{"id":42697,"date":"2023-02-10T10:09:29","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T09:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=42697"},"modified":"2023-02-10T10:09:31","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T09:09:31","slug":"gothenburg-sweden-commemoration-of-the-anniversary-of-the-epic-of-february-8-1982-the-martyrdom-of-mek-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2023\/02\/gothenburg-sweden-commemoration-of-the-anniversary-of-the-epic-of-february-8-1982-the-martyrdom-of-mek-leaders\/42697\/","title":{"rendered":"Gothenburg, Sweden: Commemoration of the Anniversary of the Epic of February 8, 1982, the Martyrdom of MEK Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<!--?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"--><html><body><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Gothenburg-Feb-8-2023.jpg\" alt=\"Gothenburg, Sweden: Commemoration of the Anniversary of the Epic of February 8, 1982, the Martyrdom of MEK Leaders\" class=\"wp-image-42706\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';this.srcset='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Gothenburg-Feb-8-2023.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Gothenburg-Feb-8-2023-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Gothenburg-Feb-8-2023-768x372.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gothenburg, Sweden\u2014February 8, 2023:<\/strong> Freedom-loving Iranians, supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) held a rally <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/resistance-units-commemorate-mek-martyrs-in-cities-across-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">commemorating <\/a>senior\u00a0leaders of the <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/peoples-mojahedin-pmoi-mek-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MEK<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ctYTCZUzsnM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mousa Khiabani<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2023\/02\/06\/ashraf-rajavi-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ashraf Rajavi<\/a>, killed by the Iranian regime Revolutionary Guards (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/inside-irans-army-of-terror-and-oppression-revolutionary-guards-irgc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IRGC<\/a>) on February 8, 1982. Both were political prisoners before the 1979 revolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Gothenburg, Sweden: Commemoration of the Anniversary of February 8, 1982, Martyrdom of MEK Leaders\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aeNj_cXPvp4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, freedom-loving Iranians expressed solidarity with the nationwide\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/iran-protests-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Iranian Revolution<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Iranian community in Gothenburg expressed its support for their compatriots who rising against religious dictatorship and pledged to continue to call for freedom and democracy in Iran. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MEK\u00a0<\/a>supporters honored the martyrs of the nationwide uprisings. According to MEK reports, over <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1621910201078255616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1621910201078255616%7Ctwgr%5Eb9723ff811054e06a83dfb8e5d0352e373956d8b%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Firanfreedom.org%2Fen%2Factivities-outside-iran%2F2023%2F02%2Fsydney-australia-february-8-2023-mek-supporters-held-a-rally-in-support-of-the-iran-revolution%2F42688%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">750 protesters<\/a> have been killed so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is worth to mention that Wednesday, February 8, 2023, marked the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/live-report-irans-people-are-voicing-their-rage-by-burning-the-regimes-symbols\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">146th<\/a>\u00a0day of the continuous\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2022-nationwide-uprising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">anti-regime protests<\/a>\u00a0across Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gothenburg, Sweden \u2013 February 8<br>Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the MEK rallied to support <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/otWsStN8cm\">pic.twitter.com\/otWsStN8cm<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Iran Freedom (@4FreedominIran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/4FreedominIran\/status\/1623951730269364225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure 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