{"id":346703,"date":"2026-07-19T19:53:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T18:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=346703"},"modified":"2026-07-20T10:35:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T09:35:16","slug":"coordinated-resistance-units-operations-challenge-irans-clerical-dictatorship-in-julys-third-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/coordinated-resistance-units-operations-challenge-irans-clerical-dictatorship-in-julys-third-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Coordinated Resistance Units Operations Challenge Iran\u2019s Clerical Dictatorship in July\u2019s Third Week\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chabahar, southeastern Iran \u2013 A large portrait of the slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei burns during a fiery protest operation by PMOI\/MEK Resistance Units, May 2026. (Image professionally enhanced and resized by Grok)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A weekly overview of the activities of MEK Resistance Units<\/a> across Iran from July 11\u201318, 2026, reveals a significant escalation in coordinated domestic defiance that challenges the clerical establishment’s grip on power. While the regime attempted to exploit the burial ceremonies of its slain Supreme Leader to project strength, the Iranian Resistance launched an expansive, multi-city campaign of sabotage, public demonstrations, and coordinated prison strikes to exploit the widening power vacuum. The geographic spread of these operations\u2014from the restive southeastern borderlands to the central industrial corridors and the capital\u2014shows that the regime is confronting not isolated protests, but a nationwide, organized resistance. As the regime navigates a turbulent transition to Mojtaba Khamenei, the scale of this grassroots resistance exposes a security apparatus struggling to contain a population that increasingly views the ruling elite as deeply vulnerable.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

July 17, 2026<\/h3>\n

In\u00a0<\/span>Zahedan<\/span><\/b>,\u00a0Resistance\u00a0<\/span>Units\u00a0defied h<\/span>eavy security cordons to launch high-visibility street protests directly challenging the theocracy and firmly rejecting any\u00a0notion of\u00a0monarchical restoration. Activists\u00a0expressed support for\u00a0the terror blacklisting of the IRGC and highlighted the acute political weakness of Mojtaba Khamenei<\/a>, whose succession\u00a0remains\u00a0contested by\u00a0nearly half\u00a0of the Assembly of Experts. Utilizing placards that rejected dictators wearing either a crown or a turban, protesters asserted the public’s unwavering memory of state-sanctioned executions and demanded the establishment of a democratic republic.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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On July 10, PMOI Resistance Units launched a nationwide campaign of defiance, carrying out 25 daring operations across Iran. These courageous actions targeted the ruling clerics' apparatus of suppression, espionage, and corruption. pic.twitter.com\/VDKqG27CJO<\/a><\/p>\n

— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) July 17, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n