{"id":345748,"date":"2026-06-14T14:10:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T13:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=345748"},"modified":"2026-06-14T14:10:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T13:10:54","slug":"inside-a-week-of-domestic-defiance-mek-resistance-units-challenge-tehrans-execution-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/inside-a-week-of-domestic-defiance-mek-resistance-units-challenge-tehrans-execution-wave\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside a Week of Domestic Defiance: MEK Resistance Units Challenge Tehran\u2019s Execution Wave"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-busy=\"false\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_345749\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-345749\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-345749\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mek-resistance-units-june-2026.jpg\" alt=\"A collage of photos from across Iran in June 2026 shows MEK Resistance Units carrying placards and posting images of Iranian Resistance leadership in various cities\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mek-resistance-units-june-2026.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mek-resistance-units-june-2026-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mek-resistance-units-june-2026-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mek-resistance-units-june-2026-746x420.jpg 746w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mek-resistance-units-june-2026-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mek-resistance-units-june-2026-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-345749\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Images from across Iran in June 2026 shows MEK Resistance Units carrying placards and posting images of Iranian Resistance leadership in various cities<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"model-response-message-contentr_873ad920ffe2ce9f\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel enable-updated-hr-color\" dir=\"ltr\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-busy=\"false\">\n<p id=\"p-rc_c6e040576a57738d-76\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"1\"><span data-path-to-node=\"1,0\">During the week of June 7\u201314, 2026, Iran witnessed a highly coordinated internal pushback against the regime&#8217;s capital punishment drive, led by <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/pmoi-resistance-units\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MEK Resistance Units<\/a> and political detainees<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"1,2\">. From anti-regime cell operations in major cities to a massive hunger strike spanning 56 prisons, the internal resistance directly challenged Tehran&#8217;s post-uprising crackdown<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"1,4\">. Operating despite localized internet shutdowns and thousands of recent state-ordered arrests, these underground networks successfully synchronized nationwide actions, exposing the regime&#8217;s internal crisis of social control<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"1,6\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"2\">June 13, 2026<\/h3>\n<p id=\"p-rc_c6e040576a57738d-77\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"3\"><span data-path-to-node=\"3,0\">To mark the 45th anniversary of the June 20 resistance, MEK <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mojahedin.org\/i\/%D9%81%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%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-%DB%B3%DB%B0-%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF-%DA%86%D9%87%D9%84-%D9%BE%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%85%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1%DB%8C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resistance Units launched coordinated<\/a> cell operations across <b data-path-to-node=\"3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"122\">Tehran<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"130\">Mashhad<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"139\">Karaj<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"146\">Isfahan<\/b>, and <b data-path-to-node=\"3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"159\">Shiraz<\/b><\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"3,2\">. Bypassing tight security perimeters, underground cells distributed resistance literature and displayed anti-regime slogans celebrating the Day of Martyrs and Political Prisoners, the founding of the National Liberation Army, and internal organizational milestones<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"3,4\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;As Iran navigates an era defined by deep societal friction and generational transition, the voices emerging from its prisons are doing more than protesting individual sentences,&quot; writes <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MasumehBolurchi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MasumehBolurchi<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution2026%E2%80%8C?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution2026\u200c<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o6z5rdbOyQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/o6z5rdbOyQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/iran_policy\/status\/2064443958898381130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"4\">June 12, 2026<\/h3>\n<p id=\"p-rc_c6e040576a57738d-78\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"5\"><span data-path-to-node=\"5,0\">In <b data-path-to-node=\"5,0\" data-index-in-node=\"3\">Zahedan<\/b>, Resistance Units executed a <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/resistance-units-in-zahedan-reject-both-shah-and-mullahs-on-the-path-to-a-democratic-republic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">public placard campaign<\/a> openly rejecting both the clerical regime and a return to monarchical rule<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"5,2\">. Activists posted signs reading &#8220;From <b data-path-to-node=\"5,2\" data-index-in-node=\"39\">Zahedan<\/b> to <b data-path-to-node=\"5,2\" data-index-in-node=\"50\">Tehran<\/b>, death to the oppressor, be it the Shah or the Leader,&#8221; setting a strict policy line against all forms of dictatorship<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"5,4\">. This deployment occurred despite the State Security Force announcing 6,500 nationwide arrests, including 567 individuals allegedly linked to the PMOI<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"5,6\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p-rc_c6e040576a57738d-79\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"6\"><span data-path-to-node=\"6,0\">Concurrently, political prisoner Parisa <a href=\"https:\/\/wncri.org\/2026\/06\/09\/parisa-kamali-executions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamali smuggled an audio<\/a> message from <b data-path-to-node=\"6,0\" data-index-in-node=\"78\">Yazd<\/b> Central Prison condemning the regime&#8217;s systematic executions<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"6,2\">. Serving an eight-and-a-half-year sentence, Kamali demanded the immediate cancellation of death sentences for fellow detainees including Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, Farshad Etemadifar, Alireza Merdasi, Masoud Jamei, and Reza Abdali, while honoring prisoners like Vahid Bani-Amerian, Mohammad Taghvi, and Pouya Ghobadi<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"6,4\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">June 12\u2014Iran<br \/>PMOI\/MEK Resistance Units commemorate the 45th anniversary of the June 20, 1981, uprising and express their solidarity and support for the upcoming rally of the Iranian Resistance.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/100kFreeIranRally?