{"id":255590,"date":"2022-02-11T10:34:52","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T15:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=255590"},"modified":"2023-02-02T09:23:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T08:23:27","slug":"iran-mek-resistance-units-up-the-tone-of-their-struggle-against-the-mullahs-regime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/iran-mek-resistance-units-up-the-tone-of-their-struggle-against-the-mullahs-regime\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: MEK, \u201cResistance Units\u201d up the Tone of Their Struggle Against the Mullahs\u2019 Regime"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_255591\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-255591\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Bazar-Reza-Mashhad-HOTELYAR-.9\" class=\"wp-image-255591\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bazar-Reza-Mashhad-HOTELYAR-.9.jpg\" alt=\"Bazar-Reza-Mashhad-HOTELYAR-.9\" width=\"1000\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bazar-Reza-Mashhad-HOTELYAR-.9.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bazar-Reza-Mashhad-HOTELYAR-.9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bazar-Reza-Mashhad-HOTELYAR-.9-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bazar-Reza-Mashhad-HOTELYAR-.9-696x465.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-255591\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reza Bazaar in Mashhad, the largest and most important market in the metropolis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Recent developments in Iran are signaling a new escalation, both in quantity and quality, in anti-regime campaigns carried out by the \u201cResistance Units,\u201d who are planting the seeds of courage and hope in Iran\u2019s society and validate the fragility of a regime, in desperate need of fake power posturing. Their activities are aimed at shattering the wall of repression to open the way for a nationwide, organized uprising to topple the regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For a perspective on the nature, role, and impact of the Resistance Units we had conducted an interview with the NCRI\u2019s Foreign Affairs Committee Chair, Mohammad Mohaddessin that was <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/resistance-units-iran-societys-response-to-mullahs-rule-of-terror\/\" rel=\"noopener\">published on January<\/a> 13, 2022.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As for the spike in the activities of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/iranian-resistance-units\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Resistance Units<\/a>, the latest is as follows:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On the evening of Thursday, February 10, as the Iranian people mark the 43rd anniversary of the 1979 anti-monarchical revolution, various cities of Iran witnessed anti-regime slogans being broadcast by \u201cResistance Units\u201d through loudspeakers in shopping centers and different streets. The areas included Shahre Rey (south of Tehran), the Sarasiab and Fardis districts of Karaj, a major city located west of Tehran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The broadcast slogans included:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>\u201cDeath to Khamenei, Viva Rajavi!\u201d in reference to regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Iranian Resistance leader Mr. Massoud Rajavi and opposition coalition NCRI President-elect Mrs. Maryam Rajavi.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIranians are well aware and hate the Shah and mullahs!\u201d in reference to the Iranian people\u2019s opposition to the Shah\u2019s dictatorship overthrown in 1979 and the current mullahs\u2019 theocracy.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNo to crowns and turbans, the mullahs\u2019 days are over!\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDeath to Khamenei! Damn with Khomeini!\u201d the latter being in reference to the mullahs\u2019 regime former supreme leader Ruhollah Khomeini.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDeath to Khamenei and Raisi!\u201d the latter being in reference to current regime President Ebrahim Raisi.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the Sarasiab district of Karaj, segments of a speech delivered by Mrs. Rajavi regarding the overthrowing of the mullahs\u2019 regime, and a speech delivered by Mr. Rajavi about the \u201cheroic Iranian people overthrowing the regime\u201d was broadcast repeatedly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It is worth noting that on Wednesday night, February 9, Resistance Units members were able to broadcast anti-regime slogans in the Bazaar Reza shopping center of Mashhad, Iran\u2019s second-largest city located in the northeast. The broadcast slogans included:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>\u201cDeath to Khamenei, Viva Rajavi!\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDeath to oppressors, be it the Shah or the [supreme] Leader!\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDeath to Khamenei! Damn with Khomeini! Viva MEK!\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A song was also broadcast with this verse: \u201cRise up to uproot the enemy\u2019s castle!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On January 27, members of the Resistance Units and other PMOI\/MEK supporters were able to <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/iran-news\/iran-state-tv-radio-massoud-maryam-rajavi-khamenei-irib-20220127\/\">disrupt many TV and radio stations of Iran\u2019s state broadcasting network<\/a>, airing footage of Iranian Resistance leader\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/en\/massoudrajavi\">Massoud Rajavi<\/a>\u00a0and Mrs.