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A New Battle Against Apartheid, This Time in Iran
I always admired my father, the late Sen. Ted Kennedy. Last month, something happened that reminded me of him a lot. Standing before over 1,000 Iranian American activists fighting for freedom in Iran, I felt I was walking, however humbly, into his footsteps. His fight to end apartheid in South Africa shaped my own engagement in the campaign for a free Iran that echoes that same moral calling.
As a U.S. senator, my father championed many principled causes, but his crusade against South Africa’s apartheid regime remains one of his most defining battles. I watched him confront impossible odds and deep frustration. Yet he never wavered. When apartheid finally ended, I knew we had witnessed history.
Each generation inherits its own battles. For me, supporting the Iranian people as they fight to establish a democratic republic stands out as one of the defining struggles of our time.
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Minister Anand Announces Additional Sanctions Against Iran
The Honorable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that Canada is imposing additional sanctions against 4 individuals under the Special Economic Measures (Iran) Regulations.
These individuals, all Iranian senior officials, have been involved in gross and systematic human rights violations in the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran), and have had a significant role in facilitating and directing repressive policies.
Iran continues to crack down on protests and dissent in violation of international human rights obligations. Security forces, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), have used excessive and lethal force to suppress protests, restricting Iranians’ rights to freedom of opinion and expression and peaceful assembly and association, among others. Reports from human rights organizations and United Nations experts have documented extensive violations, beatings, arbitrary arrests and torture, including for those in custody.
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In Eternal Memory of Dr. Mohammad-Ali Sheikhi, Head of the Universities Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi’s message: “I extend my sincere condolences on the sorrowful passing of Professor Mohammad-Ali Sheikhi, a great scholarly and political figure and a valuable asset from the earliest days of the anti-monarchical revolution at the University of Tehran, to the community of professors and academics, his comrades in the NCRI and the Iranian Resistance, his family and relatives, and especially to the Chairman of the NCRI, whom Dr. Sheikhi supported with unwavering loyalty for five decades through all trials, transformations, and hardships.
“The life and struggle of Dr. Sheikhi, longtime companion of Massoud (Rajavi) and one of the first members of the National Council of Resistance, whether during the years of the Shah’s tyranny, in the struggle against Khomeini’s reactionary repression, or in the revolutionary resistance following June 20, 1981, stand as a clear testament to the steadfastness and resistance of Iran’s universities and academic community against dictatorship.”
Iran’s youth carry out fifth wave of fiery operations in response to executions
In response to 252 brutal executions by Iranian regime authorities from November 22 to December 13, 2025, the rebellious youth carried out 15 fiery attacks against the regime’s judiciary centers and IRGC Basij bases. In this series of oppression-breaking operations on Sunday, December 14, 2025, symbols of suppression and repression were targeted in the cities of Tehran, Kerman, Isfahan, Azna, Rask, Zahedan, Sabzevar, Nazarabad (Alborz province), Iranshahr, Ahvaz, Gorgan, and Varamin. The brutal execution of 252 individuals in three weeks is part of a policy of public intimidation and creating an atmosphere of repression to prevent protests and uprisings by people fed up with the livelihood crisis, high prices, and backbreaking inflation.
Humanitarian Crisis in Evin Prison: Women Political Prisoners Held in Life-Threatening Conditions
At least 60 women political prisoners are being held in alarmingly inhumane conditions in an underground ward of Evin Prison in Tehran, according to multiple reports and testimonies from inside Iran. The prisoners have been transferred to a damp basement located approximately 40 steps below ground, where conditions are described as catastrophic and pose serious risks to their physical and mental health. The women political prisoners are currently confined in a severely unhygienic, poorly ventilated basement space and are deprived of the most basic standards of sanitation, welfare, and personal hygiene. Prisoners report that both corridors and cells are heavily contaminated. A persistent and dangerous infestation of rats and other vermin has been reported, with estimates indicating the presence of up to 100 rats in the ward.
Rally in Gothenburg to Support Maryam Rajavi’s Ten-Point Plan for a Democratic Republic in Iran
Gothenburg, Sweden – December 13, 2025 – Iranian supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) gathered in Gothenburg to voice their support for democratic change in Iran and to reaffirm their backing of Maryam Rajavi’s Ten-Point Plan and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) as the only viable alternative to the ruling theocracy.
Exhibition in Effretikon: Condemned Executions in Iran and the Call for Political Prisoners’ Release
Effretikon, Switzerland – December 13, 2025 – Supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held an exhibition to protest the Iranian regime’s increasing use of the death penalty, particularly against political prisoners. The event also expressed solidarity with the “No to Execution” campaign.
MEK Supporters Rally in Stuttgart Condemning Executions and Calling for Regime Change in Iran
Stuttgart, Germany – December 13, 2025 – Supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held a rally in Stuttgart to condemn the Iranian regime’s extensive use of capital punishment, including the execution of political prisoners, as a real and horrific violation of fundamental human rights.
Berlin Rally Highlights Human Rights Violations and Denounces Executions in Iran
Berlin, Germany – December 13, 2025: Supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held a rally at the Brandenburg Gate to condemn the surge in executions carried out by the ruling regime in Iran. Freedom-loving Iranians also protested the regime’s escalating use of the death penalty, particularly against political prisoners, and voiced strong support for the growing “No to Execution” campaign.
IAEA Resumes Inspections in Iran but Lacks Access to Key Facilities
Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), announced that the agency’s inspections in Iran have resumed, but inspectors still do not have access to the key nuclear facilities of Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan. These key facilities suffered serious damage in U.S. strikes during the 12-day war. Grossi said in an interview with Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency on Monday, December 15, that the agency’s activities in Iran are very limited and inspectors only have access to facilities that were not targeted by U.S. and Israeli attacks. Abbas Araghchi, the foreign minister of Iran’s regime, had said on December 8 that resuming the agency’s inspections is currently not possible because “there is no protocol or guideline” for inspecting facilities he described as “peaceful.”
Human Rights as the Regime’s Achilles’ Heel in Iran
Why four decades of systematic violations reveal that the Iranian regime survives only by denying human dignity—and why awareness makes it unsustainable. No period in Iran’s long history has placed “human rights” so centrally—and so painfully—in the country’s political and social vocabulary as the past 47 years. Never before has the systematic violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights been so comprehensive, so normalized, and so integral to the survival of a ruling system. This is not a matter of isolated abuses or episodic repression. What Iran has experienced since the establishment of clerical rule is the institutionalization of human rights violations: violations conceived first within the ruling ideology and jurisprudence, and then executed on the ground through unchecked and often brutal practices. From childhood to old age, from daily subsistence to political participation, no social group has been spared.