{"id":330700,"date":"2025-04-20T09:34:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T08:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=330700"},"modified":"2025-04-22T15:21:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T14:21:51","slug":"coordinated-rallies-worldwide-mark-anniversary-of-political-executions-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/coordinated-rallies-worldwide-mark-anniversary-of-political-executions-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Coordinated Rallies Worldwide Mark Anniversary of Political Executions in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_330692\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-330692\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-330692\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/cologne-iranian-resistance-rally-19042025-e1745134231864.jpg\" alt=\"Supporters of the Iranian Resistance in Cologne, Germany, rallied on April 19, 2025\" width=\"1000\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/cologne-iranian-resistance-rally-19042025-e1745134231864.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/cologne-iranian-resistance-rally-19042025-e1745134231864-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/cologne-iranian-resistance-rally-19042025-e1745134231864-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/cologne-iranian-resistance-rally-19042025-e1745134231864-741x420.jpg 741w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/cologne-iranian-resistance-rally-19042025-e1745134231864-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/cologne-iranian-resistance-rally-19042025-e1745134231864-696x395.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-330692\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters of the Iranian Resistance in Cologne, Germany, held a rally on April 19, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From <strong>Washington, D.C. to Amsterdam, Paris, Sydney, <\/strong>and <strong>Vancouver<\/strong>, supporters of the Iranian Resistance held coordinated rallies over the weekend to mark the anniversary of the April 1972 and 1975 executions of MEK and Fedayeen members by the Shah\u2019s regime. But the events, held in more than a dozen cities across three continents, carried a message aimed not just at the past, but at the future of Iran: the rejection of all forms of dictatorship, whether monarchical or theocratic.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"de\" dir=\"ltr\">K\u00f6ln \u2013 Teilnehmer einer vom Nationalen Widerstandsrat <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> (NWRI) organisierten Kundgebung fordern ein Ende der Hinrichtungswelle im Iran, die seit August \u00fcber 1.000 Opfer forderte. Sie fordern Solidarit\u00e4t mit dem iranischen Volk, das eine demokratische Republik will \u2013 frei von\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0CQ4XtKh7L\">pic.twitter.com\/0CQ4XtKh7L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Javad Dabiran (@JavadDabiran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JavadDabiran\/status\/1913641363087782294?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 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 anniversary, known among Iranians as <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/the-1975-evin-hills-massacre-assassination-of-nine-political-prisoners-by-the-shahs-regime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201c30 Farvardin\u201d<\/a>, commemorates two of the most defining and brutal moments in Iran\u2019s modern political history. On April 19, 1972, four leading members of the People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) \u2014 Ali Bakeri, Nasser Sadegh, Mohammad Bazargani, and Ali Mihan-Doust \u2014 were executed by firing squad after enduring months of torture. Three years later, on April 19, 1975, nine political prisoners, including two MEK leaders and seven from the Organization of Iranian People&#8217;s Fedai Guerrillas, were taken from their prison cells and gunned down on the hills of Evin in a secret operation ordered by SAVAK. The Shah&#8217;s regime later claimed the men had been killed &#8220;while escaping.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, we gathered in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Amsterdam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Amsterdam<\/a> to share a message:<br \/>The people of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> deserve a future free from dictatorship, neither Shah nor Mullahs.<br \/>We stand in solidarity with their struggle for human rights, and a democratic republic. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopExecutionsInIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopExecutionsInIran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OnhDTXensu\">pic.twitter.com\/OnhDTXensu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jong Iraans Nederland (@JongIraansNL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JongIraansNL\/status\/1913697205505949880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 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;\">This year, rallies honoring those victims served as a unifying moment for Iranians abroad who support the vision of a secular, democratic republic \u2014 and reject any return to monarchy or continuation of clerical rule. Demonstrations were held in cities including <strong>Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin, Cologne, Stockholm, Bucharest, Sydney, Toronto, Vancouver, <\/strong>and <strong>Bern<\/strong>, with a common slogan: &#8220;No to the Shah, No to the Mullahs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In <strong>Amsterdam<\/strong>, demonstrators gathered at Dam Square on April 19, joined by Dutch civil society leaders. Generational voices \u2014 from young Iranian activists to veteran campaigners \u2014 spoke in support of Maryam <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/viewpoints\/plan-for-future-of-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rajavi\u2019s Ten-Point Plan<\/a>, which calls for free elections, gender equality, an independent judiciary, separation of religion and state, and a non-nuclear Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cZolang tirannie bestaat, blijft de roep om vrijheid klinken,\u201d said one speaker. \u201cAs long as tyranny exists, the cry for freedom will be heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Cet apr\u00e8s-midi, place  Colette, la jeunesse iranienne est venue exhorter le pays des Droits de l\u2019Homme de l\u2019aider \u00e0 se battre \u00e0 ses c\u00f4t\u00e9s pour mettre fin \u00e0 la tyrannie des mollahs\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>Mettre fin \u00e0 cette violence sourde, sans \u00e2me, tuant leur p\u00e8re, leur s\u0153ur, \u00e9radiquant des\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o5WOWQPujA\">pic.twitter.com\/o5WOWQPujA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud83d\udce3Ella Kelian (@EllaKelian) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EllaKelian\/status\/1913664275438088696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 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;\">In <strong>Paris<\/strong>, French MP <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AliMomen_\/status\/1913673407331213447\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pierre-Yves Bournazel addressed<\/a> protesters at Place Colette, declaring:\u00a0\u201cThe Iranian people deserve freedom and they are deprived of it. We call for the immediate release of political prisoners in danger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Events in <strong>Berlin<\/strong> and <strong>Cologne<\/strong> featured the participation of Kurdish allies of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), with flags and banners denouncing the Islamic Republic while warning against any return to dynastic rule.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Maryam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Maryam<\/a> Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>, to the demonstrations of Iranians in 15 cities throughout the world: \u201cNo to the Shah, no to the Mullahs \u2014 Victory to the democratic revolution of the Iranian People.