While negotiations with world powers to restore the 2015 Iran nuclear deal dragged on, the clerical regime counted on Russia and China to help overcome its international isolation. However, Tehran’s decision to back Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and supply it with drones resulted in more sanctions and put the regime at odds with world powers.
Protesters chanted slogans against the mullahs’ theocracy and called for an end to any attempts to return to a dictatorial government, especially a monarchy. According to sources from the Iranian opposition People’s Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI/MEK), protests have expanded to at least 282 cities across the country, with over 750 people killed and more than 30,000 arrested by the regime’s forces. The MEK has published the names of 664 killed protesters.
The year began with the installation of Ebrahim Raisi as the new president, which was praised by the regime’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei as a “sweet development.” However, as the year progressed, support for Raisi dwindled due to the worsening economic conditions and social unrest in the country.
While they have not provided a breakdown of how many of those detained were children, state media reported that children comprised a significant portion of protesters.
This year, the tradition has become a powerful method of voicing their hatred of the mullahs’ dictatorship and pledging to continue the ongoing Iranian revolution that began in September 2022, with protests spreading to at least 282 cities.
One of the key players in Iran’s power structure is the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a paramilitary force responsible for safeguarding the regime and exporting the Islamic revolution abroad. The IRGC not only controls a significant portion of Iran’s banking and financial markets, but it is also deeply involved in money laundering for the Iranian regime.
Protesters have taken to the streets and chanted anti-regime slogans, calling for the end of the dictatorship and the establishment of a democratic republic. The Iranian people are specifically holding Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei responsible for their miseries, while also condemning the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and paramilitary Basij units, alongside other security units that are on the ground suppressing peaceful demonstrators.
Esteemed senators and notable figures discussed U.S. policy on Iran during the seventh month of Iran’s nationwide uprising. The event focused on identifying measures to support the Iranian people against the oppressive regime and establish a democratic, non-nuclear, and secular Iran.
She urged everyone to give their full support to the brave men and women fighting for their freedom and the freedom of future generations in a democratic, secular, non-nuclear Iran republic.
Dr. Ali Safavi, a member of the NCRI Foreign Affairs Committee, has spoken out against fellow American Enterprise Institute (AEI) member Michael Rubin’s recent attack on the People’s Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI/MEK), Iran’s leading opposition group.
