.
The regime is fearful of the linkage between regional movements and the resistance of different ethnicities with the nationwide resistance. This linkage records the rights of ethnicities historically and socially and burns the label of secession. pic.twitter.com/lpWh8fcKwP
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) December 13, 2025
Devoid of any political or economic solutions, the regime has intensified its killing machine. In November alone, 335 prisoners were executed. Currently, 18 political prisoners have been sentenced to death specifically for membership in the PMOI. Yet, this brutality has failed to silence dissent. Political prisoners have maintained their “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign for nearly two years, and the Resistance network continues to expand across various provinces.
Today, Iranian society is moving with unprecedented speed toward a new reality. As the Resistance Units in Zahedan declared, the people’s uprising cannot be killed or silenced.