Safavi highlights Rubin’s shady past, including two trips to Iran in the 1990s and ties to an Iraqi double agent, Ahmed Chalabi, and debunks his ridiculous portrayal of the MEK as a cult. Rubin’s “superfluous demand that MEK members must prove to him that they have disagreements with its leadership are not only childish tantrums but mirror the demands of regime interrogators and torturers in the “death commissions”. “In the context of American history, that’s like calling Continental Army officers atop Brooklyn Heights ‘cult’ members unless they can show that they wrote letters of protest to George Washington during the 1776 New York campaign!” Safavi wrote.

 

 

Protests in Iran have now spread to at least 282 cities. According to sources from the Iranian opposition People’s Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI/MEK), the regime’s forces have killed over 750 people and arrested over 30,000. The MEK has released the names of 637 protesters who were killed. On Tuesday evening, residents in Tehran’s Shahran, Narmak, and Molla Sadra districts began chanting anti-regime slogans directed specifically at Khamenei and the mullahs’ entire apparatus. “Death to Khamenei!” “Death to the mullahs’ regime principle!”

 

During the interview, Pahlavi took advantage of the opportunity to attack Iran’s main and best-organized opposition, the People’s Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI/MEK). In response to an editorialized question about whether “the unpopular” MEK would be willing to engage in dialogue with other opposition groups, Shah’s now elderly son cast doubt on the MEK’s democratic credentials, claiming absurdly that such dialogue would be problematic for the organization.

On their official website, the MEK responded to Pahlavi’s comments, stating that the organization had previously been open to dialogue, but not with the clerical dictatorship or the remnants of the notorious Shah’s dictatorship. The MEK also urged Pahlavi to return the billions of dollars stolen from the country by his father, to condemn the atrocities committed by his grandfather and father, and to distance himself from the IRGC and Basij, which he had previously praised as guardians of Iran’s territorial integrity and social order.

 

 

The Shah’s execution and imprisonment of pro-democracy opponents, as well as the destruction of democratic institutions, paved the way for the mullahs to usurp the leadership of the 1979 popular revolution and seize power, according to the vast majority of Iranians. In this regard, the mullahs’ regime is seen as a continuation of the previous dictatorship, with Khomeini, and now Khamenei, as the true heirs of the Pahlavis.

Mohammadreza Shah’s decades of corruption, repression, and mismanagement sparked widespread public outrage. In the late 1970s, massive popular demonstrations against his rule began. On January 16, 1979, he was forced to flee the country, bringing to an end 2,500 years of monarchial rule in Iran. Whether out of political expediency or complete ignorance, Reza Pahlavi’s failure to reject the monarchial dictatorship and his waiting for the ruthless IRGC to turn against the ruling establishment is dividing the country as much as it is extending the ruling theocracy.

 

 

In reality, the current theocracy and the monarchy share many fundamental ideas, harbor repugnant ideologies, and do not represent the Iranian people. That is why, during their uprisings, the Iranian people chant “Death to the oppressor, whether it is the Shah or the Leader [Khamenei].”For Iranians, the choice is not between the lesser of two evils, so they reject the past and present in favor of a democratic future. They seek a democratic and representative republic based on religious and state separation that respects human rights as well as the rights of women and minorities.

 

 

 

 

 

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Cities across Iran are seeing more protests in the form of workers demanding their rights holding rallies and going on strike, night rallies with locals in different parts of Tehran and other cities chanting anti-regime slogans, and various types of attacks targeting the regime’s sites and symbols. These measures are aimed specifically at regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), the paramilitary Basij, plainclothes agents, and even spies working among the locals in various cities and towns.

On Sunday morning, Cryptoland online exchange investors protested outside the regime’s judiciary building in Tehran, demanding that the IRGC return their stolen funds. These users have been protesting for two years, but authorities have yet to act on their demands. Crypto land had approximately 289,000 users, many of whom lost hundreds of millions of dollars in the online marketplace.