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/about\/biography\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, the President-elect of the Iranian opposition coalition National Council of Resistance of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\">NCRI<\/a>). The disrupted sequence also aired visual and at times audio slogans of \u201cDeath to Khamenei!\u201d in a reference to regime Supreme Leader\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/who-is-ali-khamenei-the-supreme-leader-of-irans-regime\/\">Ali Khamenei<\/a>, and \u201cViva Rajavi!\u201d again referring to the Iranian opposition leaders.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Full report on widespread hack of Iran state-run TV and media\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_itNbgej0EHM\" 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%2FitNbgej0EHM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/itNbgej0EHM\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M53S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-01-27T18:17:13Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_itNbgej0EHM\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FitNbgej0EHM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Full report on widespread hack of Iran state-run TV and media<\/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\/itNbgej0EHM\" 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%2FitNbgej0EHM%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Full report on widespread hack of Iran state-run TV and media\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Many TV and radio stations of Iran\u2019s state broadcasting network were disrupted at 3 pm local time on Thursday, January 27, airing footage of Iranian Resistance leader Massoud Rajavi and Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the Iranian opposition coalition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). The disrupted sequence also aired visual and at times audio slogans of \u201cDeath to Khamenei!\u201d in a reference to regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and \u201cViva Rajavi!\u201d again referring to the Iranian opposition leaders. A crossed-out image of Khamenei was also shown on numerous state TV networks. The images also show a video clip of Massoud Rajavi, who says: \u201cToday, we still honor the time that we declared death to the reactionary. We stood by it.\u201d \u201cMore than 400 TV and radio servers were offline and completely destroyed,\u201d according to sources providing reports from inside Iran\u2019s TV and radio networks. \u201cFootage related to the MEK were suddenly aired at 3 pm local time on 14 TV and 13 radio stations, and we were caught off guard,\u201d according to reports from inside the regime. State Networks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Jam-e Jam 1, 2, 3, Al-Alam, Quran, Salamat, Sports, Education, and Culture TV stations, along with the following radio stations witnessed the mentioned disruptions: Culture, Payam, Quran, Sports, Eghtesad (Economy), Ava, Iran, Health, Talavat, Tehran, Radio Musemi, Radio Reserve, Radio Javan. *** 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\">This sent shockwaves across Iran, especially among the regime\u2019s apparatus as they understood full well the impact of this major crack in their crackdown machine both on the society and their own rank and file. <a href=\"Iranian%20regime%20officials%20and%20state%20media%20are%20still%20furious%20about%20the%20recent%20disruption%20of%2027%20state%20television%20and%20radio%20networks%20that%20resulted%20in%20the%20broadcasting%20of%20Iranian%20opposition%20leaders\u2019%20footage%20and%20over%20400%20servers%20being%20destroyed.\">Iranian regime officials and state media have been furious<\/a> over the disruption of 27 state television and radio networks\u00a0that resulted in the broadcasting of Iranian opposition leaders\u2019 footage and over 400 servers being destroyed. Many TV and radio networks are <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/iran-despite-utilizing-all-resources-after-12-days-regimes-radio-and-tv-networks-have-not-returned-to-a-normal-status\/\">still facing major difficulties<\/a> in bringing their broadcasting fully back online. The regime has not yet been able to repair the damage to its propaganda machine, replace the affected parts, and return everything back to normal, despite utilizing all resources.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On Wednesday night, February 9, the public address system in the popular Bazaar Reza shopping center in the northeastern shrine city of Mashhad (Iran\u2019s second-largest city) was used by Resistance Units to audio broadcast certain anti-regime slogans marking the anniversary of the 1979 anti-monarchical revolution. The slogans included:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cDeath to Khamenei, Hail to Rajavi!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cDeath to the tyrant, whether the Shah or Supreme Leader!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cDeath to Khamenei, Damned be Khomeini, Hail to MEK!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Resistance Units also broadcast the song \u201cRise up and uproot the enemy\u2019s palace,\u201d in the Reza Bazaar in Mashhad.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">All three locations are highly trafficked and visited by tens of thousands of people on a daily basis. As shown in video clips taken on the scene, the slogans for regime change have been well-noticed by the passerby and word got distributed on Persian language media as well as social media all over the internet. These locations have also been flashpoints of unrest and clashes during the November 2019 uprising and the memory of the brutal crackdown still lingers on the people&#8217;s conscience.