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Monday, September 10, 2018

Iran IRGC behind missile attack targeting Iraq-based Kurdish dissidents

Base of Iranian Kurdish dissidents targeted by IRGC missile attack

Analysis by PMOI/MEK

Iran, Sept. 10, 2018 - The Iranian regime’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) has accepted responsibility for a recent missile attack targeting Iranian Kurdish dissidents based in Iraq. This missile barrage on the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) site coincided with the execution of three Kurdish political prisoners early Saturday morning local time in Gohardasht (Rajaie Shahr) Prison of Karaj, west of Tehran.

The IRGC statement claims the objective was to end “aggressive measures against Iran.”

“The missile unit of the IRGC Air & Space Force, in cooperation with the IRGC Ground Forces Drone Unit, targeted a group’s base and the session on Saturday with seven short-range surface-to-surface missiles,” the statement adds.

KDP statement

The KDP issues a statement on mullahs’ vicious crimes saying the KDP Political Office base came under an IRGC aerial attack while the party’s Central Committee was holding a session. The KDP restated that when facing an increasing wave of domestic unrest at home and international political/economic pressures, the Islamic republic regime resorts to the crackdown, aggression, crimes and terrorist measures against freedom lovers of Kurdistan and Iran inside the country and abroad.

15 KDP members were killed and nearly 40 others were injured, the Kurdish dissident group specified in another statement. Four KDP Central Committee members, including Karim Mahdavi, Ebrahim Ebrahimi, Nasrin Haddad, Rahman Pirouti and two life-long members of the Central Committee, Soheila Ghaderi and Hashem Aziza, were among those killed in this missile attack.

Iranian Resistance condemnation

Iranian opposition President Maryam Rajavi strongly condemned the execution of three Kurdish political prisoners and the missile attack launched against the Kurdistan Democratic Party by the mullahs’ regime, describing these measures as crimes against humanity and called for immediate measures by the United Nations Security Council.

Mrs. Rajavi called on the people of Kurdistan and all of Iran to rise in uprisings and protest.

“I call on the courageous people of #Kurdistan & across #Iran to rise up against the anti-human mullahs’ regime that is hell-bent on stepping up terror, repression, executions, and missile attacks to extinguish the people’s uprising. But it will take that wish to the grave,” Rajavi said in a tweet.

Friday, August 31, 2018

Iran: “Warning: PMOI/MEK have changed tactics

A PMOI/MEK resistance unit

Analysis by PMOI/MEK

Iran, Aug. 30, 2018 - The state-run “Baharestaneh” website in Iran, associated to Iranian regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, posted the following article on August 28^th, indicating the mullahs’ utter fear of the Iranian opposition People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).

“It is necessary to take a look at the differences the PMOI/MEK have implemented in their tactics these days in comparison to the Dec/Jan uprising period. For some times now, the PMOI/MEK launched a coordinated chorus indicating the Islamic Republic of Iran is in its final phase. Cyberspace has the role of providing back-up fire in this regard… The PMOI/MEK have changed their tactic now and the protests, even in comparison to the Dec/Jan period, have surpassed an undeniable reality...

“It is worth taking the time and looking at the differences in the PMOI/MEK today in comparison to Dec/Jan:

“1. In the past, the PMOI/MEK were known to ride waves. Today, however, they have infiltrated into many social sectors and among people from all walks of life, including truck drivers, bazaar store owners, people whose life savings have been stolen by state-run firms, teachers, workers and … and [PMOI/MEK] are guiding them in their protests.

“2. The nature of today’s protests have changed. For example, in the past it would take one or two days for social/economic chants to evolve into [anti-regime] slogans. Today, however, this transition is quickly turned into a political demonstration and slogans change into [anti-regime] chants.

“3. During the Dec/Jan period the protesters were unorganized and lacked leadership. There were vivid leadership mistakes on the ground and the movement lacked the necessary complexity. Today, however, in addition to gaining a gangster-like and aggressive spirit, [the protests] have the potential of establishing bunkers and shields in the streets in the case of a faceoff with security forces. This means the protesters are far more ready these days.

“4. Protesters, with the PMOI/MEK topping the list, lack any political reservations. They do not recognize any factional divisions inside the [Iranian regime] and they put the same amount of energy in their slogans against reformists as they do against principalists.

“5. The PMOI/MEK’s role in the Dec/Jan uprising is so undeniable that the Supreme Leader said in his January 9^th speech: ‘A triangle was active in this regard… The PMOI/MEK were the third side of this triangle.”

“Currently, the fact that protesters are becoming organized is a game-changing factor in comparison to the Dec/Jan uprising. They have established entities dubbed ‘Resistance Units’ that are able to increase their numbers and have the potential of replacing leaders at the scene of protests [in case of arrests]!

