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When the Supreme Leader Speaks, Who Still Listens?

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  By: Struan Stevenson Mojtaba Khamenei inherited the most powerful office in the Islamic Republic. Yet six months into his tenure, a question once considered unthinkable is surfacing in Tehran. When the Supreme Leader speaks, who still listens? For almost five decades, the answer was obvious. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini created a system in which factional warfare could rage beneath the surface, provided everyone ultimately bowed to the Supreme Leader. Ali Khamenei preserved that arrangement for more than three decades. Presidents came and went. Clerics competed. The Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) accumulated power. Yet one principle remained sacrosanct. The Supreme Leader had the final word. Today that principle is under strain. On August 28, Mojtaba Khamenei warned officials against creating false choices between war and negotiation, compromise and confrontation. He urged them to avoid publicizing weaknesses and declared that anything damaging social cohesion was forbidden. The mess...

Iran's Morality Police in New Crackdown on Women

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  By Struan Stevenson Having learned no lessons from the nationwide uprising that exploded last September following the brutal killing in custody of the young Kurdish girl Mahsa Amini, the Iranian regime’s misogynist morality police are on the move again. Last week, the Tehran Criminal Court sentenced a woman to two months in prison for hijab violations. The judge, Ali Omidi, accused her of “anti-Iranian behavior.” In a more sinister outburst, he also ordered that she should be subjected to compulsory health checks, as her failure to wear the hijab was a clear display of “disease” symptoms that “must be treated.” Such claims are frighteningly reminiscent of judgements in the former Soviet Union, where people who were considered anti-communist were deemed to be insane and were sent for electric shock treatment in psychiatric hospitals.The morality police tracked her down using images from a ‘smart’ CCTV camera. Similar cameras have been installed in public places in towns and cities...

A global cry for an end to the appeasement policy toward Iran’s regime

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  By Matin Karim The annual Free Iran summit, which was held from June 30 to July 3, was a global call to world leaders to correct their failed policy toward Iran’s regime. The summit’s message, which was backed by the majority of 29 parliaments and an open letter signed by 117 former world leaders, spoke of the disastrous outcome of the policy of appeasement toward the mullahs’ regime ruling Iran and warned world leaders to take a firm stance toward this regime. The four-day event once again showed the capacity of the Iranian Resistance to rally the world and send a global warning about the imperative to deal with the threats of the religious fascism ruling Iran. In addition to 500 distinguished personalities who spoke at the four-day event, more than 3,600 parliamentarians from 40 countries added their support by signing statements which underlined the need for and end to the appeasement policy. Some of the speakers at the event drew a comparison between the mullahs’ regime and H...

The support of 107 former presidents and prime ministers from 46 countries of the world, for the 10-point plan of Mrs. Maryam Rajavi

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  Historical statement of 107 former world leaders. The support of 107 former presidents and prime ministers from 46 countries of the world for Mrs. Maryam Rajavi’s 10-point plan in an open letter to the President of the United States, the President of the European Council, the Prime Minister of England, the Prime Minister of Canada and the leaders of 27 EU member countries. The signatories include 50 presidents, 47 prime ministers, one chancellor, and 9 other former heads of state from around the world. The letter of the former leaders of 46 countries of the world: the 10-point plan presented by Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the president of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, including free elections, freedom of assembly and expression, abolition of the death penalty, gender equality, separation of religion from the state, autonomy of Iranian nationalities and a non-nuclear Iran. It is a program compatible with democratic values and worthy of support. 107 world leaders: The people ...

Images of Iranian Resistance Leadership Projected With the Slogan “Hail to Rajavi”.

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  Iran – Yasuj Images of Iranian Resistance Leadership Projected in Belko industrial town With the Slogan “Hail to Rajavi” The Resistance Units utilized outdoor projectors to display an image of the leadership of the Resistance, Mr. Masoud Rajavi and Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, along with the phrase “Hail to Rajavi” in Belko industrial town. https://www.mojahedin.org/ Join us on YouTube: IRAN UPRISING https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY8rfxSSmFhtaVrzFTaRD4g

Invasion and explosion in the police headquarters of Mahabad city in response to the murder of a citizen

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  In their latest crime, the guards of the border regiment of the repressive force in Baneh killed a fellow Kurd named Mohammad Latif Ahmedpour in the most heinous way by driving a car toward him and hitting him. He died after 4 days in the hospital. The governor of the regime in Baneh called Ahmadpour’s family and threatened that his body should be buried at midnight without public notice. The repressive police command in Mahabad is responsible for suppressing the Peshmerga fighters and the uprisings and protests of the people and youth of this city. This article was first published by Persian Mojahedin https://www.mojahedin.org/ Join us on YouTube: IRAN UPRISING https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY8rfxSSmFhtaVrzFTaRD4g

The Resistance Units used outdoor projectors to display an image of the leader of the Iranian resistance, Massoud Rajavi

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  The Resistance Units used outdoor projectors to display an image of the leader of the Iranian resistance, Massoud Rajavi, along with the slogan “Hail to Rajavi,” on Javad Al-Ameh Street in this city. This article was first published by Persian Mojahedin https://www.mojahedin.org/ Join us on YouTube: IRAN UPRISING https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY8rfxSSmFhtaVrzFTaRD4g

Targeting the IRGC base known as Nabi Akram in Kermanshah province

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  Targeting the IRGC base known as Nabi Akram in Kermanshah province by the uprising youth in response to chemical attacks on schoolgirls. The command of the Revolutionary Guards and Suppression in Kermanshah province is located in the barracks known as Nabi Akram. The main mission of this corps is to suppress urban uprisings and rebel forces, especially in Kermanshah and Javanrud, and also to send mercenaries to Syria for the Iranian regime’s proxy war. The sound of successive explosions was heard in the area. This article was first published by Persian Mojahedin https://www.mojahedin.org/ Join us on YouTube: IRAN UPRISING https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY8rfxSSmFhtaVrzFTaRD4g