{"id":223925,"date":"2020-08-14T22:03:39","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T21:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=223925"},"modified":"2023-01-22T00:07:55","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T23:07:55","slug":"ongoing-mek-resistance-units-activities-their-impact-on-irans-society-and-the-regime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/ongoing-mek-resistance-units-activities-their-impact-on-irans-society-and-the-regime\/","title":{"rendered":"Ongoing\u00a0MEK Resistance Units\u00a0Activities: Their Impact on Iran\u2019s Society and\u00a0the\u00a0Regime\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_212572\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-212572\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"ResistanceUnits7-1600x900\" class=\"size-large wp-image-212572\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ResistanceUnits7-1600x900-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"ResistanceUnits7-1600x900\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ResistanceUnits7-1600x900-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ResistanceUnits7-1600x900-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ResistanceUnits7-1600x900-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ResistanceUnits7-1600x900-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ResistanceUnits7-1600x900-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ResistanceUnits7-1600x900-1392x783.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ResistanceUnits7-1600x900.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-212572\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The MEK\u2019s Resistance Units in Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> has published many footages of activities of its \u201cResistance Units\u201d and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">those of defiant youth within the last\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">days.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These activities,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">amid the coronavirus outbreak and the regime\u2019s increasing oppressive measures,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">spread\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">message of hope and resistance among people and keep the flame of resistance ablaze.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Their activities have very much terrified the regime\u2019s officials.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/t\/iranian-resistance-units\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK\u2019s Resistance Units<\/a> and supporters commemorated\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">victims of the 1988 massacre of political prisoners<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">newly executed<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0political prisoner, Mostafa Salehi, across the country by writing graffiti and posting banners.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">While paying tribute to the over 30,000 slain martyrs of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1988 massacres,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">MEK\u2019s Resistance Units called for justice and the prosecution of the perpetrators of this heinous crime<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, who currently hold top positions in the regime<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. They also echoed\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the call by Iranian opposition President-elect\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mrs. Maryam\u00a0Rajavi\u00a0on the international<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0community to start an independent investigation\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">about this massacre and end the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">impunity of the regime\u2019s officials.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In another development within the past days,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">defiant youth in several Iranian cities targeted the regime\u2019s centers of repression<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">which\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">plunder the nation\u2019s resources<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and export terrorism. They also torched<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0number of\u00a0banners of the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">mullahs\u2019 eliminated terror mastermind <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/27175-who-was-the-vicious-criminal-qassem-soleimani\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Qassem Soleimani<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These actions are being done while the regime\u2019s forces are\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">on\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">utmost\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">alert<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The spread and continuality of the Resistance Units and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">defiant youth has\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">terrified the regime\u2019s officials. The Friday prayer<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0leader of Rasht in\u00a0Gilan\u00a0province, northern Iran,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">on\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">July 31 said: \u201cThe MEK is the most important enemy of the Islamic Republic.\u201d \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The solution to counter the enemy&#8217;s tricks is\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">avoid and prevent any action that<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">agitates<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the society<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Friday prayer<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0imam of Natanz said: \u201c[The MEK] want to harm our social wealth such as the Supreme Leader [Ali Khamenei] and the Guardian Council, and the [MEK] are seeking public protests.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Varamin<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Friday prayer<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0imam<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0said: \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Another thing the [MEK] does to harm the national wealth and the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">S<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">upreme\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">L<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">eader is to create public unrest and distrust [toward the regime] and decrease hope and open up social wounds<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why the\u00a0mullahs\u2019 regime fears the MEK\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Along with over 40 years of struggle for\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">reedom in Iran, the MEK\u2019s leading role, particularly the role of the Resistance Units, during the nationwide Iran protests in November 2019 has terrified the regime.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Iranian society<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0is explosive.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Iranian regime\u2019s institutionalized corruption and misuse of national wealth for\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">funding terrorism abroad, ongoing domestic oppression and now its mismanagement of the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">COVID-19 crisis, which continues to take lives across Iran, has further pushed the Iranian society\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the verge of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">revolution.