 

January 22 – Bukan, northwest #Iran
Locals setting up roadblocks and continuing the nationwide protests against the regime on the 129th night of the uprising.#IranRevolution2023#مرگ_بر_ستمگر_چه_شاه_باشه_چه_رهبرpic.twitter.com/hj7OdFR2Cw

— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) January 22, 2023

 

On Saturday night, residents of Tehran’s various districts, including Tehranpars, Ekbatan, and others, began chanting anti-regime slogans directed at Khamenei and his crackdown apparatus. “This is the year Seyed Ali (Khamenei) is deposed!” one of the slogans said. “What a long history of crime!” Death to the regime of the mullahs!”

Freedom-loving Iranians and MEK supporters have recently gathered in cities throughout Europe, the United States, and Canada. These rallies are in support of the ongoing Iran revolution protests, honoring victims of the regime’s atrocities, and urging the European Union and its member states to outlaw and designate the IRGC as a terrorist organization.

 

January 22 – Bukan, northwest #Iran
Locals setting up roadblocks and continuing the nationwide protests against the regime on the 129th night of the uprising.#IranRevolution2023#مرگ_بر_ستمگر_چه_شاه_باشه_چه_رهبرpic.twitter.com/hj7OdFR2Cw

— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) January 22, 2023

Iranian opposition President-elect Maryam Rajavi of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has reiterated the Iranian people’s and organized resistance’s determination to fight the mullahs’ theocratic rule and bring freedom and democracy to Iran.

“It is time for Western governments to recognize the Iranian people’s struggle for regime change,” the NCRI President-elect said, emphasizing the importance of the West designating the regime’s IRGC as a terrorist organization.

 

Time for western governments to recognize the Iranian people’s struggle for regime change#IranRevoIution #BlacklistIRGC#IranRegimeChange pic.twitter.com/nIg7m63LSx

— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) January 21, 2023

 

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Resistance Units in Tehran, Shahryar, Karaj, Mashhad, Rasht, Sari, Lahijan, Gorgan, Babol, Amol, Ramsar, Qaemshahr, Ardabil, Isfahan, Yazd. , Kermanshah, Islamabad, Koohdasht, Rumeshgan of Lorestan, Shiraz, Kerman, Andimshek, and Dezful posted pictures and sentences from the messages of the Resistance leader Mr. Massoud Rajavi about the continuation of the uprising until the overthrow of the mullahs’ regime and declared their readiness for the continuation of their struggle to establish freedom and democracy in Iran.

 

 

 

 

 

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The committee is one of 25 committees of the NCRI and is a major source of information about the plight of women in Iran. The NCRI Women’s Committee is actively involved with many women’s rights organizations, NGOs, and the Iranian diaspora. They attend meetings of the UN Women, the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the Human Rights Council, and other international or regional conferences on women’s issues. They also engage in a relentless battle against the Iranian regime’s misogyny.

 

 

 

The European Parliament has adopted a resolution calling for the European Union to place the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Basij, and the Quds Force on the terrorist list, and to ban any economic activity with these entities. The resolution also calls for the imposition of sanctions on Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, its President Ebrahim Raisi, and foundations related to the IRGC, including the Mustazafin, Shahid, and Janbazan foundations.

Iranian opposition President-elect Maryam Rajavi of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), welcomed the resolution, saying it is an important step in confronting the biggest terrorist and suppressive organization and state in the world today, which has shed the blood of millions of people in Iran and the region in the last four decades. She also called on the European Union and its member states to immediately put an end to the policy of appeasing the religious fascism ruling Iran by placing the IRGC on the terrorist list and sanctioning Ali Khamenei, Ebrahim Raisi, and other officials responsible for the killings and suppression.

 

As I have said since years ago, the #IRGC must be blacklisted as a terrorist entity, and the mullahs’ intelligence agents expelled from Europe. #BlacklistIRGChttps://t.co/G0mnNemj7l pic.twitter.com/RAGHpLobUH

— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) January 18, 2023

 

 

The resolution calls on the EU to expand the sanctions list to all individuals and entities responsible for human rights violations. It also calls on the EU to consider sanctions against the 227 Members of the Iranian parliament who encouraged the use of death sentences, and to add the IRGC and its subsidiary forces, including the paramilitary Basij militia and the Quds Force, to the EU terrorist list, and to ban any economic and financial activity involving businesses and commercial activities related to, owned, wholly or in part, by, or fronting for, the IRGC or IRGC-affiliated individuals, and entities.

