{"id":92430,"date":"2026-10-31T11:50:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T10:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=92430"},"modified":"2026-10-31T11:50:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T10:50:38","slug":"zahedan-mek-resistance-units-reject-shah-and-mullahs-call-for-democratic-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/iranian-resistance-activities-inside-iran\/2026\/10\/zahedan-mek-resistance-units-reject-shah-and-mullahs-call-for-democratic-republic\/92430\/","title":{"rendered":"Zahedan: MEK Resistance Units Reject Shah and Mullahs, Call for Democratic Republic"},"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 id=\"attachment_92433\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92433\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92433\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RUZahedanOct30.jpg\" alt=\"MEK Resistance Units display anti-dictatorship banners and placards across Zahedan on October 30, 2026.\" 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\/2026\/10\/RUZahedanOct30.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RUZahedanOct30-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RUZahedanOct30-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92433\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MEK Resistance Units display anti-dictatorship banners and placards across Zahedan on October 30, 2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><strong>October 30, 2026 \u2014 Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, southeast Iran:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/iranian-resistance-units\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resistance Units<\/a> of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-of-iran-pmoi-mek\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) resumed their weekly anti-regime activities across Zahedan, displaying numerous banners, placards, and leaflets bearing messages from Iranian Resistance Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/massoud-rajavi-mek-pmoi\/\">Massoud Rajavi<\/a> and Mrs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/biography\/\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/ncri\/alternative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCRI<\/a>). The activities highlighted the call for resistance against dictatorship and emphasized the rejection of all forms of tyranny, whether monarchical or religious, under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/who-was-mohammad-reza-pahlavi-shah-irans-last-pahlavi-dictator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shah<\/a> or the mullahs, while calling for freedom, equality, and the establishment of a democratic republic in Iran.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"\u0641\u0639\u0627\u0644\u06cc\u062a \u062c\u0648\u0627\u0646\u0627\u0646 \u0634\u0648\u0631\u0634\u06af\u0631 \u062f\u0631 \u0632\u0627\u0647\u062f\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0627 \u0634\u0639\u0627\u0631 \u00ab\u0646\u0647 \u0634\u0627\u0647\u060c \u0646\u0647 \u0634\u06cc\u062e\u00bb\u061b \u062a\u0623\u06a9\u06cc\u062f \u0628\u0631 \u0646\u0641\u06cc \u0647\u0631 \u06af\u0648\u0646\u0647 \u062f\u06cc\u06a9\u062a\u0627\u062a\u0648\u0631\u06cc\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1241458065?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Messages from Iranian Resistance Leaders Massoud and Maryam Rajavi<\/h3>\n<h4>Rejecting Both Monarchical and Religious Dictatorships<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cThe policy of \u2018Neither Shah nor mullahs\u2019 is the only democratic, national, patriotic, and revolutionary policy in the present historical condition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Shah\u2019s son represents a manufactured alternative that sabotages the Iranian people\u2019s popular movement\u2014serving in practice as an effective lifeline to the clerical regime\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the remnants of the Shah and the mullahs, the Shah\u2019s son and Khamenei\u2019s child, we say: we are not part of the problem, but the entire obstacle in the path of reaction and colonialism, specifically dictatorship and dependency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the people of Iran, the Shah\u2019s son stands as a symbol of foreign dependency and an attempt to resurrect monarchical dictatorship\u2014openly declaring that he takes pride in every act of his father\u2019s regime\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe doctrine of \u2018Neither Shah nor Mullahs\u2019 is the true heritage and historical evolution of Dr. Mossadegh\u2019s doctrine of Negative Equilibrium\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe great lesson of two wars and an uprising over 40 years is that returning to puppet monarchical fascism is nothing more than a mirage.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">October 30\u2014Zahedan, southeast Iran<br>PMOI\/MEK Resistance Units resume weekly anti-regime activities, rejecting all forms of dictatorship and spreading messages of resistance against tyranny. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tfT4d6sBGu\">pic.twitter.com\/tfT4d6sBGu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/2116433383270068700?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Freedom, Democracy, and the Establishment of a Democratic Republic<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cRelying on the massive force that was unleashed in the anti-monarchical revolution, the Iranian Resistance embarked on the path of Iran\u2019s progress, democracy, and independence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe society and relations that we desire is a society liberated from the culture of the Shah and the mullahs, liberated from tyranny and dependency, liberated from discrimination and plundering.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the uprisings, the Iranian people expressed their desire for the rejection of any form of dictatorship, whether the Shah or the mullahs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, the regime is weaker, more helpless, and devoid of solutions than ever before, standing on the brink of being overthrown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn contemporary history, the name of the MEK echoes the relentless fight for freedom and Iran\u2019s liberation from both monarchical and clerical dictatorships\u2014the very reason they have consistently been the primary target of massacres and state terror\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of providing safe infrastructure, timely warnings, and immediate relief against floods, the mullahs\u2019 plundering regime squanders the country\u2019s wealth on repression and nuclear and missile projects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegime change and the establishment of a free Iran is the responsibility of the Iranian people and their Resistance\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe criminal mullahs\u2019 regime cannot dishearten a people who are fighting for a democratic republic.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\"The criminal mullahs' regime cannot dishearten a people who are fighting for a democratic republic.\" <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gAY8KlHgt7\">pic.twitter.com\/gAY8KlHgt7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/2116450161874596075?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Rejecting Both Monarchical and Religious Dictatorships and Calling for a Democratic Republic in Iran<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cFrom Zahedan to Tehran, down with the oppressor, be it the shah or the supreme leader\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA dictator is a dictator, whether with a crown or a turban\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo to shah, no to mullahs. Yes to freedom and a democratic republic\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo to monarchy, no to mullahs\u2019 rule, yes to freedom and equality\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo to shah, no to mullahs, yes to freedom and democratic republic\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\"No to shah, no to mullahs, yes to freedom and democratic republic\" <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5XKw6GYW73\">pic.twitter.com\/5XKw6GYW73<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/2116456404290601022?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEK Resistance Units display banners and placards across Zahedan, rejecting monarchy and clerical rule and calling for a 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