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>: Mashhad Bazaar Scene of Audio Broadcast of Anti-regime, Pro-resistance Slogans<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jRD28T7MDQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/jRD28T7MDQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeath to Khamenei, Hail to Rajavi\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeath to the tyrant, whether the Shah or Supreme Leader\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDamned be Khomeini, Hail to MEK\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QRICCwhcGT\">pic.twitter.com\/QRICCwhcGT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1491856998853492743?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2022<\/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\"><strong>For more insight about the Resistance Units, please read the interview with the NCRI\u2019s Foreign Affairs Committee Chair, Mohammad Mohaddessin that was <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/resistance-units-iran-societys-response-to-mullahs-rule-of-terror\/\" rel=\"noopener\">published on January<\/a> 13, 2022:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cResistance Units\u201d \u2014 Iran Society\u2019s Response to Mullahs\u2019 Rule of Terror<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Chairman-Mohammad-Mohaddessin-NCRI-Foriegn-Affairs-Committee\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-250197\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Chairman-Mohammad-Mohaddessin-NCRI-Foriegn-Affairs-Committee.jpg\" alt=\"Chairman-Mohammad-Mohaddessin-NCRI-Foriegn-Affairs-Committee\" width=\"1000\" height=\"674\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">While the regime ruling Iran is engulfed in domestic crises and international isolation, 2021 witnessed a new peak of demonstrations and escalating protests. Eight large protests and uprisings in different provinces across Iran is a clear indicator of the vast majority\u2019s demand for the overthrow of the religious fascism ruling Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In such circumstances, a network of \u201cResistance Units,\u201d associated with the Iranian opposition People\u2019s\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">Mojahedin<\/a>\u00a0Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK), has increased its measures both in quantity and quality. These Resistance Units are playing a significant role in shaping, guiding, and prolonging protests across the country, and numerous regime officials are constantly acknowledging this reality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We have sat down with Mr. Mohammad Mohaddessin, Chairman of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener\">National Council<\/a>\u00a0of Resistance of Iran\u2019s Foreign Affairs Committee, to further discuss this developing topic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Q: What are the \u201cResistance Units\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Mr. Mohaddessin: What has kept this illegitimate regime in power after 43 years is its practice of unbridled domestic crackdown. The religious dictatorship, with dozens of intelligence, military, and security institutions, has gone the distance to keep this notion of fear alive throughout the Iranian society that the regime is strong, and no internal or external force can stand against it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Through its\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/publications\/special-reports\/the-iranian-regimes-irgc-quds-force-1980s-present\/\" rel=\"noopener\">proxy groups<\/a>\u00a0and missile program, the mullahs are expanding this sense of fear across the Middle East, and striking fear among the international community through its extraterritorial terrorism and nuclear program. This regime\u2019s lifespan is checkered with terrorist attacks as messages to its counterparts, as it seeks to quell any and all firm policies with fear of its consequences.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">And the \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/iranian-resistance-units\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Resistance Units<\/a>\u201d are the sledgehammers that break this atmospheric crackdown. Each day in various parts of Iran, under a widespread network of surveillance cameras, right under the noses of thousands of overt and covert agents, they are groups of brave youths that take down the icons of this dictatorship. These Resistance Units are literally on the verge of bringing an end to the regime\u2019s suffocating\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2020\/11\/iran-internet-deliberately-shut-down-during-november-2019-killings-new-investigation\/\" rel=\"noopener\">crackdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Even the coronavirus pandemic, through which the regime sought to ground the entire Iranian nation, is not hindering their efforts. They\u2019re also the driving force behind Iran\u2019s nationwide\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/the-meks-resistance-units-the-driving-force-of-the-protests-and-uprisings-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">uprisings<\/a>, taking the initiative in various scenes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Through their measures, they\u2019re sending a message to the Iranian society and the international community that this regime is loathed by the Iranian people. It is not a strong regime. This state, with all its technology and advanced weaponry, may imprison, torture, and execute us. However, it can no longer maintain fear in our hearts. The Resistance Units are saying: \u201cThis regime has to go and will go!