Calls for Freedom Reject Both Shah and Theocracy Amid Rising Repression

April 17, 2026 — Zahedan, Southeast Iran

Despite a renewed wave of executions and intensified repression, Resistance Units affiliated with the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) carried out anti-regime activities in Zahedan, reflecting ongoing organized defiance and rejection of all forms of dictatorship.

Key Slogans Highlight the Struggle for Freedom

• “Massoud Rajavi: For a century, the main battle in Iran has been between freedom and tyranny—against both the Shah and the mullahs.”
• “For a hundred years, the central conflict in Iran has been freedom versus monarchy and religious despotism.”

Messages from Massoud Rajavi

• “The apparatus of both Shah and Sheikh—symbols of dictatorship and dependency—must be dismantled at its roots.”
• “Fascist slogans such as ‘Long Live the Shah,’ ‘Only the Rastakhiz Party,’ ‘Only Hezbollah,’ or ‘Khamenei is the Leader’ must be discarded.”
• “Any form of dictatorship, whether religious or monarchical, is a war against the Iranian people.”
• “The ceasefire exposed the hollow war-mongering claims of the Shah’s heir.”

Messages from Maryam Rajavi

• “Maryam Rajavi: Dictatorship is dictatorship—whether enforced by the IRGC or the Shah’s Imperial Guard.”
• “The Iranian people have reached a level of progress that leaves no room for religious or monarchical reaction.”
• “Remnants of the previous dictatorship seek to hijack the uprising.”
• “A halt to executions must be included in any international agreement.”
• “Resistance Units and the Liberation Army are the forces for regime change.”
• “The NCRI offers a genuine alternative backed by 100,000 martyrs.”
• “Neither appeasement nor foreign war is the solution; regime change must come by the people and organized resistance.”
• “Iran stands at a decisive moment; the regime is on the brink of overthrow.”
• “The Ten-Point Plan envisions a democratic republic based on freedom and equality.”
• “Peace and freedom are the guiding principles of this Resistance.”

Placards Reject Both Shah and Mullahs

• “Anyone aligning with the Shah’s heir or Khamenei’s camp destroys their future.”
• “Silence toward past and present dictators is complicity in oppression and bloodshed.”
• “The stains of both clerical rule and monarchy must be erased from Iran’s history.”
• “Down with the oppressor—be it Shah or Supreme Leader.”
• “No to monarchy, no to supreme leadership—yes to freedom and equality.”
• “Neither Shah nor Sheikh—yes to a democratic republic.”

Calls for Peace and Freedom

• “The slogan of the NCRI and its provisional government is peace and freedom.”
• “Long live the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran.”