{"id":26983,"date":"2021-10-07T11:00:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T09:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=26983"},"modified":"2021-10-07T10:02:51","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T08:02:51","slug":"resistance-units-support-in-protests-and-uprisings-against-the-iranian-regime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/10\/resistance-units-support-in-protests-and-uprisings-against-the-iranian-regime\/26983\/","title":{"rendered":"Resistance Units Support in Protests and Uprisings Against the Iranian Regime"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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MEK Resistance Units Activities Across Iran<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The current period of persistent unrest in Iran is years in the making, but ever since Ebrahim Raisi<\/a> was appointed at the Iranian regime\u2019s new president in June, the unrest has amplified. This is no surprise considering Raisi\u2019s history of human rights abuses and crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raisi <\/a>was involved heavily in Iran\u2019s 1988 massacre<\/a>, which saw 30,000 political prisoners executed during the summer of that year. As the deputy public prosecutor in Tehran at the time, Raisi became an official on the \u2018death commission\u2019, a panel of judges who implemented then-supreme leader, Ruhollah Khomeini\u2019s fatwa which ordered them to execute those prisoners that were allied with the Iranian Resistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Council of Resistance of Iran (<\/a>NCRI<\/a>) said<\/a>, \u201cAs the unrests in recent years in Iran have been escalating, the MEK<\/a>\u2019s \u2018Resistance Units<\/a>\u2019 have proven to be a central driving force in a number of recent, large-scale protests and nationwide uprisings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iran\u2019s most notable uprisings took place in January 2018 and November 2019<\/a>, with protests taking place in hundreds of cities across the country. Both uprisings featured protesters displaying anti-regime slogans, such as \u2018Death to the Dictator\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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