{"id":330677,"date":"2025-04-19T07:45:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T06:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=330677"},"modified":"2025-04-19T08:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T07:21:10","slug":"u-s-capitol-rally-honors-fallen-heroes-denounces-tyranny-in-all-forms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/u-s-capitol-rally-honors-fallen-heroes-denounces-tyranny-in-all-forms\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Capitol Rally Honors Fallen Heroes, Denounces Tyranny in All Forms in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_330675\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-330675\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-330675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/washington-dc-oiac-rally-18042025.jpg\" alt=\"Supporters of the Iranian Resistance in Washington, D.C., United States, held a rally on April 18, 2025\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/washington-dc-oiac-rally-18042025.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/washington-dc-oiac-rally-18042025-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/washington-dc-oiac-rally-18042025-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/washington-dc-oiac-rally-18042025-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/washington-dc-oiac-rally-18042025-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/washington-dc-oiac-rally-18042025-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-330675\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters of the Iranian Resistance in Washington, D.C., United States, held a rally on April 18, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Marking the anniversary of two infamous political exterminations in Iran, the Organization of <a href=\"https:\/\/oiac.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iranian American Communities<\/a> (OIAC) held a solemn and defiant rally on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol on Friday, April 18, reaffirming support for the Iranian people\u2019s fight for democracy and freedom from all forms of dictatorship \u2014 both monarchical and theocratic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event commemorated the execution of four founding members of the People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/april-19-is-a-reminder-of-the-shahs-crimes-in-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(PMOI\/MEK) on April 19, 1972<\/a> and the assassination of nine imprisoned dissidents, including both MEK and The Organization of Iranian People&#8217;s Fedai members, on April 19, 1975\u2014 atrocities carried out by the Shah\u2019s secret police, SAVAK.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For &gt;50 years, 2 dictatorial regimes imposed draconian laws &amp; prayed on Iran&#39;s best &amp; brightest.  Yet today, images of the brave soles who sacrificed their life to sow &amp; nurish the seeds of a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran<\/a> remind us that darkness will soon end. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpeakerJohnson<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMcClintock?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepMcClintock<\/a>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yLBxFugWuA\">pic.twitter.com\/yLBxFugWuA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; OIAC: Organization of Iranian American Communities (@OrgIAC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OrgIAC\/status\/1913377519052468726?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2025<\/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;\">\u201cFor over 50 years, two dictatorial regimes imposed draconian laws and preyed on Iran&#8217;s best and brightest,\u201d read one OIAC statement at the rally. \u201cYet today, images of the brave souls who sacrificed their lives to sow and nourish the seeds of a free Iran remind us that darkness will soon end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The rally featured a photo exhibition and tributes to the executed heroes \u2014 Ali Bakeri, Nasser Sadegh, Ali Mihan-Doust, and Mohammad Bazargani \u2014 all central figures in the MEK who were executed after enduring months of torture. Also remembered were the nine prisoners executed in 1975, including MEK leaders Kazem Zolanvar and Mostafa Javan Khoshdel, and Fedayeen figures such as Bijan Jazani and Hassan Zia-Zarifi, who were taken from Evin Prison and shot on the surrounding hills. SAVAK falsely claimed they were killed while trying to escape \u2014 a lie later dismantled by survivor testimony and confessions from regime operatives.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Steps from America&#39;s symbol of democracy, we remember the executions that occurred during former dictator Shah &amp; continue today in Iran.  We advocat a US policy that supports people&#39;s struggle to overthrow the clerical dictators in Iran. <br \/>\u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpeakerJohnson<\/a>\u2069 \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepBrianMast?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepBrianMast<\/a>\u2069 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5bVAB4vw0I\">pic.twitter.com\/5bVAB4vw0I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; OIAC: Organization of Iranian American Communities (@OrgIAC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OrgIAC\/status\/1913327345492172932?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2025<\/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;\">&#8220;Steps from America\u2019s symbol of democracy, we remember the executions that occurred during the former dictator Shah and continue today in Iran,&#8221; one speaker noted. \u201cWe advocate a U.S. policy that supports the people\u2019s struggle to overthrow the clerical dictators in Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/resistance-units-honor-pmoi-martyrs-executed-by-the-shah-regime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">significance of April 19<\/a> goes far beyond historical mourning. As speakers noted, these executions represent foundational moments of resistance, exposing the brutality and propaganda of the Shah\u2019s regime \u2014 a legacy that the current religious dictatorship inherited and amplified. The rally emphasized that both the Shah and the clerics have used the same tools of violence, censorship, demonization, and deceit to crush dissent and sustain authoritarian power.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NOW on the Capitol Ground\u2b07\ufe0f, we gather to affirm that the Iranian people will never accept single party tyranny, whether crowned or turbaned\ud83d\udca5<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/No2ShahNo2Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#No2ShahNo2Mullahs<\/a>  <br \/>\u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpeakerJohnson<\/a>\u2069 \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepBrianMast?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepBrianMast<\/a>\u2069  \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HouseGOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HouseGOP<\/a>\u2069 \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HouseDemocrats?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HouseDemocrats<\/a>\u2069 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FoxNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopExecutionsInIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopExecutionsInIran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DFzjxP1gNv\">pic.twitter.com\/DFzjxP1gNv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; OIAC: Organization of Iranian American Communities (@OrgIAC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OrgIAC\/status\/1913317944437903560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2025<\/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;\">One placard read: \u201cThe Iranian people will never accept tyranny \u2014 whether crowned or turbaned.\u201d That message echoed in the speeches, as the crowd condemned efforts to whitewash the Shah\u2019s crimes or rehabilitate his former agents. Protesters also denounced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/ex-savak-chief-parviz-sabeti-sued-in-u-s-for-brutal-torture-under-shahs-regime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parviz Sabeti<\/a>, the former SAVAK official implicated in <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/iranian-resistance-activities-inside-iran\/2024\/04\/the-enduring-legacy-of-irans-pmoi-martyrs-resistance-units-honor-the-sacrifices-of-those-executed-by-the-shah-regime\/57940\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the 1975 executions<\/a>, for his recent public reemergence in support of the monarchist camp.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cToday\u2019s revolution in Iran carries the banner of \u2018No Shah, No Sheikh,\u2019\u201d organizers declared, \u201cand the light of that vision was first lit in the prisons, the torture chambers, and the execution yards \u2014 by those who chose death over submission.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our photo exhibition, NOW on the Capitol Ground\u2b07\ufe0f.The Iranian people will never accept tyranny, whether crowned or turbaned\ud83d\udca5<br \/>#<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NO2ShahNO2Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NO2ShahNO2Mullahs<\/a>  <br \/>\u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpeakerJohnson<\/a>\u2069 \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepBrianMast?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepBrianMast<\/a>\u2069  \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HouseGOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HouseGOP<\/a>\u2069 \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HouseDemocrats?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HouseDemocrats<\/a>\u2069 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1VOMQbluap\">pic.twitter.com\/1VOMQbluap<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; OIAC: Organization of Iranian American Communities (@OrgIAC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OrgIAC\/status\/1913305081186857072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2025<\/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;\">The rally ended with chants of solidarity and renewed calls for a secular, democratic republic in Iran. Through remembrance and resistance, participants made clear that the struggle for freedom would not be silenced, and its martyrs would not be forgotten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marking the anniversary of two infamous political exterminations in Iran, the Organization of Iranian American Communities (OIAC) held a solemn and defiant rally on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":330675,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[222],"class_list":["post-330677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iran-resistance","tag-iranian-resistance"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>U.S. Capitol Rally Honors Fallen Heroes, Denounces Tyranny in All Forms in Iran - 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