In political literature or the field of international politics, the term “Resistance Unit” may be new and still outside the mainstream. Yet, slowly but steadily, it is breaking through the wall of fear and censorship erected by the regime’s security apparatus as well as the disregard of the international media, which is oriented by certain interests known as ‘real politics.’

The Iranian Resistance has frequently stated that the People’s Mojahedin of Iran’s (PMOI/MEK) Resistance Units are made up of regular Iranian citizens who have chosen to dedicate their lives to regime change. They are people of all genders, classes, ethnic groups, geographical locations, and professions who are well-connected to the organized resistance and are willing to risk their lives to challenge the regime’s vast network of repression one action at a time.

 

 

 

Even though the Iranian government has detained hundreds of members of the Resistance, their numbers are steadily increasing. Numerous Iranian prisons are now home to hundreds of these courageous individuals, and through family members who delivered letters from inside, some have even stated that they actually enjoy being with their new brothers and sisters and that the resistance spirit is spreading more within the walls of the prisons than outside.

Recently, the Iranian Resistance displayed a video with 5000 messages from the MEK’s resistance. A project that was started only a few months ago demonstrated the units’ commitment to surviving and thriving in the face of the regime’s stepped-up repression and censorship.

 

 

Leaders and lawmakers from all over the world have addressed the Free Iran 2022, sharing their thoughts and feelings about the work of the Resistance Units and how it will affect Iran’s future.

“This organization, the [National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)], and your Resistance Units have made your presence felt. There have been, I’m told, over two and a half thousand acts of defiance of various types, including last February, the disruption of state-controlled radio and television, allowing messages to be broadcast directly to the Iranian people by Madame Rajavi,” said former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

 

 

“Your resistance grows in strength, day by day. There is the rising tide of protests and the impact of opposition actions by MEK Resistance Units in Iran that encourage people to voice their opposition to the regime and shatter the regime’s air of invincibility and intimidation,” first United States Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge added. “The regime today symbolizes a very weak theocracy. It has no solution but to suppress its people, especially women. It is at the height of its internal political and social isolation.”

“There is organized opposition both inside Iran in the form of MEK’s Resistance Units and outside in the form of the NCRI which is the most enduring opposition coalition in the history of Iran,” he concluded.

 

 

“I have a special message to the network of “Resistance Units” associated with the Iranian opposition, the PMOI. You have never given up, and this is how you have shown to the world that from one Ashraf you have spread all over Iran, and your significant advances are pushing you to the path for freedom,” Ryszard Czarnecki, member of the European Parliament from Poland said.

 

 

According to Franc Bogovič, MEP from Slovenia, “This year’s fast developments in Iran leave a lot of hope for a quick march towards democracy. To break the wall of repression, they defaced pictures of Khamenei on the homepage of the Ministry of Agriculture. This was in response to the brutal attack by the regime’s repressive forces against Isfahan farmers who opened fire on the deprived farmers, blinding many of them with pellet guns. Or again when pictures of Mrs. Rajavi appeared on the main state TV emission for seconds, to fill the people with joy. The brave people who are engaged in these, risking their lives, merit all our support. Those actions point to where to look for the real alternative to the clerical regime in power in Iran.”

 

 

 

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MEK Iran (follow us on Twitter and Facebook), Maryam Rajavi’s on her site, Twitter & Facebook, NCRI  (Twitter & Facebook), and People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran – MEK IRAN – YouTub