{"id":267273,"date":"2022-11-30T10:30:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T09:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=267273"},"modified":"2023-02-08T00:22:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T23:22:04","slug":"iran-uprising-continues-forcing-authorities-to-acknowledge-oppositions-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-uprising-continues-forcing-authorities-to-acknowledge-oppositions-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Uprising Continues Forcing Authorities to Acknowledge Opposition\u2019s Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-uprising-street-blockade\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/iran-uprising-street-blockade.jpg\" alt=\"iran-uprising-street-blockade\" width=\"1000\" height=\"568\" \/><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2022-nationwide-uprising\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Protests continue<\/a> across Iran despite numerous attempts by authorities to quash them. The perseverance of what many consider Iran\u2019s new democratic \u201crevolution\u201d amid the regime\u2019s massive oppression debunks any notion that these demonstrations are all unorganized or leaderless.\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\">In fact, as the uprising continues, officials, including top military commanders and the regime\u2019s president Ebrahim Raisi acknowledge the role of Iran\u2019s organized opposition group, the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-of-iran-pmoi-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener\"> (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a>, mainly the recognizable pattern of courageous confrontation with security forces by the MEK\u2019s \u201cResistance Units.\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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">November 29 &#8211; Mahdasht, Alborz Province, west of Tehran <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Protesters set ablaze the office of the local representative of regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution2022<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85%DA%AF%D8%B1_%DA%86%D9%87_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%87_%DA%86%D9%87_%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A8%D8%B1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0645\u0631\u06af_\u0628\u0631_\u0633\u062a\u0645\u06af\u0631_\u0686\u0647_\u0634\u0627\u0647_\u0628\u0627\u0634\u0647_\u0686\u0647_\u0631\u0647\u0628\u0631<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MxtAyefw1H\">pic.twitter.com\/MxtAyefw1H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1597635247516139525?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 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;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-267274\" title=\"15214725\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/15214725.jpg\" alt=\"15214725\" width=\"203\" height=\"114\" \/>\u201cThe MEK had fully entered the scene. They sought to take advantage of the victims and use their full media potential. Unfortunately, some na\u00efve people fell into this trap, and the system received major blows,\u201d Mohammad Dehgan, Ebrahim Raisi\u2019s legal advisor, said on November 28, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mehrnews.com\/news\/5641887\/%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%AD-%D9%86%D8%AD%D9%88%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%AF\" rel=\"noopener\">according to the state-run Mehr News Agency.\u00a0<\/a><\/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 November 11, the notorious<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/inside-irans-army-of-terror-and-oppression-revolutionary-guards-irgc\/\" rel=\"noopener\"> Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)<\/a> Intelligence Organization issued a public warning, desperately asking people to avoid contact with the MEK.\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\">\u201cIf suspicious communications are established with you, requesting actions such as carrying out sabotage actions, setting fire to places, signs, and symbols or writing graffiti, taking photos and filming specific military and religious places, or holding gatherings and demonstrations and so, (be aware that) the MEK has <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/what-to-make-of-irgcs-recent-warnings-against-mek-inside-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">established<\/a> these communications. Therefore, inform the nearest IRGC intelligence unit or the News Headquarters of the IRGC Intelligence Organization,\u201d the statement read.\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<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> mullahs&#39; different apparatus of intelligence issue warnings against tuning in to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MEK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MEK<\/a> guidance and directives during <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution2022<\/a> . <br \/>Do you go out and put your life in danger upon a simple telephone call? <br \/>No, unless the call&#39;s from someone you absolutely trust. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EXkCE72gFA\">pic.twitter.com\/EXkCE72gFA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aladdin Touran (@AladdinTouran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AladdinTouran\/status\/1591359154286989312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 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;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Although authorities try to minimize the nationwide uprising and paint protesters as foreign agents, they do not shy away from expressing their utter fear of the regime\u2019s archenemy.\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\">\u201cNowadays, preserving the holy system is a due obligation, and any effort in this regard is precious,\u201d Raisi told Tehran\u2019s Special Forces on November 26, according to the state-run Entekhab website.