Women of the 1988 Massacre: Fatemeh (Razieh) Ayatollah-Zadeh Shirazi, a victim of the 1988 massacre

The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) Women’s Committee published a series of articles about women who died during the 1988 Massacre of 30,000 MEK political prisoners. Mrs. Fereshteh Akhlagh shared the story of Fatemeh (Razieh), Ayatollah-Zadeh Shirazi, with the NCRI Women”s Committee for the January 12, 2021 installment of Stories of Women’s Resistance. Shirazi’s story is summarized below.

Four decades of government, corruption and incompetence, state-sponsored terrorism, and global acts of aggression toward the international community have left the Iranian economy in shambles.

(NCRI) and (PMOI / MEK Iran): Corruption and incompetence of the mullahs’ regime in Iran.

(NCRI) and (PMOI / MEK Iran): US officials have “high confidence” that an Iranian regime antiaircraft missile brought down a Ukrainian passenger jet near Tehran, resulting in 176 deaths

The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), and the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI / MEK Iran) has reported that Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 had just departed Tehran on January 8, 2020, when it exploded in midair, killing all 176 passengers and crew on board and crashed into a field in Iran.

(NCRI) and (PMOI / MEK Iran): Violence against Women in Prisons.

The Iranian regime has escalated its campaign of violence against female prisoners, according to the latest report from the National Council of Resistance of Iran’s (NCRI) Women’s Committee.

(NCRI) and (PMOI / MEK Iran): Society of Iranian Women for Democracy Holds Online Conference, Protesting Iran’s Misogynous Government.

The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), and the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI / MEK Iran) reported that the Society of Iranian Women for Democracy hosted a virtual conference on December 10 addressing the Iranian regime’s misogynistic treatment of women.

(NCRI) and (PMOI / MEK Iran): Iranian regime’s priority is to build a capacity to make nuclear bombs.

The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), and the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI / MEK Iran) reported that the foreign ministers from Iran, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, and China held a virtual meeting on Monday to discuss the future of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), more commonly known as the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

(PMOI / MEK Iran): Zarif, the diplomat terrorist of the Iranian regime serving as Foreign Minister, participate in Moghnie, the well-known terrorist

The Iranian regime has a long and well-documented history of human rights abuses, anti-opposition propaganda, and exportation of terrorism. In recent years, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has been the public face of the regime in the international community.

(PMOI / MEK Iran): Zam’s execution triggered condemnation from several European countries as well as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Iran and the Special Rapporteur on Summary Executions.

On December 12, Iranian journalist Ruhollah Zam was executed by the Iranian regime for publishing a new site that was critical of the regime. Zam was given political asylum in France in 2014 but was lured to Iraq last year, kidnapped by Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) forces, and brought back to Iran to stand trial.

(PMOI / MEK Iran): UN Adopts 67th Resolution, According to the UN, this use of the death penalty constitutes a violation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

On December 16, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution censuring the Iranian regime for its grave and systematic violation of human rights. The action, which gained 82 affirmative votes, is the 67th such resolution adopted by a UN body against human rights abuses in Iran.

The “unpleasant thing,” of course, is another uprising, one that might topple the regime and bring freedom and democracy to Iran. The (PMOI / MEK Iran) is firmly in favor of such unpleasantness, and the Iranian people have expressed their support for a free and democratic Iran through their protests.

Iran’s spiraling economy and rising covid-19 death toll have deepened public resentment toward the regime, leading state-run media outlets to question when this widespread social unrest will boil over into another uprising. Over 186,900 people have died of the coronavirus in Iran, according to reports by the Iranian opposition, the  People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI / MEK Iran), and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).