{"id":69554,"date":"2025-01-22T08:28:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T07:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=69554"},"modified":"2025-02-23T10:26:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T09:26:50","slug":"melbourne-australia-january-20-2025-mek-supporters-protest-executions-and-human-rights-violations-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/iranian-communities\/2025\/01\/melbourne-australia-january-20-2025-mek-supporters-protest-executions-and-human-rights-violations-in-iran\/69554\/","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne, Australia \u2013 January 20, 2025: MEK Supporters Protest Executions and Human Rights Violations in Iran"},"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><div class=\"flex-shrink-0 flex flex-col relative items-end\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"pt-0\">\n<div class=\"gizmo-bot-avatar flex h-8 w-8 items-center justify-center overflow-hidden rounded-full\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words text-start [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"8660954d-3b8b-418a-a73f-6c7e4bfd1e01\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_69555\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69555\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-69555\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Melbourne-Australia-January-20-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" 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\/2025\/01\/Melbourne-Australia-January-20-2025.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Melbourne-Australia-January-20-2025-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Melbourne-Australia-January-20-2025-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69555\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melbourne, Australia \u2013 January 20, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Melbourne, Australia \u2013 January 20, 2025:<\/strong> 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 an exhibition protesting the Iranian regime\u2019s ongoing crimes against the Iranian people while expressing solidarity with the ongoing Iranian Revolution. The event also condemned the regime\u2019s use of <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/human-rights\/2024\/12\/urgent-action-required-six-political-prisoners-sentenced-to-death-in-iran\/67727\/\" rel=\"\">death sentences against political prisoners<\/a>, including those associated with the <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/peoples-mojahedin-pmoi-mek-iran\/\" rel=\"\">PMOI<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Iranian community in Melbourne voiced their support for a democratic republic in Iran, firmly rejecting all forms of dictatorship, including the mullahs\u2019 regime and any potential return to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/who-was-mohammad-reza-pahlavi-shah-irans-last-pahlavi-dictator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shah<\/a>\u2019s rule.<\/p>\n<p>The group specifically called for the closure of the Iranian regime\u2019s embassy in Australia and advocated for the blacklisting of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (<a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2023\/04\/irans-regime-irgc-a-state-sponsored-terrorist-organization\/44858\/\">IRGC<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>They also highlighted the importance of recognizing the Iranian people\u2019s resistance, particularly the role of the <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/t\/iranian-resistance-units\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MEK Resistance Units<\/a> inside Iran, in their fight against tyranny and dictatorship. The participants reaffirmed the Iranian people\u2019s right to self-defense in their struggle for freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Australian citizens also visited the exhibition, expressing their solidarity with the people of Iran and their fight for democracy, freedom, and human rights<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-69564\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Melbourne-Jan-20-pic-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" 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\/2025\/01\/Melbourne-Jan-20-pic-8.jpg 800w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Melbourne-Jan-20-pic-8-300x300.jpg 300w, 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