\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<figure id=\"attachment_248189\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-248189\" style=\"width: 182px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-248189\" title=\"ali-fadavi-iran-irgc-deputy-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ali-fadavi-iran-irgc-deputy-1.jpg\" alt=\"ali-fadavi-iran-irgc-deputy\" width=\"182\" height=\"116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ali-fadavi-iran-irgc-deputy-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ali-fadavi-iran-irgc-deputy-1-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ali-fadavi-iran-irgc-deputy-1-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ali-fadavi-iran-irgc-deputy-1-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ali-fadavi-iran-irgc-deputy-1-696x443.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-248189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IRGC Brig. Gen. Ali Fadavi, IRGC\u2019s deputy commander<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cFor 70 days, the enemy has been seeking a new way for its deviltries, both inside and outside the country. We should all defend the system, and today is the day of sacrificing everything for the holy state,\u201d IRGC Brig. Gen. Ali Fadavi, IRGC\u2019s deputy commander, said on November 26, as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.entekhab.ir\/fa\/news\/704786\/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%DA%A9%D9%84-%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%AE%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AF%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%81%D8%B6%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C-%D8%B5%D8%AD%D8%A8%D8%AA-%D9%86%D9%85%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2-%D9%81%D8%AF%D8%A7-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%DB%B2%DB%B0%DB%B3%DB%B0-%DA%A9%D9%85%DA%A9-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D9%87%DB%8C%DA%86-%D8%AC%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7-%D8%B5%D8%AF-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B5%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%B7%DB%8C%D9%84-%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF-%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4-%D8%A2%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%81%D8%B6%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%82-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF\" rel=\"noopener\">quoted by the state-run Entekhab website<\/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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_217498\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-217498\" style=\"width: 194px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-217498\" title=\"IRGC-Brig.-Gen.-Abolfazl-Shekarchi-the-spokesman-for-the-Iranian-regime\u2019s-armed-forces\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IRGC-Brig.-Gen.-Abolfazl-Shekarchi-the-spokesman-for-the-Iranian-regime\u2019s-armed-forces.jpg\" alt=\"Iran, 3600 people arrested for posting the real figures of fatalities of COVID-19\" width=\"194\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IRGC-Brig.-Gen.-Abolfazl-Shekarchi-the-spokesman-for-the-Iranian-regime\u2019s-armed-forces.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IRGC-Brig.-Gen.-Abolfazl-Shekarchi-the-spokesman-for-the-Iranian-regime\u2019s-armed-forces-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IRGC-Brig.-Gen.-Abolfazl-Shekarchi-the-spokesman-for-the-Iranian-regime\u2019s-armed-forces-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IRGC-Brig.-Gen.-Abolfazl-Shekarchi-the-spokesman-for-the-Iranian-regime\u2019s-armed-forces-696x491.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IRGC-Brig.-Gen.-Abolfazl-Shekarchi-the-spokesman-for-the-Iranian-regime\u2019s-armed-forces-595x420.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IRGC-Brig.-Gen.-Abolfazl-Shekarchi-the-spokesman-for-the-Iranian-regime\u2019s-armed-forces-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IRGC-Brig.-Gen.-Abolfazl-Shekarchi-the-spokesman-for-the-Iranian-regime\u2019s-armed-forces-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-217498\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IRGC Brig. Gen. Abolfazl Shekarchi, the spokesman for the Iranian regime\u2019s armed forces<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">IRGC Brig. Gen. Abolfazl Shekarchi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the armed forces\u2019 spokesperson, clarified the regime\u2019s \u201cenemy\u201d that Fadavi warned about its actions. \u201cWe wouldn\u2019t back down against the MEK, and we\u2019ll defeat them. We vow to defend this system against them at any cost,\u201d he said, according to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.entekhab.ir\/fa\/news\/704768\/%D8%B3%D8%AE%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%88%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%AF-%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%AD-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B0%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%84-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%BE%D9%87%D9%84%D9%88%DB%8C-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%82%D9%88%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%B4%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%B4%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%AA%D8%A7-%D9%85%D8%B4%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%A8%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%82%DB%8C%D9%86-%E2%80%8C%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%85-%D9%85%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%B2%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7%E2%80%8C-%E2%80%8C%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%E2%80%8C-%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%87-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AD%D8%B6%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF\" rel=\"noopener\">Entekhab website on November 26.