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">T<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he regime\u2019s state-run media and officials<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0have been constantly\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">warning about\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a possible uprising.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The state-run Ebtekar daily on Thursday wrote:\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThese hollow promises will one day frustrate the society. Then, it will find no other way but to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rise up.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The state-run\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Keyhan<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0daily, known as Khamenei\u2019s mouthpiece, while referring to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">contradictory economic decision of the regime\u2019s president Hassan Rouhani, on Thursday wrote: \u201cAre officials thinking about the consequences of their remarks?\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Or this is also because of sanctions?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Many of the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Government\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">decisions are not expert, and for this lack of expertise, we have paid heavy costs, such as\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">November\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2019 [uprising]<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rising fuel cost,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0which weakened the entire ruling system.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The nationwide <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2019-update\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Iran protests in November<\/a>, with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Resistance Units at their forefront, rattled the regime\u2019s foundation. Although\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">mullahs were able to temporar<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ily quell the society by killing over 1500 people and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">carrying out\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">mass arrests, they know the situation has changed and this explosive society awaits\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">only\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a spark to explode.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The regime\u2019s rising oppressive measures, even its deliberate inaction in controlling the COVID-19 outbreak and using it to pacify the restive Iranian society, are only meant to prevent another major uprising.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Therefore, the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0activities of the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0MEK\u2019s Resistance Units and defiant youth\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">play\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a significant role<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in keeping the flame of resistance alit and thwarting the regime from silencing the voice of protesters and their righteous demands. As a result, protests are continuing across Iran by all walks of life<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, with protesters identifying the regime as the real source of all economic and social problems.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The People&rsquo;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) has published many footages of activities of its &ldquo;Resistance Units&rdquo; and&nbsp;those of defiant youth within the last&nbsp;days.&nbsp;These activities,&nbsp;amid the coronavirus outbreak and the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":212572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,45],"tags":[197,207,129,130,186],"class_list":{"0":"post-223925","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-resistance","8":"category-news","9":"tag-mek-iran","10":"tag-resistance-units","11":"tag-iran","12":"tag-iran-protests","13":"tag-coronavirus"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ongoing\u00a0MEK Resistance Units\u00a0Activities: Their Impact on Iran\u2019s Society and\u00a0the\u00a0Regime\u00a0 - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) has published many footages of activities of its \u201cResistance Units\u201d and those of defiant youth within the last days.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/ongoing-mek-resistance-units-activities-their-impact-on-irans-society-and-the-regime\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ongoing\u00a0MEK Resistance Units\u00a0Activities: Their Impact on Iran\u2019s Society and\u00a0the\u00a0Regime\u00a0 - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) has published many footages of activities of its \u201cResistance Units\u201d and those of defiant youth within the last days.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/ongoing-mek-resistance-units-activities-their-impact-on-irans-society-and-the-regime\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-14T21:03:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-21T23:07:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ResistanceUnits7-1600x900.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mohammad Sadat Khansari\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mohammad Sadat Khansari\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-resistance\\\/ongoing-mek-resistance-units-activities-their-impact-on-irans-society-and-the-regime\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-resistance\\\/ongoing-mek-resistance-units-activities-their-impact-on-irans-society-and-the-regime\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mohammad Sadat Khansari\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/09e4bb7b973471851e0269ea78be0f5b\"},\"headline\":\"Ongoing\u00a0MEK Resistance Units\u00a0Activities: Their Impact on Iran\u2019s Society and\u00a0the\u00a0Regime\u00a0\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-14T21:03:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-21T23:07:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-resistance\\\/ongoing-mek-resistance-units-activities-their-impact-on-irans-society-and-the-regime\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":763,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-resistance\\\/ongoing-mek-resistance-units-activities-their-impact-on-irans-society-and-the-regime\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/ResistanceUnits7-1600x900.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"MEK-Iran\",\"Resistance Units\",\"Iran\",\"Iran Protests\",\"Coronavirus\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Iran Opposition &amp; Resistance\",\"Iran News Now\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-resistance\\\/ongoing-mek-resistance-units-activities-their-impact-on-irans-society-and-the-regime\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-resistance\\\/ongoing-mek-resistance-units-activities-their-impact-on-irans-society-and-the-regime\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ongoing\u00a0MEK Resistance Units\u00a0Activities: Their Impact on Iran\u2019s Society and\u00a0the\u00a0Regime\u00a0 - NCRI\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-resistance\\\/ongoing-mek-resistance-units-activities-their-impact-on-irans-society-and-the-regime\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-resistance\\\/ongoing-mek-resistance-units-activities-their-impact-on-irans-society-and-the-regime\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/ResistanceUnits7-1600x900.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-14T21:03:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-21T23:07:55+00:00\",\"description\":\"The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\\\/MEK) has published many footages of activities of its \u201cResistance Units\u201d and those of defiant youth within the last days.