{"id":20677,"date":"2021-01-15T08:16:15","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T07:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=20677"},"modified":"2021-01-15T08:45:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T07:45:10","slug":"support-for-mek-tvs-25th-telethon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/01\/support-for-mek-tvs-25th-telethon\/20677\/","title":{"rendered":"Support for Iran Opposition’s TV\u2019s 25th Telethon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Iran\u2019s opposition TV network, Simay-e Azadi (INTV)<\/a> has had great support from the Iranian people during their 25th<\/sup> annual Telethon<\/a> which ran for 3 days across Friday 8, Saturday 9, and Sunday 10 January 2021. Iranians also voiced their support for the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran\u2019s (PMOI\/MEK<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the telethon, many Iranian citizens lent their financial and moral support to the resistance units and their struggle for freedom and democracy, with many calls being made from inside Iran, a forbidden act for which the callers risked being arrested for expressing their support for the opposition openly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due to the Iranian regime\u2019s systematic censorship of the media, it has created a serious need for the Iranian people to access outside news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

INTV <\/a>is a non-profit 24\/7 satellite channel, broadcasting from Europe, that broadcasts news and information to Iranians around the world and the donations from the telethon will allow them to continue their activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Iranian regime has, in the past, condemned the financial support for the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI<\/a>) and the MEK <\/a>as enmity from God and punished such support with executions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On June 1, 2014, MEK supporter, Gholamreza Khosravi<\/a>, a 49-year-old political prisoner, from the south-western city of Abadan, was arrested and executed for providing financial support to INTV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before his execution, he said: \u201cI am fully ready to die for people and the liberation ideals of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI). I consider my death sentence as God\u2019s will and whatever happens is for the good and I accept it wholeheartedly, and I am honored by it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many MEK supporters, who bravely introduced themselves as members of the Iranian Resistance units, sent video messages during the telethon from Tehran, Isfahan, Tabriz, Kermanshah, Shahr-e Kord, Babol, Jouybar and Rudsar, stressing that INTV is the hope and voice for the struggle for freedom in Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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