“However, the most significant development is the linkage between these units to their leadership. Currently, these resistance units are receiving their guidance from Massoud Rajavi in the form of ‘Message to Resistance Units.’

“On August 2^nd of this year Massoud Rajavi sent a message titled, ‘Fist with fist, attack with attack, fire with fire’ to lift the protesters’ spirits, promising them these protests will continue and expand with each passing day. He described the protests as more organized in comparison to the past, claiming the [regime] lacks the capacity to confront these measures.

“Now that the enemy of the state, with such an apparatus, has prepared for a confrontation, we must acknowledge the fact that we are all in the same boat. Therefore, one must tell all government officials and the associated others that the status quo is a very serious threat that one cannot easily neglect.”

This text, posted in an article associated to Khamenei himself, vividly describes the dire situation of Iran’s regime and how the mullahs’ entire apparatus is literally crippled in the face of escalating protests across the country, especially with PMOI/MEK resistance units galvanizing and spearheading these efforts to target the regime’s core entities.

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Iran opposition President Maryam Rajavi pays tribute to Senator John McCain

ran opposition President Maryam Rajavi pays tribute to Senator John McCain

By PMOI/MEK

Aug. 26, 2018 - Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President of the Iranian opposition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), sent a message expressing her deepest condolences to the family of Senator John McCain after his passing away.

Senator McCain was a strong critic of the mullahs’ regime ruling Iran and visited members of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) in 2017 after their successful transfer to Albania, where he also met with Mrs. Rajavi.

On December 30^th, 2017, coinciding with the Iranian people’s uprising across the country, Senator McCain expressed his support of their nationwide protests.

On April 19^th, 2017, Fox News reported the Iranian regime, its nuclear program and what critics consider this regime’s utter support for terrorism in the Middle East, were all in the center of discussions in a major rally held in Albania. This was a pivoting point for Iran’s main opposition group, Fox News added. Arizona Senator John McCain delivered a speech in this rally and hailed the Iranian opposition members.

During his meeting with Mrs. Rajavi the Senator expressed his support for the Iranian opposition’s objectives and once again criticized the Iranian regime for its support of terrorism across the Middle East and, for example, Tehran’s decision to stand alongside the Assad regime in Syria.

Senator McCain praised the Iranian opposition for setting an example for the entire world and proving anyone will be able to obtain freedom if determined and willing to sacrifice for it.

Thursday, August 23, 2018

Khamenei’s “mistake” that ensued a scandal

Iranian regime supreme leader Ali Khamenei

Analysis by PMOI/MEK

Iran, Aug 23, 2018 - Iranian regime supreme leader Ali Khamenei gave a speech on August 10 that was quoted in Iran’s media in different versions. In parts of his speech, Khamenei made remarks about negotiating with US and JCPOA that some state-run media initially published but later censored when the national television aired the full remarks. His office and affiliated websites also redacted the controversial parts of Khamenei’s speech.

In the initial coverage of the speech, websites quoted Khamenei as saying: “I made a mistake in the matter of the negotiations and in response to the gentlemen’s persistence I allowed this experience and indeed they crossed drawn red lines.”

Later, national television aired the remarks quoting Khamenei as follows: “Why should we negotiate? JCPOA is a clear example of this. And indeed, all the red lines that we drew were not respected. The other party behaved like this, acted like this…”

The clear censorship created a lot of controversy among both Iranians and the Iranian regime’s forces. Khamenei’s office was compelled to issue a statement saying that the matter “had created controversies in the cyberspace” and “caused questions for some people.” The statement continued to clear the matter by publishing the correct sentence in Khamenei’s remarks as saying: “In the matter of JCPOA, I made a mistake to allow our foreign minister to talk to them [and] we made a loss.”

But this statement is also different from what Iranian media initially published. It is also not what the national television aired. In the end, it’s not clear what the Iranian Supreme Leader has really said, and his office’s statement only adds to the charlatanism and deception of the matter.

But there are a few takeaways!

Even Khamenei’s remarks are heavily edited and altered before made public. This could indicate the precarious situation the Iranian regime is in.

It is important to note that a confession to mistake by “Imam Khamenei” in these times is a big mistake itself. For the Iranian regime’s low IQ base, it is vital to see Khamenei as the innocent Imam who doesn’t make mistakes.

Ahmad Alamolhoda, Khamenei’s representative in Mashhad and the city’s Friday prayer Imam, tried to cover and clear the matter and said in last week’s Friday prayers: “When the Supreme Leader says clearly that this much that we advanced and allowed was a mistake and then says that they didn’t respect my red lines. If they had respected my red lines, we wouldn’t be in so much trouble. Well, you didn’t respect the Supreme Leader’s red lines and we took the hit.”