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#100kFreeIranRally<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4NQDIJ3Y4d\">pic.twitter.com\/4NQDIJ3Y4d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/2066108539462901874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"7\">June 9, 2026<\/h3>\n<p id=\"p-rc_c6e040576a57738d-80\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"8\"><span data-path-to-node=\"8,0\">Boxing champion Mohammad Javad Vafaei <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/facing-the-gallows-boxing-champion-mohammad-javad-vafaei-sani-sends-a-message-of-unyielding-resistance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sani smuggled a message<\/a> from Vakilabad Prison in <b data-path-to-node=\"8,0\" data-index-in-node=\"88\">Mashhad<\/b> after receiving his third death sentence, reaffirming his support for the MEK and active resistance<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"8,2\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"8\"><span data-path-to-node=\"8,2\">Simultaneously, political prisoners launched the 124th consecutive week of the &#8220;No to Executions Tuesdays&#8221; campaign, holding hunger strikes across 56 facilities to protest 49 hangings carried out since late May<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"8,4\">. In Lakan Prison in <b data-path-to-node=\"8,4\" data-index-in-node=\"21\">Rasht<\/b>, the death sentence for MEK supporter Yaghoub Derakhshan was confirmed via remote video show trials without legal counsel<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"8,6\">. In the overcrowded Sheiban Prison in <b data-path-to-node=\"8,6\" data-index-in-node=\"39\">Ahvaz<\/b>, which suffers from severe water shortages, prisoners Farshad Etemadifar, Alireza Merdasi, Masoud Jamei, and Reza Abdali faced imminent execution, alongside new death sentences issued for Hassan Maslavi, Yasin Shahbakhsh, and Ali Kamali<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"8,8\">. The striking prisoners released a joint statement backing recent student street protests against educational injustice<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"8,10\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p-rc_c6e040576a57738d-81\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"9\"><span data-path-to-node=\"9,0\">According to the movement&#8217;s tracking data, this coordinated hunger strike simultaneously took place in <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"140\">Evin<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"146\">Ghezel Hesar<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"160\">Karaj<\/b> Central, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"175\">Fardis Karaj<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"189\">Greater Tehran<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"205\">Qarchak<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"214\">Khorin Varamin<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"230\">Chubindar Qazvin<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"248\">Ahar<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"254\">Arak<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"260\">Langerud Qom<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"274\">Khorramabad<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"287\">Borujerd<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"297\">Yasuj<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"304\">Asadabad Isfahan<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"322\">Dastgerd Isfahan<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"340\">Sheiban Ahvaz<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"355\">Sepidar Ahvaz<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"370\">Nezam Shiraz<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"384\">Adelabad Shiraz<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"401\">Firuzabad Fars<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"417\">Dehdasht<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"427\">Zahedan<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"436\">Borazjan<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"446\">Ramhormoz<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"457\">Behbahan<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"467\">Bam<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"472\">Yazd<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"478\">Kahnuj<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"486\">Tabas<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"493\">Birjand Central<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"510\">Mashhad<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"519\">Gorgan<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"527\">Sabzevar<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"537\">Gonbad-e Kavus<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"553\">Qaemshahr<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"564\">Rasht<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"571\">Rudsar<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"579\">Haviq Talesh<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"593\">Ezbaram Lahijan<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"610\">Dizel Abad Kermanshah<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"633\">Ardabil<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"642\">Tabriz<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"650\">Urmia<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"657\">Salmas<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"665\">Khoy<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"671\">Naqadeh<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"680\">Miandoab<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"690\">Mahabad<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"699\">Bukan<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"706\">Saqqez<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"714\">Baneh<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"721\">Marivan<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"730\">Sanandaj<\/b>, <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"740\">Kamyaran<\/b>, and <b data-path-to-node=\"9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"754\">Ilam<\/b> prisons<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"9,2\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 Iran: Political Prisoner Parisa Kamali Condemns Executions \u2013 Simay Azadi Exclusive<\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive voice message from Parisa Kamali, a political prisoner and PMOI supporter held in Yazd Central Prison, she declared:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo to executions! They are nothing but a tool of terror\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cj1qtbd9Z6\">pic.twitter.com\/cj1qtbd9Z6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SIMAY AZADI TV (@en_simayazadi) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/en_simayazadi\/status\/2064409093180158119?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"10\">Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p id=\"p-rc_c6e040576a57738d-82\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"11\"><span data-path-to-node=\"11,0\">The widespread domestic actions reveal that Tehran&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/ncri-briefing-warns-of-new-wave-of-executions-in-iran-urges-international-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">strategy of mass executions<\/a> has failed to paralyze internal dissent following the January 2026 uprising<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"11,2\">. Instead, it has consolidated a two-front resistance structure: while external networks operate freely abroad, internal networks are actively breaking through internet blackouts and severe security crackdowns on the ground<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"11,4\">. This dual dynamic highlights an irreversible deadlock for the clerical establishment, showing that its survival relies entirely on a machinery of terror that no longer deters organized resistance<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"11,6\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the week of June 7&ndash;14, 2026, Iran witnessed a highly coordinated internal pushback against the regime&rsquo;s capital punishment drive, led by MEK Resistance Units and political detainees. 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