{"id":335157,"date":"2025-08-04T12:14:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T11:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=335157"},"modified":"2025-09-10T10:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T09:30:10","slug":"officials-in-tehran-reveal-dread-of-pmoi-as-social-unrest-brews-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/officials-in-tehran-reveal-dread-of-pmoi-as-social-unrest-brews-nationwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials in Tehran Reveal Dread of PMOI as Social Unrest Brews Nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_335158\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-335158\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-335158 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ncri-supporters-rome-palazo-del-congressi-71032025.jpg\" alt=\"NCRI supporters gather outside the Palazzo del Congressi in Rome, Italy on July 31, 2025\" width=\"1000\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ncri-supporters-rome-palazo-del-congressi-71032025.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ncri-supporters-rome-palazo-del-congressi-71032025-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ncri-supporters-rome-palazo-del-congressi-71032025-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ncri-supporters-rome-palazo-del-congressi-71032025-741x420.jpg 741w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ncri-supporters-rome-palazo-del-congressi-71032025-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ncri-supporters-rome-palazo-del-congressi-71032025-696x395.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-335158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Following the third session of the 2025 Free Iran World Summit, NCRI supporters gather outside the Palazzo del Congressi in Rome, Italy on July 31, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Three-minute read<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0The clerical regime in Tehran has launched a barrage of furious statements against the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/international-free-iran-summit-2025-rome-italy-global-voices-support-iranian-people-and-organized-resistance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cFree Iran 2025\u201d summit<\/a> in Rome, while simultaneously admitting to deep internal fractures, nationwide hardship, and a desperate fear of renewed uprisings.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A state-run outlet, <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hamiyan-e-Velayat<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (\u201cSupporters of the Supreme Leader\u201d), warned in a panicked tone that the PMOI was allegedly conspiring with \u201cforeign enemies\u201d during its conference in Italy. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hamiyannevelayat.ir\/news\/406423\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The article declared<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: <\/span>\u201cA danger lurks as the revolutionary nation of Iran stands on the threshold of national unity\u2026 this terrorist group once again sharpened its sword in Rome with the backing of global arrogance to target the sacred Islamic Republic.\u201d<span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Despite such rhetoric, the piece contradicted itself by lumping together Saddam Hussein\u2019s former regime, Israel, and the United States as PMOI allies\u2014three entities with no alignment or shared agenda\u2014revealing the extent of Tehran\u2019s propaganda desperation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Meanwhile, in a lengthy interview with Mizan News Agency published August 3, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/fa\/posts\/65957?amp=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">accusing the PMOI<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> of using \u201clayered psychological traps\u201d on social media to reach Iran\u2019s youth. \u201cThey don\u2019t come with slogans or banners,\u201d she said. \u201cThey use high-engagement content\u2014viral sports challenges, cultural pages, even fake job opportunities\u2014to lower defenses. Only in the deeper layers do they reveal their political intentions.\u201d These alarmist claims reflect the regime\u2019s deep unease with its inability to control the digital battlefield and the loss of narrative among Iran\u2019s younger generation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Iranian regime\u2019s futile efforts to contain rebellious students and youth <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5ES8b33tck\">https:\/\/t.co\/5ES8b33tck<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1915508080709689796?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 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;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The panic spread beyond Iran\u2019s borders as embassies in Europe scrambled to issue furious statements. The <a href=\"https:\/\/rome.mfa.gov.ir\/portal\/newsview\/772628\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">regime\u2019s embassy in Italy<\/a> lashed out at the host country for \u201cproviding a platform to a terrorist group with blood on its hands,\u201d repeating decades-old propaganda aimed at discrediting the Iranian Resistance.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Meanwhile, in response to a 14-nation statement on Tehran\u2019s cross-border repression, the regime\u2019s embassies in Copenhagen and London accused European states of \u201charboring terrorists,\u201d singling out Albania for allegedly hosting PMOI members running \u201chybrid warfare campaigns\u201d from abroad. Foreign Ministry spokesman <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irdiplomacy.ir\/fa\/news\/2034294\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Esmail Baghaee accused<\/a> the United States, France, and other signatories of \u201csupporting terrorism\u201d simply for allowing opposition groups like the PMOI to operate freely in Europe.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In Tehran, interim Friday prayer leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faraz.ir\/fa\/news\/98686\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ahmad Khatami acknowledged<\/a> the regime\u2019s internal power struggle, admitting that key factions feared war if they did not accept indirect negotiations with the West. <\/span>\u201cIf we hadn\u2019t accepted negotiations, some insiders would have accused us of dragging the country into war\u2026 now the proof is complete,\u201d he confessed. His remarks exposed the clerical leadership\u2019s fear of both external confrontation and internal collapse, laying bare a war within the regime over how to contain unrest.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IRGC<\/a>-Linked Media Accuses <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Mojahedineng<\/a> of Targeting Youth Amid Growing Influence<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/prg0rozDEV\">https:\/\/t.co\/prg0rozDEV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1907816286588932193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 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;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In a televised speech on August 2, 2025, cleric Mohammad Mahdi Mandegari, one of the regime\u2019s top propagandists in Qom, declared that \u201clistening to satellite channels and social media content from enemy sources\u201d is \u201cstrictly forbidden.\u201d Referring to dissenting information online, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/simayazaditv\/status\/1952117175445062143\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he added<\/a>: \u201cToday, satellite channels and enemy digital platforms are definitely haram according to all fatwas. Don&#8217;t listen to the enemy. Listen only to the Supreme Leader.\u201d His remarks echo the regime\u2019s desperation to seal off public access to external information sources, a strategy increasingly difficult to enforce as internet penetration rises.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Meanwhile, in Ilam, Va&#8217;ad Moradbeygi, the city&#8217;s Friday prayer leader <a href=\"https:\/\/taliezagros.ir\/lastnews\/29380\/?print=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shed crocodile tears<\/a> over widespread electricity blackouts, saying <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cpeople are truly desperate with these power cuts\u2026 families with children are suffering.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> But his words, far from genuine empathy, were a clear attempt to deflect blame from the very rulers responsible for Iran\u2019s crumbling infrastructure, hoping to avoid fueling the growing social fury that has driven repeated nationwide protests.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These statements, coming one after another, betray a regime increasingly rattled by the PMOI\u2019s rising international profile and mounting support for regime change among Iranians at home and abroad. Faced with crumbling domestic services, infighting at the top, and growing isolation abroad, Tehran\u2019s rulers have resorted to frantic outbursts against their main opposition, hoping to rally their shrinking base and intimidate Western governments into silencing dissenting voices.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three-minute read&nbsp; &nbsp;The clerical regime in Tehran has launched a barrage of furious statements against the People&rsquo;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) following the &ldquo;Free Iran 2025&rdquo; summit in Rome, 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