{"id":347659,"date":"2026-08-30T10:42:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T09:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=347659"},"modified":"2026-08-30T10:42:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T09:42:03","slug":"underground-resistance-escalates-across-iran-as-regime-faces-fuel-crisis-and-domestic-deadlock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/underground-resistance-escalates-across-iran-as-regime-faces-fuel-crisis-and-domestic-deadlock\/","title":{"rendered":"Underground Resistance Escalates Across Iran as Regime Faces Fuel Crisis and Domestic Deadlock"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Before and after images from MEK Resistance Units operations in Mashhad and Karaj, August 28, 2026 | Screenshots taken from real footage, enhanced by Grok AI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Weekly Report | August 23\u201329, 2026<\/em><\/p>\n

Resistance Units affiliated with the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) carried out a nationwide wave of coordinated underground operations across dozens of Iranian urban centers during the week of August 23\u201329, 2026, targeting state security apparatuses, intelligence hubs, and government propaganda facilities. Driven by public anger over impending fuel price hikes and an aggressive surge in state-sanctioned executions,\u00a0Resistance Units<\/a> executed targeted strikes and public defiance campaigns from the southeastern provinces to the central political heartland. The scale and geographic breadth of these actions highlight a deepening political crisis, exposing significant operational vulnerabilities within the regime’s security network as it attempts to maintain domestic control amid broader geopolitical tensions.<\/p>\n

August 28, 2026<\/h2>\n

Despite stringent security measures, resistance units in Zahedan resumed public activities by displaying political placards across major thoroughfares, explicitly rejecting both the ruling theocracy and any restoration of a monarchical system. Activists posted slogans declaring that dictatorship remains unacceptable regardless of form, while calling for a secular, democratic republic based on free elections and the separation of religion and state. The campaign directly challenged the state’s use of wartime conditions to justify heightened domestic repression. Furthermore, street messages condemned exiled political figures like Reza Pahlavi, criticizing calls for foreign military intervention and alleging connections between his circle and state security organs, including the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Slogans such<\/a> as “Down with the oppressor, be it the Shah or the supreme leader” emphasized the stance that systemic political change must be driven independently from within Iran.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udea8 EXCLUSIVE | Highlights of PMOI Resistance Units Operations Across Iran
Footage received exclusively by Simay Azadi shows highlights of operations carried out by PMOI Resistance Units across Iran on August 27, targeting IRGC Basij and other regime-affiliated centers and\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/ut1RDpm1ME<\/a><\/p>\n

— SIMAY AZADI TV (@en_simayazadi) August 28, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n