On the anniversary of the execution of the first central committee members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), along with their fellow Fedayeen and PMOI comrades, MEK Resistance Units carried out over 60 acts of defiance across cities in Iran. These actions paid tribute to the martyrs who lit the spark of organized resistance against the Shah’s dictatorship—an enduring struggle that continues today against the clerical regime.
On April 19, 1972, the Shah’s regime executed four trailblazing MEK leaders—Ali Bakeri, Nasser Sadegh, Ali Mihandoust, and Mohammad Bazargani—after military trials orchestrated by the notorious SAVAK and the Shah’s army. Three years later, on April 19, 1975, nine political prisoners were summarily executed on the hills of Evin Prison, including Bijan Jazani and several Fedayeen comrades, as well as PMOI members Kazem Zolanvar and activist Mostafa Javan Khoshdel.
Resistance Units across Iran commemorate PMOI martyrs and political prisoners murdered and executed by the Shah regime on April 19 in 1972 and 1975. #PMOI #ResistanceUnits pic.twitter.com/e4lRCau5jX
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) April 19, 2025
To honor these fallen heroes, Resistance Units took to the streets in cities including Tehran, Mashhad, Neyshabur, Zahedan, Isfahan, and Tabriz. They handwrote slogans, hung posters, and laid flowers at the graves of martyrs in Tehran’s Behesht Zahra cemetery. Messages like “We swear by the blood of our comrades: we will stand until the end” and “Death to the oppressor, be it the Shah or the Supreme Leader” echoed with renewed force.
At universities in Tehran, Tabriz, and Isfahan, students and activists declared: “Neither the Shah nor the mullahs,” and “Glory to the pioneers of armed resistance against the traitorous Shah.” Another powerful message read: “The SAVAK of yesterday is today’s IRGC.”
Across cities like Zahedan and Saqqez, bold graffiti proclaimed: “Monarchy and mullahs are both enemies of the people… Baluchestan is awake and rejects both the Shah and the mullahs.” In Neyshabur and Rasht, slogans rang out: “The only path to freedom is armed struggle and overthrow,” and “Eternal glory to the martyrs of April 19.”
"Baluchestan is awake and hates the Shah and mullahs" pic.twitter.com/PTtrHqaV1p
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) April 19, 2025
The message from these coordinated acts was unmistakable: The regime that killed the founding martyrs of the resistance remains—now cloaked in clerical garb. But the resistance they sparked on April 19, 1972, has not only survived—it has grown stronger, more widespread, and more resolute.
Today, the Resistance Units carry forward the legacy of the PMOI and Fedayeen, declaring once again that the Iranian people are ready to make any sacrifice for freedom—no matter how long it takes.
The journey that began with the martyrs of April 19 continues—until Iran is free and a democratic republic rises in its place.