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-resistance\\\/ongoing-mek-resistance-units-activities-their-impact-on-irans-society-and-the-regime\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-resistance\\\/ongoing-mek-resistance-units-activities-their-impact-on-irans-society-and-the-regime\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-resistance\\\/ongoing-mek-resistance-units-activities-their-impact-on-irans-society-and-the-regime\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/ResistanceUnits7-1600x900.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/ResistanceUnits7-1600x900.jpg\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"The MEK\u2019s Resistance Units in Iran\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-resistance\\\/ongoing-mek-resistance-units-activities-their-impact-on-irans-society-and-the-regime\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ongoing\u00a0MEK Resistance Units\u00a0Activities: Their Impact on Iran\u2019s Society and\u00a0the\u00a0Regime\u00a0\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"NCRI\",\"description\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"alternateName\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/ncri-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/ncri-logo.jpg\",\"width\":402,\"height\":100,\"caption\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/iran_policy\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/09e4bb7b973471851e0269ea78be0f5b\",\"name\":\"Mohammad Sadat Khansari\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fe76c8fbf8188fd72f6f998f34cf7237f9217ef2e0515879bed62aada2e118ef?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fe76c8fbf8188fd72f6f998f34cf7237f9217ef2e0515879bed62aada2e118ef?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fe76c8fbf8188fd72f6f998f34cf7237f9217ef2e0515879bed62aada2e118ef?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mohammad Sadat Khansari\"},\"description\":\"Mohammad Sadat Khansari is a political analyst, human rights analyst, and writer. He is also a member of the NCRI\u2019s Foreign Affairs Committee\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/author\\\/sadatkhansari\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ongoing\u00a0MEK Resistance Units\u00a0Activities: Their Impact on Iran\u2019s Society and\u00a0the\u00a0Regime\u00a0 - NCRI","description":"The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) has published many footages of activities of its \u201cResistance Units\u201d and those of defiant youth within the last days.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/ongoing-mek-resistance-units-activities-their-impact-on-irans-society-and-the-regime\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ongoing\u00a0MEK Resistance Units\u00a0Activities: Their Impact on Iran\u2019s Society and\u00a0the\u00a0Regime\u00a0 - NCRI","og_description":"The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) has published many footages of activities of its \u201cResistance Units\u201d and those of defiant youth within the last days.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/ongoing-mek-resistance-units-activities-their-impact-on-irans-society-and-the-regime\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2020-08-14T21:03:39+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-01-21T23:07:55+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ResistanceUnits7-1600x900.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mohammad Sadat Khansari","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@iran_policy","twitter_site":"@iran_policy","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mohammad Sadat Khansari","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["Article","BlogPosting"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/ongoing-mek-resistance-units-activities-their-impact-on-irans-society-and-the-regime\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/ongoing-mek-resistance-units-activities-their-impact-on-irans-society-and-the-regime\/"},"author":{"name":"Mohammad Sadat Khansari","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/09e4bb7b973471851e0269ea78be0f5b"},"headline":"Ongoing\u00a0MEK Resistance Units\u00a0Activities: Their Impact on Iran\u2019s Society and\u00a0the\u00a0Regime\u00a0","datePublished":"2020-08-14T21:03:39+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-21T23:07:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/ongoing-mek-resistance-units-activities-their-impact-on-irans-society-and-the-regime\/"},"wordCount":763,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/ongoing-mek-resistance-units-activities-their-impact-on-irans-society-and-the-regime\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ResistanceUnits7-1600x900.jpg","keywords":["MEK-Iran","Resistance Units","Iran","Iran Protests","Coronavirus"],"articleSection":["Iran Opposition &amp; Resistance","Iran News Now"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/ongoing-mek-resistance-units-activities-their-impact-on-irans-society-and-the-regime\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/ongoing-mek-resistance-units-activities-their-impact-on-irans-society-and-the-regime\/","name":"Ongoing\u00a0MEK Resistance Units\u00a0Activities: Their Impact on Iran\u2019s Society and\u00a0the\u00a0Regime\u00a0 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/ongoing-mek-resistance-units-activities-their-impact-on-irans-society-and-the-regime\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/ongoing-mek-resistance-units-activities-their-impact-on-irans-society-and-the-regime\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ResistanceUnits7-1600x900.jpg","datePublished":"2020-08-14T21:03:39+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-21T23:07:55+00:00","description":"The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) has published many footages of activities of its \u201cResistance Units\u201d and those of defiant youth within the last days.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/ongoing-mek-resistance-units-activities-their-impact-on-irans-society-and-the-regime\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/ongoing-mek-resistance-units-activities-their-impact-on-irans-society-and-the-regime\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/ongoing-mek-resistance-units-activities-their-impact-on-irans-society-and-the-regime\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ResistanceUnits7-1600x900.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ResistanceUnits7-1600x900.jpg","width":1600,"height":900,"caption":"The MEK\u2019s Resistance Units in Iran"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/ongoing-mek-resistance-units-activities-their-impact-on-irans-society-and-the-regime\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ongoing\u00a0MEK Resistance Units\u00a0Activities: Their Impact on Iran\u2019s Society and\u00a0the\u00a0Regime\u00a0"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","name":"NCRI","description":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization","name":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","alternateName":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","width":402,"height":100,"caption":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/iran_policy"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/09e4bb7b973471851e0269ea78be0f5b","name":"Mohammad Sadat Khansari","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fe76c8fbf8188fd72f6f998f34cf7237f9217ef2e0515879bed62aada2e118ef?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fe76c8fbf8188fd72f6f998f34cf7237f9217ef2e0515879bed62aada2e118ef?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fe76c8fbf8188fd72f6f998f34cf7237f9217ef2e0515879bed62aada2e118ef?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Mohammad Sadat Khansari"},"description":"Mohammad Sadat Khansari is a political analyst, human rights analyst, and writer. He is also a member of the NCRI\u2019s Foreign Affairs Committee","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/author\/sadatkhansari\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}