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.”