 

This resolution is not only seen as a way to hold Iran accountable for its actions, but also a way to support the Iranian people and their call for a change in government. Furthermore, it is seen as a necessary measure to promote peace and stability in the region and to fight against terrorism. It is now crucial for the EU and its member states to take action and implement these measures to send a strong message to the Iranian regime.

 

 

 

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Protesters marked the 125th day of widespread uprising in Iran, as well as the third anniversary of the downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane (PS752) by the regime’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC). Protests were held in a number of locations. Protests have spread to 282 cities, according to the Iranian opposition People’s Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI/MEK). Over 750 people have been killed by the regime, tens of thousands have been injured, and over 30,000 have been detained. The MEK has released the names of 627 protesters who were killed.

In Karaj, courageous women demonstrated against the regime, chanting, “So many years of crimes, death to this regime.” Students from Ahvaz and Tabriz held memorial services for the victims of the PS752 flight in Tehran. People demonstrated in Bandar-e Anzali, Gilan Province. “For every person killed, another thousand will rise,” they chanted. In Ahvaz, defiant youths set fire to a placard of Qasem Soleimani at dawn. In addition, youths attacked a regime’s Basij base in Qom yesterday.

 

 

 

For three days, the regime kept the truth hidden and blamed the plane’s downing on a technical flaw. The IRGC also cleared the plane crash site and did not return the victims’ belongings to their families.

Finally, on January 11, 2020, the regime’s General Staff of the Armed Forces issued a statement saying that “the targeting of this passenger plane was a human error” in response to international pressure and three days of speculation and conflicting news.

 

 

On the 16th and 17th of December, in solidarity with the Iranian people’s nationwide uprising, supporters of the MEK and the Resistance held rallies in Stockholm, Hamburg, The Hague, Washington, Cologne, Oslo, Toronto, Berlin, Gothenburg, Vienna, Paris, Rome, London, Vancouver, Heidelberg, and Sydney.

 

 

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MEPs from all political parties backed the Iranian people’s revolution. Many of them urged the European Council to designate the Iranian regime’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, citing the organization’s role in killing peaceful protesters and exporting terrorism abroad. They also condemned Iran’s ongoing human rights violations, particularly the recent execution of four detained protesters, and called for Tehran to be held accountable.

“[The clerical regime] is a cruel regime, and we know that there are serious restrictions that go beyond moral and political fears. The IRGC is a key pillar of the regime and must be added to the list of terrorist organizations,” EPP MEP Javier Zarzalejos said on Tuesday.

 

Debate at the EU parliament:
.@FZarzalejos: It is a cruel regime, and we know that there are serious restrictions that go beyond moral and political fears. The #IRGC is one of the regime's key pillars, and it must be put on the list of terrorist organizations. pic.twitter.com/RJGVmuy0qt

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) January 17, 2023

 

While endorsing the Iranian people’s revolution, MEP Hanna Neumann from Germany said: “The regime is under pressure because people in Iran are even willing to die for a brighter future. We, the EU, should not be the ones stabilizing a regime whose own people are fighting for its demise. The IRGC should be added to the list of terrorist organizations.”

MEP Frederique Ries of France’s Renaissance party also supported the Iranian people’s uprising, emphasizing that “we need to be very stringent on the sanctions at the highest level against Iran’s president and the IRGC.”

Prior to Tuesday’s debate, the Friends of Free Iran inter-parliamentary group issued a statement urging MEPs and the European Council to support the Iranian people and label the IRGC a terrorist organization.

 

.@hermanntertsch: Death is part of the regime. At this point, Iran’s regime has sequestered the entire region, and its expansion continues. We have to include the #IRGC in the list of terrorist organizations. #IranRevoIution pic.twitter.com/PsRzk53bdY

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) January 17, 2023

 

“The nationwide uprising in Iran, which is entering its fifth month, is rooted in more than four decades of the organized resistance of the Iranian people for freedom. “Today, Iranians of all generations and social strata have taken to the streets, demanding an end to the dictatorship,” the statement reads.

