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Thousands of Iranians, supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) gather in Paris, Place Denfert Rochereau, in solidarity with the Iran protests and honoring the legacy of the 1979 anti-monarchic revolution. Several renowned European politicians and lawmakers, particularly from France, speak at this event, supporting the Iranian people’s democratic aspirations, mainly their rejection of any form of tyranny. The keynote speaker of this event will be Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the NCRI’s President-elect. This page will be updated with the latest news of today’s grand gathering.

Maryam Rajavi said: On the anniversary of the anti-monarchical revolution, we are reminded of the recent glorious uprising and the blood that still flows from the bodies of the Iranian people. The word of REVOLUTION has triumphed and broken the yokes of the Shah and the mullahs, and it shines bright, fighting on, and determined to bring freedom to victory... However, in the absence of true leaders who had either been killed in the field or imprisoned, Khomeini hijacked the revolution. He refused to order the people to fight against Shah’s dictatorship but instead ordered the massacre of PMOI prisoners who stood their ground. Khomeini was Shah’s actual heir and crown prince who elevated the legacy of crimes and atrocities of the Shah and his father to new heights... A dictatorship is a dictatorship, whether with a turban or a crown. The same people who celebrated the ominous day of August 19, 1953, and the foreign coup against Dr. Mossadeq’s patriotic and democratic government now describe the day when they were thrown out of their royal palaces as an ominous day.

What is truly ominous is not the revolution, but the evil reactionary forces that praise the IRGC and the Basij.

And let us not forget that plunder, whether committed by Khamenei’s Setad or the Barekat Foundation, or by Reza Shah who forcibly seized the lands and villages of our country, or by his son who took billions of dollars of Iran’s wealth abroad without accountability, is plunder nonetheless...Coercion, too, remains coercion, whether it takes the form of forced removal of the hijab or forced imposition of the hijab... And now, the son of the Shah dares to question the PMOI over the headscarves of their women and to separate them from men, mirroring the repressive culture of Reza Khan and Khomeini’s patronizing attitude...Where has respect for others’ beliefs, customs, rights, and freedom of choice gone? We must remember the heroic women who were tortured or executed in their fight against Khomeini, and the women who held leadership positions in the vanguard organization advancing the cause of freedom...Does the image of Commander Sara, with a dagger piercing her heart and hanging by her feet from a tree on a rock in Hassan Abad Pass, not bear witness to the atrocities the regime committed? I must ask, did your SAVAK interrogators not brutally murder my sister?

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Iran’s nationwide uprising marked its 150th day on Sunday a day after the anniversary of the 1979 Anti-monarchy revolution in Iran. The Protests has spread in 282 cities across Iran with 750 people dead and 30,000 detainees. The names and identities of 637 people killed by the regime have been announced by the Iranian opposition PMOI/MEK, People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran.

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Dr. Maryam Arvin was laid to rest on Friday, February 10, four days after her suspicious death. Her funeral was held in Sirjan, Kerman province, in southern Iran. Maryam Arvin, a lawyer, passed away two months after being released from prison, the Kerman Lawyers Association announced on February 7. The statement did not specify the reason for Maryam Arvin’s death. Mrs. Tayyebeh Nazari, who teaches literature in Sirjan’s high schools, was also arrested after going to follow up on her daughter’s condition. http://surl.li/evckk

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After serving four months of imprisonment and receiving 74 lashes, Zahra Teymouri went to house arrest with leg tags to spend the rest of her one-year imprisonment at her home and its surroundings within a radius of 500 meters. Zahra Teymouri, a graduate of Tehran University, was charge of “disturbing public order” in Iran. http://surl.li/evckn

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The 15th Branch of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court sentenced Sarvnaz Ahmadi to 6 years in prison. Sarvnaz Ahmadi is a children’s rights activist. She obtained her Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Welfare Sciences in Velenjak, Tehran-Iran. She and her spouse, Kamyar Fakur, a labor activist, were arrested by security forces in Tehran on November 6, 2022, and detained in Evin Prison. 

Isfahan Branch 1’s Revolutionary Court sentenced Neda Mohseni to 8 years in prison and a 2-year ban on leaving the country. She is required to participate in the “Behavior Management and Crime Prevention” course provided by Isfahan Justice Department. Neda Mohseni is accused of being a “leader of riots” and “encouraging people to engage in war and killing.” But she has denied being a leader and indicated that she had done no more than carry mineral water in her bag.