\u00a0<\/a><\/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\">As protests continue, regime officials gradually stop their bogus claims of \u201cvictory,\u201d and their frightened tone, coupled with endless warnings that this uprising \u201ccontinues,\u201d are quite telling. They acknowledge that as the organized opposition plays a leading role, the regime\u2019s forces should be on high alert.\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\">They also acknowledge that the regime\u2019s existence is at stake, and preserving religious fascism comes with a high price. Thus, regime officials have increased their anti-MEK rhetoric to make their forces better understand the grave situation. The state TV airs propaganda films to tarnish the MEK\u2019s image in a bid to decrease the rising trend of defiant youth joining the MEK\u2019s Resistance Units network.\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<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"MEK Resistance Units send 5000 messages to Free Iran 2022 campaign\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_XO0yuCkQsUQ\" 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%2FXO0yuCkQsUQ%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XO0yuCkQsUQ\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT5M43S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-07-29T13:08:24Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_XO0yuCkQsUQ\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FXO0yuCkQsUQ%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">MEK Resistance Units send 5000 messages to Free Iran 2022 campaign<\/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\/XO0yuCkQsUQ\" 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%2FXO0yuCkQsUQ%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"MEK Resistance Units send 5000 messages to Free Iran 2022 campaign\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/mek-resistance-units-and-the-power-of-irans-democratic-alternative\/ As part of the Free Iran 2022 campaign, members of Resistance Units sent 5,000 video messages, supporting the Iranian opposition\u2019s yearly convention and reiterating their resolve to overthrow the theocratic rule of the mullahs in Iran. Messages came from every corner of Iran, and they had a common theme, \u201cWe can and we must,\u201d a slogan that was popularized by Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). *** 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\">On October 23, Mahmoud Hosseini-Pour, the governor of Mazandaran province, northern Iran, warned officials \u201cwho sit and analyze the situation, deeming to figure out what happens\u201d once the regime falls, reminding them that once the revolution is over, \u201cThe enemy will punish you first.\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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-250941 alignleft\" title=\"Amir-Ali-Hajizadeh-head-of-the-Revolutionary-Guards-Aerospace-unit-min\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Amir-Ali-Hajizadeh-head-of-the-Revolutionary-Guards-Aerospace-unit-min.jpg\" alt=\"Amir-Ali-Hajizadeh-head-of-the-Revolutionary-Guards-Aerospace-unit-min\" width=\"211\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Amir-Ali-Hajizadeh-head-of-the-Revolutionary-Guards-Aerospace-unit-min.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Amir-Ali-Hajizadeh-head-of-the-Revolutionary-Guards-Aerospace-unit-min-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Amir-Ali-Hajizadeh-head-of-the-Revolutionary-Guards-Aerospace-unit-min-768x476.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Amir-Ali-Hajizadeh-head-of-the-Revolutionary-Guards-Aerospace-unit-min-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Amir-Ali-Hajizadeh-head-of-the-Revolutionary-Guards-Aerospace-unit-min-696x432.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/>On November 28, the IRGC Aerospace commander Amir-Ali Hajizadeh who was paying a visit to the Basij elements at Rajaee Training University in Tehran, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eghtesadnews.com\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C-57\/537890-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AC%DB%8C-%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%AF%D9%88-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%87-%D8%B4%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%A7%DA%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%81-%D8%B2%D8%AF%D9%86-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B5-%D8%AE%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%BA-%DA%A9%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AE%DA%AF%D9%88-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%AF-%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">counted a long list<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> of the regime\u2019s grievances about the MEK and asked: \u201cGiven these facts, are we supposed to consider the MEK as enemies or as friends? When they invite people to riots, or when they say that the police force killed Mrs. Mahsa Amini, should we accept it, or are we supposed to hear the truth from our enemy?\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\">While Iran\u2019s ruling theocracy openly acknowledges its fear of the Iranian Resistance, its apologists and longtime supporters abroad try to paint the MEK as a \u201cfringe grouplet\u201d with \u201clittle to no popular support\u201d and incessantly try to tarnish the image of the regime\u2019s viable alternative. They show their true colors by advocating that they prefer the regime to stay in power rather than the Iranian people and their organized Resistance achieve their goal.\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\">Nevertheless, these desperate efforts wouldn\u2019t prolong the regime\u2019s life, as Iranians and their opposition are determined to put an end to forty years of misery and crime.\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protests continue across Iran despite numerous attempts by authorities to quash them. 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