<br \/>With all the blood shed during\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gJxwUedlF5\">pic.twitter.com\/gJxwUedlF5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Javad Dabiran (@JavadDabiran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JavadDabiran\/status\/1913704409357537293?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 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;\">In <strong>Stockholm<\/strong>, the message was similarly resolute:\u00a0\u201cFrom Shah to Mullahs \u2014 the message is clear: the Iranian people reject them all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>North America<\/strong> also saw parallel rallies. In <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/u-s-capitol-rally-honors-fallen-heroes-denounces-tyranny-in-all-forms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington, D.C.<\/a><\/strong>, supporters of the Iranian Resistance laid out a photo exhibition on the Capitol grounds, honoring those killed under both regimes. A statement from the Organization of Iranian American Communities (OIAC) read:\u00a0\u201cFor over 50 years, two dictatorial regimes imposed draconian laws and preyed on Iran\u2019s best and brightest. Yet today, images of the brave souls who sacrificed their lives remind us that darkness will soon end.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Supporters of the NCRI held a rally in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Toronto?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Toronto<\/a> to honor the memory of 13 MEK and Feda&#39;i members executed by the Shah&#39;s regime on April 19 in 1972 and 1975.<br \/>Tyranny remains the same\u2014whether cloaked in a crown or a robe.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/No2ShahNo2Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#No2ShahNo2Mullahs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NCRIAlternative?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NCRIAlternative<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OW0qKfxt0A\">pic.twitter.com\/OW0qKfxt0A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran Democratic Association (IDA) Canada \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 (@IDA_Canada) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IDA_Canada\/status\/1913742838900154541?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 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;\">Rallies in <strong>Toronto<\/strong> and <strong>Vancouver<\/strong> echoed these themes, stressing that the executions of 1972 and 1975 were not isolated crimes, but part of a broader historical pattern of silencing dissent, one that continues today under the clerical regime. A message read aloud in both cities called the 1975 executions \u201cone of the Shah regime\u2019s most shameful crimes,\u201d and emphasized that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/iran-torture-lawsuit-us-shah-b2703880.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parviz Sabeti<\/a>, the SAVAK official involved in the killings, remains politically active today.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranians, supporting Iran&#39;s main opposition coalition, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NCRI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NCRI<\/a> rallying in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Vancouver?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Vancouver<\/a> to honor the memory of 13 prominent political prisoners, 6 from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MEK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MEK<\/a> &amp; 7 from the Feda&#39;is, executed on April 19, 1972 &amp; 1975. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/No2ShahNo2Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#No2ShahNo2Mullahs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NCRIAlternative?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NCRIAlternative<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0u3b0btGHt\">pic.twitter.com\/0u3b0btGHt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran Democratic Association (IDA) Canada \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 (@IDA_Canada) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IDA_Canada\/status\/1913746577534910552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 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;\">Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the NCRI, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1913615696740687995\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issued a message<\/a> to the global gatherings:\u00a0\u201cNo to the Shah, no to the Mullahs \u2014 victory to the democratic revolution of the Iranian people. The blood spilled under both dictatorships has charted a path toward a democratic republic that can no longer be ignored.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In <strong>Bucharest<\/strong>, Iranians gathered in solemn remembrance of the 30 Farvardin executions, raising portraits of the fallen and echoing the same message shared across continents: the future belongs to a free Iran, not to monarchs or mullahs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"de\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Berlin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Berlin<\/a> \u2013 Kurdische Verb\u00fcndete des Nationalen Widerstandsrats <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NWRI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NWRI<\/a>) nahmen heute aktiv mit ihren Fahnen an der NWRI-Kundgebung am Brandenburger Tor teil. Sie fordern die Abschaffung der Mullah-Diktatur und lehnen zugleich eine R\u00fcckkehr zur Schah-Diktatur ab.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JPFIyvKkc4\">pic.twitter.com\/JPFIyvKkc4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Javad Dabiran (@JavadDabiran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JavadDabiran\/status\/1913700520981635198?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 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;\">These global demonstrations echoed a parallel wave of defiance inside Iran, where, despite heavy surveillance and the constant threat of arrest, <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/resistance-units-honor-april-19-martyrs-murdered-by-the-shah-regime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resistance Units affiliated<\/a> with the PMOI\/MEK carried out more than 60 acts of commemoration across major cities. From <strong>Tehran <\/strong>and <strong>Mashhad to Isfahan, Zahedan, and Tabriz<\/strong>, activists hung posters, left flowers on the graves of fallen martyrs, and spray-painted slogans denouncing both the Shah and the current clerical regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In <strong>Tehran\u2019s Behesht Zahra<\/strong> cemetery, messages such as \u201cWe swear by the blood of our comrades: we will stand until the end\u201d and \u201cDeath to the oppressor, be it the Shah or the Supreme Leader\u201d reaffirmed that the call for justice and freedom remains as present in the streets of Iran as it is among exiled voices abroad.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Resistance Units across Iran commemorate PMOI martyrs and political prisoners murdered and executed by the Shah regime on April 19 in 1972 and 1975. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PMOI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PMOI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ResistanceUnits?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ResistanceUnits<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e4lRCau5jX\">pic.twitter.com\/e4lRCau5jX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1913568187947380814?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 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;\">In dozens of cities, the rallies served not only as memorials but also as unmistakable signals that Iran\u2019s resistance movement remains globally connected, deeply organized, and firmly rooted in a long-standing history of sacrifice. 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