{"id":345154,"date":"2026-05-17T21:58:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T20:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=345154"},"modified":"2026-05-17T21:58:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T20:58:32","slug":"pmoi-mek-led-resistance-units-intensify-anti-regime-operations-across-iran-may-12-15-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/pmoi-mek-led-resistance-units-intensify-anti-regime-operations-across-iran-may-12-15-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"PMOI\/MEK-Led Resistance Units Intensify Anti-Regime Operations Across Iran (May 12\u201315, 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"model-response-message-contentr_089b9d48b148a654\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel enable-updated-hr-color\" dir=\"ltr\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-busy=\"false\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-345155 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/iran-resistance-units-may-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/iran-resistance-units-may-2026.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/iran-resistance-units-may-2026-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/iran-resistance-units-may-2026-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/iran-resistance-units-may-2026-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/iran-resistance-units-may-2026-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/iran-resistance-units-may-2026-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/pmoi-resistance-units\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PMOI\/MEK-led Resistance Units<\/a> carried out a surge of fiery anti-regime operations across multiple Iranian cities, marking the 120th week of the \u201cNo to Execution Tuesdays\u201d campaign and acting in direct retaliation for the regime\u2019s escalating executions of political prisoners and protesters from the January 2026 uprising.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"0\">The actions included torching a police station, an IRGC Basij base, and numerous regime banners, while rebel youth condemned the \u201cdisgraceful and criminal\u201d remnants of the Shah and SAVAK as the flip side of religious fascism, declared that \u201cthe days of the executioners and torturers are numbered,\u201d and publicly called for the identification of officials who praised the executions. All operations emphasized continuing the path of the PMOI martyrs, strong support for 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> for a democratic republic, and the outright rejection of both monarchical and theocratic dictatorships.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"1\">May 15, 2026<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"1\"><strong>Zahedan<\/strong>: Rebel youth carried out an action, declaring: \u201cThe disgraceful and criminal actions of the remnants of the Shah and SAVAK are the other side of the coin to the religious fascism ruling Iran and Khomeini&#8217;s Hezbollah-style thugs!\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"2\">May 14, 2026<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"2\">In ten fiery retaliatory operations responding to the regime\u2019s executioner judiciary and the deputy head of the judicial commission in the reactionary parliament (who on May 12 praised the chief executioner for carrying out death sentences against uprising rebels and prisoners), PMOI\/MEK-led rebel youth struck regime targets across the country. These \u201cflaming responses\u201d were explicitly carried out to avenge the executions and signal that \u201cthe days of the executioners and torturers are numbered.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"model-response-message-contentr_089b9d48b148a654\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel enable-updated-hr-color\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-busy=\"false\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">PMOI Resistance Units in Zahedan defy executions and reject dictatorships <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KnLmYK5kyU\">https:\/\/t.co\/KnLmYK5kyU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/2055575364731109567?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">The ten operations were:<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\"><strong>Azadshahr, Golestan<\/strong>: Set fire to Police Station 11, a notorious center for the suppression of youth, by throwing Molotov cocktails.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\"><strong>Lordegan, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari<\/strong>: Torched a banner of the ruthless Khamenei with Molotov cocktails.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\"><strong>Tehran<\/strong>: Burned an IRGC Basij base.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\"><strong>Tehran<\/strong>: Burned a banner of the ruthless Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\"><strong>Mashhad<\/strong>: Burned banners of slain regime commanders.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\"><strong>Shiraz<\/strong>: Burned symbols of slain regime commanders.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\"><strong>Ilam<\/strong>: Burned a banner of Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\"><strong>Iranshahr<\/strong>: Burned a banner of Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\"><strong>Chabahar<\/strong>: Burned a banner of Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\"><strong>Saravan<\/strong>: Burned a banner of Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Political prisoners Ali Younesi and Amirhossein Moradi, two elite Iranian students who have been in jail since 2020, release defiant letters, rejecting the regime&#39;s pardon and honoring the memory of courageous political PMOI\/MEK members executed by the regime. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M2vOkL6B4r\">pic.twitter.com\/M2vOkL6B4r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/2055356050266563032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"model-response-message-contentr_089b9d48b148a654\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel enable-updated-hr-color\" dir=\"ltr\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-busy=\"false\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"5\">May 13, 2026<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"5\">Tehran: In memory of Commander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/forty-days-after-the-gallows-the-enduring-testament-of-vahid-bani-amerian\/\">Vahid Bani-Amerian<\/a>, Resistance Units carried out the action \u201cFire in the face of execution\u201d at the \u201cdomain of ignorance and crime against Imam Hassan Mojtaba.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"6\">May 12, 2026<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"6\">As part of the 120th consecutive week of the \u201cNo to Execution Tuesdays\u201d campaign, PMOI\/MEK-led Resistance Units conducted operations in <strong>Kermanshah, Sowme\u2019eh Sara, Qazvin, Shiraz, Mashhad, Astara, Marvdasht, Kashan, <\/strong>and<strong> Ardakan<\/strong>. These actions underscore the Iranian youth\u2019s determination to continue the path of the PMOI martyrs, reject the regime\u2019s escalating executions, and advance the call for a democratic republic based on Maryam Rajavi\u2019s Ten-Point Plan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PMOI\/MEK-led Resistance Units carried out a surge of fiery anti-regime operations across multiple Iranian cities, marking the 120th week of the &ldquo;No to Execution Tuesdays&rdquo; campaign and acting in direct 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