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Q: How many resistance units exist inside Iran? Is this a nationwide movement or limited to a certain region?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Mr. Mohaddessin: This network is now five years in the making. Thousands of young Iranians are active in many cities, towns, and villages across the country. They\u2019re even carrying out their measures in broad daylight, encouraging people into rising up against the mullahs\u2019 regime, and\/or nuisance measures targeting the regime\u2019s security institutions. Each measure by a\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/t\/iranian-resistance-units\" rel=\"noopener\">Resistance Unit<\/a>\u00a0plants the seeds of courage into the hearts of hundreds of people. Each measure is a severe blow to this regime\u2019s lifespan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Q: Why do you think these cells can stand up against the ruling regime\u2019s concentrated and armed forces?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"mohammad-mohadesin-800\" class=\"wp-image-254199 alignleft entered td-animation-stack-type1-2 lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mohammad-mohadesin-800.jpg\" alt=\"mohammad-mohadesin-800\" width=\"348\" height=\"267\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mohammad-mohadesin-800.jpg 581w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mohammad-mohadesin-800-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mohammad-mohadesin-800-150x115.jpg 150w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mohammad-mohadesin-800.jpg\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mohammad-mohadesin-800.jpg 581w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mohammad-mohadesin-800-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mohammad-mohadesin-800-150x115.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" \/>Mr. Mohaddessin: You know very well that the world\u2019s largest conventional armies have been helpless against insurgencies. There are numerous examples throughout history. These members of Resistance Units are among the people and communicating with their locals, planting the ideas and mentality of being active and resistant in the face of the regime\u2019s forces. In markets, schools, and at their workplaces\u2026 wherever there is potential for dissent, these activists are there to encourage the people\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2021\/10\/11\/iranians-are-crying-out-for-regime-change-not-nuclear-power-the-west-should-listen-view\" rel=\"noopener\">to rise<\/a>\u00a0against the regime. They use social media platforms to inform the broader public.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Despite the fact that this regime has to this day arrested hundreds of Resistance Unit members, their numbers are increasing by the day. It matters not how large the regime\u2019s oppressive forces are. What is important is the fact that weapons and\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/iranian-web-crackdown-drives-surge-in-privacy-technology-11191740\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>\u00a0lack the will to overcome an organized force that relies on its people and has a legitimate objective. Such an entity is able to expand, and nothing can stand in its path.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Q: Do these individuals face any threats, especially considering\u00a0<\/strong><strong>their various activities?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Mr. Mohaddessin: Of course. So far, a large number of Resistance Units have been arrested and placed under torture. This ruling regime has issued death sentences for a number of Resistance Units members, and some of them were killed during the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2019-update\/\" rel=\"noopener\">November 2019<\/a>\u00a0uprising or murdered in other circumstances last year when the regime\u2019s security forces opened fire. However, the number of youths who join the Resistance Units is far greater than the setbacks inflicted upon them by the regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Due to the cruelty of the past few decades, this regime has left the Iranian people no choice. Resistance Units members have nothing to lose. The only horizon before Iran\u2019s younger generation is either living in poverty, segregation, and despair; or fighting for a prosperous future built with their own hands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Q: World powers are currently in talks with Tehran over its nuclear program. Considering other developments regarding the regime\u2019s nuclear dossier, coupled with the talk of the snapback mechanism and a UN Security Council resolution against the regime, what impact will all this have inside Iran\u2019s society?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Mr. Mohaddessin: A look at the history of this regime\u2019s international relations tells us that no party will take serious measures for such a change. Change is a duty that rests on the shoulders of the Iranian people and their organized resistance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">What we have seen so far has been the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/appeasement-policy-led-both-hitler-and-irans-regime-to-spread-terrorism-and-war-across-europe-this-should-end-now\/\" rel=\"noopener\">appeasement<\/a>\u00a0policy and various countries providing concessions to this regime, playing a very important role in the survival of the mullahs\u2019 rule. This regime has enjoyed the most practical support from the West than any other state in the past 250 years. All the while, the mullahs have been the most active in chanting anti-West slogans.