It is evident that Alamolhoda is trying to cover up for Khamenei and pretend that the Supreme Leader has been able to contain damages until now. In other parts of his remarks, Alamolhoda tries to make a scapegoat out of Hassan Rouhani for the Supreme Leader saying: “The president confessed that if not for your constraints [referring to Khamenei’s constraints for the negotiations] we would have made more concessions.”

It is noteworthy that during the negotiations, Hassan Rouhani and some of the negotiations team, including Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, repeatedly said that the talks were under the supervision of the Supreme Leader. Khamenei himself, during the talks and after signing the JCPOA, repeatedly praised the negotiations team as trustworthy.

But now that the JCPOA turned to be a noose around the regime’s neck instead of the Holy Grail it was meant to be, Khamenei tries as usual tries to accuse the government and president to keep the holy and innocent aura that he needs in front of his followers.

If the negotiation team wasn’t respecting the Supreme Leader’s red lines, why didn’t he point that out back then, while they repeatedly told that the whole process was under his supervision?

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

30th Anniversary Commemoration of the Massacre of 30,000 Political Prisoners in Iran The Roots of the Nationwide Uprising in Iran & its Prospects Simultaneous interactive conference of Iranian Communities in 20 major cities & capitols throughout Europe & North America

e Uprising in Iran & its Prospects Simultaneous interactive conference of Iranian Communities in 20 major cities & capitols throughout Europe & North America

The 30th anniversary of the 1988 massacre of political prisoners in Iran

30^th Anniversary Commemoration of the Massacre of 30,000 Political Prisoners in Iran

They tried to bury us, they didn’t know we were seeds.

Call by Iranian Communities on international community:

Support Iran Protests and aspirations of the Iranian people for regime change & establishment of democracy
Condemn Mullahs’ human rights violations & terrorism
Prosecute the perpetrators of the 1988 Massacre
Adopt a firm policy towards the theocratic regime ruling Iran

30th anniversary of the 1988 massacre of political prisoners in Iran.jpg

As nationwide protests and strikes continue across Iran, entering their ninth month of continuous uprisings, and at a time where the cry for regime change and freedom is echoing throughout Iran; Iranian communities in over 20 capitals and major cities across Europe and North America, will come together in a new innovation, on Saturday, 25 August, in a joint, interactive conference to commemorate 30,000 political prisoners who were executed in the 1988 massacre in Iran.

The nationwide popular uprisings today, are the continuation of the aspirations and paths of those fallen for freedom in 1988. Those who said ‘no!’ to the henchmen and sacrificed their lives for freedom in Iran.

The Iran protests derive from deep roots within such sacrifices, and now, intertwined with the Iranian resistance, the chimes for regime change have been rung. The roots of the nationwide uprisings and its prospects will be discussed in this international conference.

The conference, which will bring together thousands of Iranians in Europe and North America for the first time online, is part of the international campaign seeking justice for the victims of the massacre. A campaign which was launched two years ago with a call by Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the NCRI, and demands an independent inquiry by the UN into the massacre, putting an end to the impunity of the perpetrators of the 1988 massacre. A massacre which has been highlighted by human rights NGOs, experts and defenders, as one of the worst crimes against humanity since World War II.

Perpetrators of this massacre are now among the highest officials in the regime and are directly involved in suppressing the uprising.

Thousands from across the Iranian diaspora and representatives of Iranian Associations, along with prominent international social and political personalities will gather in Paris, London, Berlin, Frankfurt, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Rome, Oslo, Brussels, Bern, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Bucharest, Helsinki , Gothenburg, Aarhus, Stuttgart. Survivors and relatives of the massacre will also share their experiences and observations with the participants.

Congressman Patrick Kennedy and a number of European lawmakers, will be among the participants at the Paris conference.

This international gathering of the Iranian communities will begin at 5 pm CEST and 11 am EST and will be broadcasted live in Persian, English, French and Arabic on social network and websites of the Resistance and Iranian communities.

Together we can echo the voice and message of this event!

What you can do:

Inform friends, family and activists interested in human rights and Iran Protests of the event.
Share the live broadcast of the gathering on social media to better echo the call for justice and democracy in Iran.

You can tune in live on the following networks:

Facebook: /4freedominIran

Twitter: @4freedominIran

www.iranfreedom.org

Join the online social media campaign, by using the hashtag #1988Massacre
Ask your local media and news outlets to cover the conference and report on the aspirations of the Iranian community.

Undoubtedly, as the President-elect of Iranian Resistance pointed out in her message, "The nationwide uprising persisting today is the continuation of their perseverance of resistance units and the pioneers of the call-for-justice movement continue the path of those heroes."

