{"id":347202,"date":"2026-08-10T12:35:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T11:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=347202"},"modified":"2026-08-10T12:35:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T11:35:18","slug":"irans-qom-seminary-revisits-50-years-of-pmoi-struggle-revealing-anxiety-over-an-evolving-foe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/irans-qom-seminary-revisits-50-years-of-pmoi-struggle-revealing-anxiety-over-an-evolving-foe\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Qom Seminary Revisits 50 Years of PMOI Struggle, Revealing Anxiety Over an Evolving Foe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In Tehran, members of the PMOI-led Resistance Units were carrying the flag of the National Liberation Army of Iran\u2014 February 20, 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Four-minute read<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

In the tightly controlled media landscape of the clerical dictatorship, state-sanctioned retrospectives are rarely mere history lessons. They are meticulously crafted signals that reflect the immediate anxieties of the ruling clerics. A recent, extensive report published by Hawzah News, the official agency of the Qom seminary, offers a profound glimpse into this defensive posture. Notably, rather than resorting to the regime’s standard pejorative term “Monafeqin<\/em>” (hypocrites), the report explicitly uses the formal name, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI). Rather than a simple condemnation, the lengthy treatise<\/a> serves as a glaring admission of the regime\u2019s current vulnerability and its acute awareness of the Resistance’s continuous strategic adaptation to changing circumstances and geographical locations over nearly half a century.<\/p>\n

To understand the timing and the reason behind this sudden, deep dive into the evolution of the Iranian Resistance, one must look at the unprecedented crises engulfing Tehran. The clerical establishment is currently navigating a perfect storm: a crippling economic meltdown, profound infighting among the hardline elite, and terrifyingly low morale among its once-reliable loyalist base. Hanging over the Supreme Leader\u2019s inner circle<\/a> is the perpetual fear of an imminent, nationwide uprising. In such desperate times, the regime feels an existential need to explain its most organized adversary to a fractured base that is rapidly losing faith, and to do so, it must acknowledge the sophisticated nature of the threat.<\/p>\n

Hawza News traces the PMOI\u2019s trajectory from its early urban operations in the wake of the 1979 revolution, to its establishment of a classic military force, and its eventual pivot to a multifaceted modern campaign. While the regime\u2019s propagandists attempt to frame this history with their customary hostility, the text inadvertently betrays a deep-seated fear of the opposition\u2019s agility. Conceding the PMOI’s modern tactical prowess, the Qom seminary publication observes that the Resistance’s strategy has transformed into “a combined model of political, military, intelligence, and cyber activities<\/a>, as well as exploiting internal unrest”.<\/p>\n

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"For Iran\u2019s rulers, the most dangerous part of the January 2026 uprising was not simply that crowds poured into the streets. It was that the @Mojahedineng<\/a>-led Resistance Units were there with them\u2014helping people stay together under attack, getting families out of kill-zones,\u2026<\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) January 27, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n