The supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, admitted that the (PMOI / MEK Iran), was increasing its influence up and down the country. At the same time, it was becoming a protest movement that was gathering support overseas.

The uprising in November 2019 changed the political scene in Iran forever. On that day the stage was set for a new democratic order to be installed to replace the theocratic regime.  In January 2018, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI / MEK Iran) helped to promote slogans such as “down with the dictator” which have been used and circulated ever since.

The supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, admitted that the main opposition organization, the (PMOI / MEK Iran), was increasing its influence up and down the country. At the same time, it was becoming a protest movement that was gathering support overseas.

Khamenei told of his anxiety about the (PMOI / MEK Iran) in January while mentioning that exiled members of the resistance were responsible for the unrest in Iran. This has led to him encouraging attacks on the bases in Albania where 3,000 members of (PMOI / MEK Iran) are in exile in a camp called Ashraf-3.

The other was a failed attack that targeted Iranian expatriates affiliated with the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) and (PMOI / MEK Iran). 100,000 lives may have been at stake as this was the number attending the event.

This time the four suspected would-be bombers were arrested before they were able to cross the border from Belgium to France. The high-ranking Iranian diploma called Assadollah Assadi was the mastermind behind this bombing attempt and he was arrested in Germany. November 27^th is the day the 4 will be tried in Belgium and it is not long after the anniversary of the November 2019 uprising which was commemorated last Tuesday at an online conference.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the country there has been a reduction in the number of protests. Participants in Tuesday’s conference questioned how the international community will react if another mass uprising post-COVID-19 takes place. Over 155,500 people have died of the novel coronavirus in Iran, according to reports tallied by the Iranian opposition the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), and the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI / MEK Iran).

So far the high level of involvement of the people within Iran in the 2018 to 2020 uprisings indicates that it is the Iranian people themselves who have the support and power to overthrow the regime.

The international community is needed so it can commit to sanctions. Tehran is now very worried about the (PMOI / MEK Iran)’s increase in influence, but it cannot oppress completely the people as it has not been able to in the last 3 years.

Mrs. Maryam Rajavi the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran’s (NCRI): We pay tribute to 1,500 martyrs of November 2019, each and every one of whom were admirable symbols of the Iranian people’s resolve to attain freedom.

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