{"id":242089,"date":"2021-06-24T08:56:56","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T13:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=242089"},"modified":"2023-01-30T12:28:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T11:28:53","slug":"iran-long-history-of-resistance-show-tehrans-vulnerability-after-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/iran-long-history-of-resistance-show-tehrans-vulnerability-after-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Long History of Resistance Show Tehran\u2019s Vulnerability After Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-ncri-2021\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-242090\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-ncri-2021.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-ncri-2021\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-ncri-2021.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-ncri-2021-300x301.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-ncri-2021-150x151.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-ncri-2021-768x771.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-ncri-2021-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-ncri-2021-696x699.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On Sunday, Iranians throughout the world took part in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-celebrating-the-40th-anniversary-of-the-start-of-the-nationwide-resistance\/\" rel=\"noopener\">rallies<\/a> and gatherings to mark an occasion known as the Day of Martyrs and Political Prisoners. It commemorates the June 20,\u00a01981\u00a0uprising that marked the beginning of a nationwide opposition movement against the theocratic dictatorship, which continues to this day.<\/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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On that day 40 years ago, more than half a million people took to the streets in Tehran to show support for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran\u00a0(PMOI\/MEK)<\/a>\u00a0and its vision for a democratic\u00a0and free Iran. The rally and march themselves were peaceful, but the regime\u2019s founder and then-Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini ordered authorities to open fire, leading to dozens of deaths and thousands of arrests and injuries.<\/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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The events of 1981 established a pattern that has recurred throughout\u00a0Iran\u2019s\u00a0history, and\u00a0has assumed newfound familiarity in recent years as Iranian civilians, with the\u00a0MEK playing a leading role, have staged multiple anti-regime\u00a0uprisings alongside other actions that demonstrate a renewed\u00a0collective desire for\u00a0regime change and democratic governance.<\/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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To close his regime&#39;s ranks and confront popular uprisings, Khamenei opened the path for the spread of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>, causing more than 300,000 deaths to date. On the other hand, he installed Ebrahim Raisi, the henchman of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/1988Massacre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#1988Massacre<\/a> as president. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uX28nLqDJ1\">pic.twitter.com\/uX28nLqDJ1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1406689050552160262?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The recent push for this outcome began in earnest at the end of 2017 and continued through much of January 2018 before faltering in the wake of a surge of\u00a0regime\u00a0repression. That month\u2019s nationwide uprising encompassed well over 100 cities and towns before shooting incidents and torturous interrogations led to the deaths of around 60 participants. It also sparked a change in how government authorities spoke about the Resistance movement in public.<\/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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For approximately three decades prior to the uprising,\u00a0regime\u00a0officials such as Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei insisted that there was no viable alternative to the existing regime and no serious challenges coming from within Iranian society. This had certainly not been the public line for the first nine years of the\u00a0regime, especially not in the wake of the 1981 uprising. But in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">1988<\/a>, authorities set their sights upon the goal of stamping out organized dissent, particularly as embodied by the\u00a0MEK.<\/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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">That year, Khomeini issued a fatwa which declared that opponents of the theocratic system were enemies of God and should be dealt with definitively and without mercy. As a result, \u201cdeath commissions\u201d were established in prisons throughout\u00a0Iran, which began systematically interrogating political prisoners to ascertain whether they still harbored grievances against the mullahs\u2019 or allegiances to the\u00a0MEK. Those who refused\u00a0to bow\u00a0to the supreme leader were sent to be hanged, often after \u201ctrials\u201d\u00a0that lasted as little as a minute.<\/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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Over\u00a030,000 individuals were killed in this fashion, including elderly activists, young teenagers, and pregnant women. Although the\u00a0MEK\u00a0survived the purge and even saw its growth accelerate in the wake of the crackdown, its activities were largely driven underground, leaving regime authorities and Iranian state media with an opportunity to start spreading propaganda that represented the main opposition movement as a marginal, cult-like organization with little popular support in normal Iranian society.<\/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<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"To Stop Executions in Iran Permanently, World Should Hold Mullahs to Account for 1988 Massacre\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_6f5tv2zu1AY\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F6f5tv2zu1AY%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6f5tv2zu1AY\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M11S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-08-26T05:45:36Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_6f5tv2zu1AY\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F6f5tv2zu1AY%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">To Stop Executions in Iran Permanently, World Should Hold Mullahs to Account for 1988 Massacre<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6f5tv2zu1AY\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F6f5tv2zu1AY%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"To Stop Executions in Iran Permanently, World Should Hold Mullahs to Account for 1988 Massacre\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"To Stop Executions in Iran Permanently, World Should Hold Mullahs to Account for 1988 Massacre #Iran #1988Massacre #HumanRights The Iranian regime executed a woman and three men on August 18. Previously, on August 5, Mostafa Salehy, who was detained in the 2018 major Iran protests was executed. The mullahs\u2019 incessant executions and human rights violations will continue as long as they enjoy impunity over 1988 massacre of political prisoners. Executions in Iran are a political tool for the mullahs to maintain their grasp on power. The regime\u2019s founder, Ruhollah Khomeini, ordered the massacre of all political prisoners, mostly members and supporters of PMOI\/ MEK, who refused to succumb to the regime\u2019s demands. 