{"id":91913,"date":"2026-10-17T10:47:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T08:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=91913"},"modified":"2026-10-17T10:47:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T08:47:22","slug":"zahedan-mek-resistance-units-reject-both-shah-and-mullahs-call-for-a-democratic-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/iranian-resistance-activities-inside-iran\/2026\/10\/zahedan-mek-resistance-units-reject-both-shah-and-mullahs-call-for-a-democratic-republic\/91913\/","title":{"rendered":"Zahedan: MEK Resistance Units Reject Both Shah and Mullahs, Call for a Democratic Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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MEK Resistance Units in Zahedan display banners rejecting monarchical and religious dictatorship and calling for a democratic republic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Friday, October 16, 2026 \u2014 Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran:<\/strong> Resistance Units<\/a> of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) carried out activities across Zahedan, displaying banners and placards featuring messages from Iranian Resistance Leader Massoud Rajavi<\/a> and Mrs. Maryam Rajavi<\/a>. The activities emphasized the rejection of both monarchical and religious dictatorship and called for a democratic republic.<\/p>\n

The messages highlighted the rejection of despotism and dependence, the necessity of overthrowing the ruling Velayat-e Faqih regime, and the role of organized resistance in achieving freedom. Slogans also emphasized the principles of \u201cNo to Shah<\/a>, No to Mullahs,\u201d freedom, equality, and a democratic republic.<\/p>\n

Massoud Rajavi\u2019s Messages: Rejecting the Shah and the Mullahs and Emphasizing a Democratic Alternative<\/h3>\n

The banners carried the following messages from Mr. Massoud Rajavi, Leader of the Iranian Resistance:<\/p>\n

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  • \u201cIranians are rising up against the award and encouragement given to the offspring of the dependent dictator Shah. Monarchical fascism, like religious fascism, is not deserving of awards.\u201d<\/li>\n
  • \u201cThe reality is that the outcome of all the performances by the Shah\u2019s son and the courtiers and court criers around him goes into the mullahs\u2019 pockets\u2014and nothing more.\u201d<\/li>\n
  • \u201cBy rejecting the Shah and the Sheikh\u2014that is, dictatorship and dependence\u2014the legitimacy of the democratic revolutionary alternative and its allied front has been proven, despite all the reactionary and colonial demonization campaigns.\u201d<\/li>\n
  • \u201cThe validity of the fundamental principle of \u2018No to Shah, No to Mullahs\u2019 has been proven, despite the greatest censorship imposed on the Iranian Resistance in a century.\u201d<\/li>\n
  • \u201cWhat has been proven is the legitimacy and authenticity of the democratic alternative, namely the National Council of Resistance of Iran, which has firmly established the boundaries of the people\u2019s front against both the Shah and the Sheikh.\u201d<\/li>\n
  • \u201cThe shameful fabrication of a Chalabi-style figure is an insult to the Iranian people\u2019s anti-monarchical revolution for independence and freedom. It is a colonial act and a trampling of the blood of the standard-bearers and martyrs of freedom throughout a century of monarchy and clerical rule in Iran.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Resistance and the Struggle for Freedom<\/h4>\n

    Additional messages from Mr. Rajavi emphasized resistance and the struggle to overthrow dictatorship:<\/p>\n

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    • \u201cUnder the banner of \u2018No to Shah, No to Mullahs,\u2019 the cry for freedom must be raised, arms must be taken up, and resistance must be waged.\u201d<\/li>\n
    • \u201cThe Iranian nation\u2019s courage in overthrowing the Shah and the Sheikh, and in the fires of the Resistance Units and its valiant offspring, has continued to burn since June 20, 1981, and remains aflame to this day.\u201d<\/li>\n
    • \u201cMaking a revolution in its true and democratic sense, with sovereignty resting with the people, comes at a considerable cost; it is not achieved for free.\u201d<\/li>\n
    • \u201cAs long as dictatorial fascism remains in power and the people\u2019s sovereignty continues to be usurped and stolen, the question of the people\u2019s front versus the anti-people\u2019s front must first be settled.\u201d<\/li>\n
    • \u201cThe Mojahedin have always stood firm and resolute, ready under all circumstances to fight and struggle to overthrow the enemy of humanity. They have been, are, and will remain so\u2014with a hundredfold battle.\u201d<\/li>\n
    • \u201cThe slogan \u2018Death to the oppressor, be it the Shah or the Supreme Leader,\u2019 which blocks the path of despotism and colonialism, has become widespread.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      \"Under the flag of 'Neither mullahs nor Shah,' we must raise the cry of freedom and rise in resistance.\" pic.twitter.com\/9dbDbsZrjj<\/a><\/p>\n

      \u2014 People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) October 17, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n