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The U.S. approach in the 1980s consisted of the Irangate scandal and pinning hopes and placing bets on the non-existing moderates inside this medieval regime. In the 1990s, the MEK was designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization as a \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-1997-oct-09-mn-40874-story.html\" rel=\"noopener\">goodwill gesture<\/a>\u201d to the regime\u2019s so-called moderate president Mohammad Khatami. In the 2000s, we saw the airstrikes\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/SB105053141922836600\" rel=\"noopener\">targeting<\/a>\u00a0MEK bases in Iraq (March and April 2003), the shameful French police raid\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/publications\/recommended-publications\/national-interests-or-irrationality-of-appeasement\/\" rel=\"noopener\">targeting<\/a>\u00a0Iranian Resistance centers near Paris (June 2003), transferring the protection of MEK members in their former home of Camp Ashraf northeast of Baghdad, to the Iran-backed government of Iraq (July 2009) that led to the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/CHRG-114shrg20721\/html\/CHRG-114shrg20721.htm\" rel=\"noopener\">killing<\/a>\u00a0of more than 160 MEK members, are a few examples of the West\u2019s policies with the most impact in prolonging this regime\u2019s lifespan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Q: Considering the issue you raised, what policy do you recommend?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Mr. Mohaddessin:\u00a0In such circumstances, we are hoping that the global community stands firm against the regime and not allow the fascist mullahs to take advantage of the international community\u2019s soft approach, especially that of the West. If you take a look now in response to all the regime\u2019s human rights atrocities, executions, forced disappearances of political prisoners, placing prisoners under extreme torture (such as the recent example of poet\/filmmaker\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.alarabiya.net\/News\/middle-east\/2022\/01\/11\/Baktash-Abtin-s-death-part-of-Iran-systematic-killing-of-jailed-dissidents-Inmates\" rel=\"noopener\">Baktash Abtin<\/a>), what has been the international community\u2019s response? Even their verbal condemnations have become so soft and weak that they\u2019re actually emboldening the regime. If the European Union, at least in general, abided by its own human rights principles, it should have suspended any and all relations with Tehran\u2019s regime, banned the regime\u2019s officials from traveling to Europe, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This is also true regarding the regime\u2019s terrorism. A regime\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vrt.be\/vrtnws\/en\/2021\/02\/02\/iranian-terror-suspect-is-belgian-jail-is-top-spy\/\" rel=\"noopener\">diplomat<\/a>\u00a0transferred a bomb in his luggage on a passenger plane to Austria, handed it over to the regime\u2019s agents himself, a court sentenced him to 20 years behind bars, yet in the sphere of politics, the regime has not faced any consequences!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We have learned that to bring about change in our country we will not ask for permission from any world power, nor shall we wait for anyone\u2019s actions. We rely only on our people alone. This movement has seen more than 100,000 of its members and supporters executed while being financially independent for 56 years and counting, not receiving a single dime from a foreign power.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Q: It has been more than five years now that the National Council of Resistance of Iran talks about unrest and protests inside Iran. Are these developments heading in the direction of fundamental change in Iran?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Mr. Mohaddessin:\u00a0In the struggle between the Iranian people and the mullahs\u2019 regime, we have always been alone. However, that Iranian Resistance, which has delivered the most significant setbacks to the religious dictatorship ruling Iran, will most definitely trek down the final segments of this journey.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">If you take a look at the reports of international media, you come to realize the rising number of protests across Iran in parallel to the exponential evolution of these unrests.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Shah\u2019s dictatorship, despite enjoying full support from the West and regional countries, without any sanctions and having a strong army and secret police, could not prevent the Iranian people\u2019s revolution in 1979. SAVAK was able to install this mentality across Iran\u2019s society that they have one secret agent for every three Iranians. However, one day this fear evaporated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Today, inside Iran, Resistance Units members\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/qassem-soleimanis-infamous-legacy\/\" rel=\"noopener\">torched<\/a>\u00a0a Qassem Soleimani statue, an icon of strength and a saint-like figure for the regime, in less than 24 hours after its unveiling.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Therefore, we have every right to be hopeful and not have any fear. The Resistance Units\u2019 message to the world is: Don\u2019t fear this regime and stand firm against it. Borrowing this line from the brave protesters inside Iran, we say to all outside of Iran: Have no fear! 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