{"id":344138,"date":"2026-04-07T19:36:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=344138"},"modified":"2026-04-07T19:36:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:36:43","slug":"inside-the-underground-network-defying-irans-executioners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/inside-the-underground-network-defying-irans-executioners\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the Underground Network Defying Iran\u2019s Executioners"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_344139\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-344139\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-344139 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/flowers-house-pouya-ghobadi-march-2026.jpg\" alt=\"Following the execution of PMOI member Pouya Ghobadi, Resistance Units in his home town Sonqor paid tribute by setting up flowers in front of his house\u2014 March 2026\" width=\"1000\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/flowers-house-pouya-ghobadi-march-2026.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/flowers-house-pouya-ghobadi-march-2026-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/flowers-house-pouya-ghobadi-march-2026-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/flowers-house-pouya-ghobadi-march-2026-745x420.jpg 745w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/flowers-house-pouya-ghobadi-march-2026-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/flowers-house-pouya-ghobadi-march-2026-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-344139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Following the execution of PMOI member Pouya Ghobadi, Resistance Units in his hometown Sonqor paid tribute by setting up flowers in front of his house\u2014 April 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"1\">In the shadow of a fresh wave of state-sanctioned hangings, a quiet but dangerous rebellion is unfolding across the Iranian plateau. In a country where a single photograph can lead to the gallows, members of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) and their &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/pmoi-resistance-units\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resistance Units<\/a>&#8221; are engaging in a high-stakes campaign of defiance that treats city streets as a battlefield of memory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"2\">The recent execution of six political prisoners\u2014Vahid Bani-Amerian, Abolhassan Montazer, Mohammad Taghavi, Akbar Daneshvarkar, Babak Alipour, and Pouya Ghobadi\u2014was intended by the judiciary to stifle dissent. Instead, it has triggered a nationwide surge of clandestine activity.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Resistance Units commemorate executed PMOI members, defy regime\u2019s execution spree <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UDL2DDiPdb\">https:\/\/t.co\/UDL2DDiPdb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/2041518201595404316?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"3\">The Timeline of Defiance<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"4\">April 2, 2026: In the city of Sonqor, the regime\u2019s security apparatus attempted to lock down the neighborhood surrounding the home of Pouya Ghobadi\u2019s father. Despite a heavy deployment of intelligence officers, a <a href=\"https:\/\/m.mojahedin.org\/id\/516dc511-804b-43f7-86f5-1d70444066b2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">large crowd gathered<\/a> to honor the executed PMOI member. In a rare display of public mourning-as-protest, the assembly sang revolutionary anthems in solidarity with Ghobadi\u2019s mother, transforming a private funeral into a public rejection of the state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"5\">April 3\u20134, 2026: In Zahedan, a city already scarred by previous crackdowns, underground units distributed leaflets and hung portraits of the &#8220;martyred&#8221; dissidents. Simultaneously, in Mashhad, Karaj, Varamin, Khorramabad, Tehran, and Bandar Abbas, Resistance Units engaged in &#8220;flower-laying&#8221; operations. To an outside observer, placing a rose on a sidewalk may seem trivial; in Iran, these acts are considered &#8220;War Against God&#8221; (Moharebeh). Activists strategically placed flowers and photos of the six executed men in pedestrian areas to ensure the public saw the faces the regime wished to erase.<\/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> News Alert &#8211; Simay Azadi Exclusive<\/p>\n<p>Members of the PMOI Resistance Units and supporters of the Iranian Resistance paid tribute in several cities to six PMOI martyrs:<\/p>\n<p>Vahid Baniamerian (\u201cCommander Vahid\u201d)<br \/>Pouya Ghobadi<br \/>Babak Alipour<br \/>Mohammad Taghavi<br \/>Akbar Daneshvarkar<br \/>In\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IIr2E5CsZ9\">pic.twitter.com\/IIr2E5CsZ9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SIMAY AZADI TV (@en_simayazadi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/en_simayazadi\/status\/2041520002189205997?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2026<\/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;\" data-path-to-node=\"6\">April 5, 2026: The movement moved into cemeteries and public squares. In Isfahan, dissidents successfully placed memorial displays on gravesites. In Karaj and Babol, activists set up temporary &#8220;memorial tables&#8221;\u2014clandestine altars featuring the victims&#8217; photos and candles\u2014before disappearing into the crowds. By evening, portraits of the six men appeared on walls in Tehran, Tabriz, Zanjan, Sabzevar, Chabahar, and Sanandaj, a visual rebuke to the judiciary&#8217;s claim of total control.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"7\">April 6, 2026: The campaign reached a crescendo of visibility. In Tehran, Shiraz, Hamedan, Kashan, Ilam, Kermanshah, Khash, and Sarbaz, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mojahedin.org\/i\/%D9%81%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%B1-%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D8%B4%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF-%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%82-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%87%D9%86\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resistance Units took<\/a> the ultimate risk: hanging placards and hoisting the flag of the National Liberation Army of Iran (NLA) over highway overpasses and thoroughfares. These displays served as a psychological blow to the security forces, demonstrating that the opposition remains organized and operational within the regime\u2019s heartland.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iran\u2019s regime fails to silence Resistance Units with execution spree of PMOI members <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DRScP2LyT7\">https:\/\/t.co\/DRScP2LyT7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/2040829389626052936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the shadow of a fresh wave of state-sanctioned hangings, a quiet but dangerous rebellion is unfolding across the Iranian plateau. 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