Background information

In 1988, based on a fatwa by Khomeini, more than 30,000 political prisoners who were serving their sentences were executed for standing their grounds in defense of democracy and human rights. To expedite the executions Khomeini formed three-member death committees throughout Iran to sentence the prisoners to death within a few minutes. The victims, most of whom were members of the PMOI, were buried in mass graves. So far, no independent international investigation has been carried out in regards to this massacre, and the perpetrators of this terrible crime have never been brought to justice.

In an audio recording which was revealed in 2016, Hossein Ali Montazeri, Khomeini's successor at the time, explicitly tells the Death Commission in Tehran that what is being carried out is the most heinous crime of the Islamic Republic in Iran’s history. In April 1989, Khomeini dismissed Montazeri for his opposition to the massacre and wrote after me you would give the country to the liberals and through them to the PMOI/MEK. In June of that year, after the death of Khomeini, Ali Khamenei became Iran’s Supreme Leader.

In recent months, many human rights organizations such as Amnesty International have presented reports on the 1988 Massacre, calling for investigations in this regard and have called for urgent reaction to the destruction of mass graves by the mullahs.

Iranian Communities in Europe-supporters of the Iranian Resistance

20 August 2018

Thursday, August 16, 2018

The geography of protests in Iran

Protesters clash with authorities in Isfahan – August 2

Analysis by PMOI/MEK

Iran, Aug 16, 2018 - Looking at Iran from any angle provides us an image engulfed with protests, strikes, picket lines and demonstrations launched by a powder keg society. These anti-regime protests may have their ups and down, yet it is proven in the past nine month there is no turning back.

More than 150 cities across Iran are witnessing expanding protests, beginning back in late December 2017 when demonstrations sparked in Mashhad and quickly spread to Sanandaj, Tehran and at least 140 other cities, dangerously placing the Iranian people against the regime. This characteristic was seen vividly in Kazerun. Then truck drivers went on strike across the country. Afterwards the city of Borazjan and others in Khuzestan Province rose, followed by farmers in Varzaneh near Isfahan.

This is the people responding to the mullahs’ 40 years of repression.

The people are expressing their hatred of the mullahs in a domino fashion, a fury that has been escalating for four long decades now.

Tehran’s bazaar, home to Iran’s main economic pillars, has joined the protesters’ ranks. Brave youths in Tehran have immediately showed their support. It is quite considerable the fact that bazaar merchants first demanded freedoms and chanted political slogans in their protests.

Karaj, Tehran’s neighbor to the west, was also the scene of several nights of major protests and extensive skirmishes between protesters and authorities. Some sources even reported intense close-contact clashes.

More recently, Tehran’s shoe market store owners went on strike chanting “Death to the dictator.” This goes far beyond already legitimate protests over skyrocketing prices and the scarcity of goods.

These signs all indicate there’s no other link between the people and the ruling mullahs. Iranian regime officials are realizing these protests will continue.

Furthermore, the ruling regime has no solution to the expanding uproar facing its establishment. The Iranian people are challenging all the tools and tactics used by the ruling regime to remain in power.

The people are no longer accepting the regime’s expansionism in Syria, Yemen, Iraq; the officials’ rampaging corruption, constant lies, embezzlement by Iranian regime officials and their relatives, banks stealing people’s money, the regime’s endless deceit about “foreign enemies,” and …

Protesters are also responding to the regime’s deceptive measures by chanting, “Reformists, principalists, end of story.”

All of the above portray a very telling political balance of power. Iranian regime officials from all factions are desperately focusing efforts to maintain their apparatus intact.

What they’re missing is the undeniable fact that Iran can only be “saved” through regime change and bringing an end to the mullahs’ four decades of atrocities.

These anti-regime protests will escalate and bring about the end of the Iranian regime as we know it, paving the path for the establishment of freedom and democracy across Iran.

Monday, September 10, 2018

Iran IRGC behind missile attack targeting Iraq-based Kurdish dissidents

KDP statement

Iranian Resistance condemnation

Friday, August 31, 2018

Iran: “Warning: PMOI/MEK have changed tactics

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Iran opposition President Maryam Rajavi pays tribute to Senator John McCain

Price protests turn political in Iran as rallies spread

Thursday, August 23, 2018

Khamenei’s “mistake” that ensued a scandal

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

30th Anniversary Commemoration of the Massacre of 30,000 Political Prisoners in Iran The Roots of the Nationwide Uprising in Iran & its Prospects Simultaneous interactive conference of Iranian Communities in 20 major cities & capitols throughout Europe & North America

Thursday, August 16, 2018

The geography of protests in Iran