30,000 innocent prisoners were executed only for preserving their ideas. Since the 1988 massacre, the regime has never stopped its human rights violations. killing over 1500 protesters during the major Iran protests in November 2019, indicate how the mullahs use execution and repression to prolong their rule. These events also confirm how the mullahs enjoy and use their impunity over the 1988 massacre as a license to kill and further brutalize the Iranian society. many of the perpetrators of the 1988 massacre \u2013 such as Ebrahim Raisi, current head of the regime\u2019s Judiciary \u2013 hold top positions in the regime. Now, to end the regime\u2019s ongoing human rights violations, the world community should hold the mullahs to account for the 1988 massacre and end their impunity. This will also help the Iranian people in their quest for freedom and democracy. The world community has an opportunity to stand with the people of Iran. The United Nations and its members should take action regarding the 1988 massacre during the upcoming UN General Assembly in September. Read More: https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IranNCR\/ https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy Subscribe to NCRI weekly newsletter t.ly\/MybJ\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This propaganda persisted for decades and paid off for Tehran in its dealings with Western powers that largely became convinced there was no viable alternative to the regime. The\u00a0MEK\u00a0was even designated as a terrorist organization for a\u00a0time, before\u00a0legal challenges in the US and Europe established no evidence of wrongdoing and reversed the judgements that had been pushed by Iranian lobbyists. Then, years later, with the outbreak of the 2018 uprising, Tehran suddenly undermined its own propaganda as Khamenei publicly admitted that the\u00a0MEK\u00a0had \u201cplanned for months\u201d to popularize anti-regime\u00a0slogans and set the stage for dozens of simultaneous protest actions by Iranians from all walks of life.<\/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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In November 2019, the announcement of a hike in government-set gas prices provided the impetus for spontaneous protests in nearly 200 cities and towns. This distinctly terrified regime authorities, who responded just as quickly with violent repression. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp led the way in opening fire on crowds of protesters throughout the country, and after a matter of only several days,\u00a0over\u00a01,500 peaceful protesters lay dead.<\/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><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" width=\"250\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Additionally, at least 12,000 participants were detained during the unrest. Many of these were subjected to torturous interrogation\u00a0extending\u00a0over a period of months.\u00a0The initial death toll from the crackdown was much greater than that of the regime\u2019s reprisals against the 1981 protest in Tehran, and the long-term consequences recalled attention to the 1988 massacre. This came as little surprise to those who were familiar with the details of the massacre, which include a prominent role for Ebrahim Raisi, the clerical judge appointed to head the entire Iranian judiciary just months before the November 2019 uprising broke out.<\/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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Raisi\u2019s tenure as judiciary chief featured\u00a0a number of\u00a0other escalatory moves, as well, including the execution of\u00a0Navid\u00a0Afkari,\u00a0a champion wrestler who had become the object of a global campaign. Now, the mentality behind these abuses will be influencing a position of even higher authority as Raisi prepares to assume the presidency of the\u00a0regime.\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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Raisi\u2019s appointment was confirmed on Friday with the results of a sham election, having been designated as the supreme leader\u2019s favored candidate. Crucially, though,\u00a0the vast majority of\u00a0the Iranian public sat out the election in accordance with a boycott movement largely organized by the\u00a0MEK\u00a0and promoted as a means of \u201cvoting for regime change.\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<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran Election 2021: Empty Polling Stations Across the Country (Compilation vol.1)\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_huWGgoeZz2A\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FhuWGgoeZz2A%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/huWGgoeZz2A\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT21M42S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-06-18T15:53:43Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_huWGgoeZz2A\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FhuWGgoeZz2A%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran Election 2021: Empty Polling Stations Across the Country (Compilation vol.1)<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/huWGgoeZz2A\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FhuWGgoeZz2A%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran Election 2021: Empty Polling Stations Across the Country (Compilation vol.1)\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"June 18, 2021\u2014Polling stations opened across Iran on Friday for the latest round of the sham presidential election. The election is being held after weeks of tensions among regime officials and a widespread popular campaign to boycott the elections. The leading candidate in the race is Ebrahim Raisi, a notorious executioner. Raisi, the favored candidate of supreme leader Ali Khamenei, played a key role in the 1988 massacre of more than 30,000 political prisoners. In recent years, as the chief of the judiciary branch, he has overseen the execution of dissidents and torture of protesters in Iran\u2019s prisons. He has been sanctioned by the U.S. for his role in egregious human rights abuses. The regime\u2019s own officials and media have forecasted and warned that the voter turnout in the elections will be very low. Reports and photos obtained by the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) on Friday show empty ballot stations. People reported empty polls across the country. *** Content on the PMOI\/MEK&#039;s official YouTube channel is not subject to copyright if the source is mentioned ***\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In May, Mohammad\u00a0Mohaddessin, the Foreign Affairs Committee chairman for the\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0National Council of Resistance of Iran, predicted that if the boycott movement proved successful, it would set the stage for further nationwide uprisings, these ones \u201cmuch more intense and widespread than in previous years.\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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Of course, no one\u00a0is na\u00efve about the challenges that such uprisings are likely to face\u00a0now that one of the regime\u2019s most notorious human rights abusers has been elevated to the second-highest office in the\u00a0regime. That is why the NCRI has already set to work pushing the international community to adopt policies that hold Raisi and other leading regime officials accountable for past wrongdoing, and thus make it clear that further crackdowns on dissent will not be tolerated.<\/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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Such crackdowns seem as inevitable as the underlying unrest, but considering that that unrest has seen even more recurrence, organization, and diversity than in the early days of the Iranian regime,\u00a0and\u00a0the momentum is building for the Resistance movement, and against the clerical regime.<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, Iranians throughout the world took part in rallies and gatherings to mark an occasion known as the Day of Martyrs and Political Prisoners. 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