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MEK Resistance Units Conduct 50 Activities Across Iran Marking Maryam Rajavi’s Election Anniversary as NCRI President-elect

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MEK Resistance Units display portraits, banners, and slogans ahead of the anniversary of Maryam Rajavi’s election as NCRI president-elect.

On October 19, 2026, Resistance Units of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) carried out 50 activities in 18 Iranian cities ahead of the 33rd anniversary of the introduction of Mrs. Maryam Rajavi  as president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).

From Tehran and Karaj to Mashhad, Shiraz, Isfahan, Ahvaz, and Iranshahr, Resistance Units displayed portraits, posters, banners, and handwritten slogans advocating democracy, popular sovereignty, and a free Iran. The nationwide campaign took place while the regime’s repressive security apparatus remained on full alert.

In Tehran, a five-member group displayed a portrait of Maryam Rajavi alongside the slogan, “Democracy, freedom with Maryam Rajavi.” Other posters stated that the voice of freedom would never be silenced and presented Rajavi as a symbol of national solidarity in the pursuit of Iran’s freedom.

In Mashhad, two-member teams organized nighttime displays and held handwritten banners expressing support for the Resistance leadership. In Shiraz, three Resistance Unit members displayed messages highlighting women’s role in bringing about change. In Bushehr, another three-member group carried a banner celebrating women’s ability to shape history.

In Kermanshah, Rafsanjan, Bukan, and Iranshahr, small groups staged similar public displays. Elsewhere, Resistance Units placed posters on walls, trees, and benches in Karaj, Rasht, Shahriar, Isfahan, and other cities. In Bandar Abbas, they also wrote slogans on walls.

The range and geographic spread of these activities demonstrated the Resistance Units’ continued organizational presence throughout Iran.

Calls for an End to Dictatorship and the Restoration of Popular Rule

The campaign’s slogans directly challenged the clerical regime’s claim to political authority.

In Karaj and Kashan, posters called on the mullahs to relinquish power, declaring that sovereignty belongs to the Iranian people. In Rafsanjan, a two-member team held a banner reading, “Tomorrow’s Iran with Maryam Rajavi—No Shah, No Mullahs.”

In Iranshahr, a three-member group displayed a banner calling for “Freedom, justice, and national sovereignty with Maryam Rajavi.”

These messages expressed the Iranian Resistance’s rejection of both the former monarchical dictatorship and the ruling theocracy. They emphasized that the objective goes beyond removing the current rulers and includes establishing a democratic republic in which the Iranian people determine their political future.

Iranian Women’s Political Role at the Center of Campaign Messages

Women’s leadership featured prominently in the activities. Posters in Tehran and Shiraz highlighted Iranian women as the main force for change.

In Bushehr, a banner conveyed the message that women need not merely recount history but can also shape it. This emphasis on women’s political leadership contrasted with the institutionalized discrimination imposed by the clerical regime.

In Ahvaz, two-member Resistance Unit teams displayed portraits of Mrs. Rajavi alongside messages promoting her Ten-Point Plan for Iran’s future.

The plan calls for a democratic republic based on universal suffrage, separation of religion and state, gender equality, abolition of the death penalty, an independent judiciary, and a non-nuclear Iran committed to peaceful coexistence.

The 1993 NCRI Decision and Rajavi’s Transitional Mandate

The anniversary commemorates October 22, 1993, when the NCRI publicly announced its decision, adopted on August 28 of that year, to unanimously elect Maryam Rajavi as president-elect for the transitional period following the overthrow of the clerical regime.

Her mandate is to oversee the transfer of sovereignty to the Iranian people. Under the NCRI’s plan, a provisional government would organize free elections for a National Legislative and Constituent Assembly within six months, transferring authority to the people’s elected representatives.

The decision also marked an important milestone in the Iranian Resistance’s commitment to women’s leadership and its vision of a democratic alternative to the ruling theocracy.

Resistance Activities Continue Amid Executions and Repression

The October 19 activities took place against a backdrop of executions and repression. Despite these conditions, Resistance Units continued to make their presence visible across Iran, promoting an independent political alternative with an organized network inside the country and a democratic program for its future.

Thirty-three years after Maryam Rajavi’s introduction as president-elect, the activities connected that political vision with the ongoing struggle inside Iran.

Despite the regime’s intimidation and security threats, the Resistance Units’ continued activities demonstrate that the mullahs have failed to silence the voice of freedom and those determined to bring democratic change to Iran.

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