“The Iranian regime and its leaders have perpetuated these crimes with impunity for the past four decades, becoming more brutal without accountability. The regime has openly stated that it will not cooperate with the independent international fact-finding mission mandated by the UN Human Rights Council in a special session on November 24, 2022.”

 

.@HNeumannMEP: The regime is under pressure because people in Iran are even willing to die for a brighter future. We, the EU, should not be the ones stabilizing a regime that its own people fight for its downfall. We should put the #IRGC on the list of terrorists. pic.twitter.com/f2GyajVSlb

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) January 17, 2023

 

“We believe that in this situation, cooperation and negotiation with the Iranian regime cannot be justified under any pretext. “The European Union and its member states should blacklist the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist entity for its role in suppressing the people of Iran and its terrorist activities, recall their ambassadors from Iran, and close the regime’s embassies in EU countries, expelling Tehran’s diplomats and agents,” they urged.

 

.@Frederiqueries: We need to be very stringent on the sanctions at the highest level against #Iran's president and the IRGC. #BlacklistIRGC
pic.twitter.com/8xQ1V3P7xm

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) January 17, 2023

 

 

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Yesterday’s protests, which included official Oil Ministry employees, highlight the breadth of anti-regime protests across Iran and the regime’s vulnerability. Despite having the world’s second-largest natural gas reserves and fourth-largest crude oil reserves, the Iranian people are experiencing severe gas shortages.

Protests in Iran have now spread to at least 282 cities. According to sources from the Iranian opposition People’s Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI/MEK), the regime’s forces have killed over 750 people and arrested over 30,000.

According to the latest reports, local farmers in Isfahan rallied outside the governor’s office on Wednesday morning, continuing their protests that began yesterday.

 

January 18 – Isfahan, central #Iran
Local farmers rallying outside the governor's office are protesting the regime's policies and demanding answers to their long-raised issues.#IranRevolution2023 pic.twitter.com/5pzMeIyCfE

— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) January 18, 2023

 

As per other reports from abroad, the European Parliament made a strong move today, voting nearly unanimously to call on the European Union and its Member States to declare the Iranian regime’s IRGC a terrorist organization. 598 European Parliament members voted to accept an amendment proposed by the European Conservatives and Reformists Group, which has now been incorporated into the European Parliament report on the implementation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy.

The amendment “condemns the brutal crackdown by Iran, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), on the demonstrators after the death of Mahsa Amini, following her violent arrest, abuse, and ill-treatment by Iran’s ‘morality police’; calls for the EU and its Member States to include the IRGC in the EU’s terrorist list in the light of its terrorist activity, the repression of protesters and its supplying of drones to Russia.”

Official workers of the Aghajari oil and gas company held a protest rally on Tuesday morning, demanding better pay based on the regime’s own laws, an end to additional taxes on their paychecks, raises in pay and retirement pensions, and improved recreational services and hygiene standards.

 

 

Officials from the Cheshme Khosh oil and gas company staged a similar protest. As of the publication of this report, at least 11 such protest rallies had been reported.

Locals gathered in Tehran, the country’s capital, on Tuesday to honor the memory of Mohsen Shekari, a young man arrested for his involvement in recent Iranian revolution protests, prompting authorities to send numerous security units to the scene to prevent any anti-regime protests.

Iranian opposition President-elect Maryam Rajavi of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), paid tribute to Mohsen Shekari. “On the 40th day of the martyrdom of Mohsen Shekari, we salute him, and the defiant youths hanged on Khamenei’s order. Their lifeless bodies are the liveliest souls of our time and hoisted flags indicating the continuation of Iran’s protests and revolution,” the NCRI President-elect underscored.

 

On the 40th day of martyrdom of #MohsenShekari, we salute him and the defiant youths hanged on Khamenei’s order. Their lifeless bodies are the liveliest souls of our time and hoisted flags indicating the continuation of #IranProtests and #IranRevolution pic.twitter.com/comW8QzJF1

— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) January 17, 2023

 

 

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