Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Reddit Email Print
Supporters of the Iranian Resistance in Zurich, Switzerland, held a photo exhibition on April 1, 2025
THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS
UPDATE: 7:00 AM CEST
PMOI Resistance Units Mark New Iranian Year with Anti-Regime Activities
As part of a continued uprising against the regime of the Supreme Leader, PMOI Resistance Units launched a Nowruz campaign in time for Sizdah Bedar, the end of the Iranian New Year holidays. This campaign comprised dozens of activities in cities across the country, including Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Kermanshah, Hamedan, Gorgan, Ilam, Kashan, Ardabil, Dezful, and Lahijan. This campaign stood out due to the volume, diversity, and boldness of the operations—executed in the heart of highly surveilled cities.
PMOI Resistance Units mark new Iranian year with anti-regime activities https://t.co/pOi2wx7Ai1
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) April 1, 2025
Dozens of acts of slogan writing were carried out on the walls of government institutions, security centers, religious buildings, as well as marketplaces and schools. The slogans included:
“Death to the oppressor, be it the Shah or the Supreme Leader.”
“Religious dictatorship must go – freedom is coming.”
“No to the crown, no to the turban – freedom and equality.”
“Khamenei we will bury you.”
Read more
Iran’s Surge in Executions: A Year of Repression and Defiance
In the Iranian year 1403 (March 20, 2024 – March 20, 2025), the regime’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, demonstrated the fragile state of his regime by significantly increasing the number of executions. Compared to the previous year, executions surged by 42%, revealing the regime’s deep fear of an imminent uprising and its desperate attempts to maintain control through terror.
Read more
Iran Regime’s Crisis: Khamenei’s Fear of Popular Uprisings
Iranian regime’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei delivers his Nowruz speech on March 20, 2025
In his Eid al-Fitr sermon, the Iran regime’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, once again voiced his deep concern over the possibility of renewed anti-regime protests, warning officials of what he termed a “new sedition.”
This term, frequently used by Khamenei and other regime officials, is their standard label for public uprisings, branding protestors as seditionists. However, the crucial question remains: Who is the real seditionist?
The Iranian people, who rise in protest against deteriorating conditions, or Khamenei, who has held absolute power for more than three decades?
Read more
The Impact of U.S. Secondary Tariffs on Iran’s Regime
iran trucks transportation
U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Iran’s regime and impose “secondary tariffs” if this regime Republic refuses to negotiate with Washington and abandon its nuclear ambitions.
While the Trump administration has previously used tariff increases as a tool to pressure rival nations, this approach has had minimal direct economic impact on the Iranian regime.
In the past year, the Iranian regime’s exports to the United States amounted to just $6.2 million, a figure projected to drop to $2.2 million in 2023. However, secondary tariffs could present a significant challenge for Tehran.
Read more
Political Prisoner Marzieh Farsi in Critical Health Condition Amid Medical Neglect
April 1, 2025 – Reports from Evin Prison indicate a worsening health crisis for Marzieh Farsi, a political prisoner suffering from cancer and heart problems. Currently held in the women’s ward of Evin Prison, she has been experiencing persistent dizziness and severe headaches due to a lack of proper medical care. Marzieh Farsi was undergoing cancer treatment before her arrest, but repeated detentions and inadequate medical attention in prison have severely disrupted her recovery. Doctors had previously diagnosed her with heart complications in addition to cancer. However, her continued imprisonment and the authorities’ refusal to provide necessary medical care have exacerbated her condition.
Read more
Execution of Mahnaz Kakaei, 24, in Isfahan Central Prison
On the morning of Saturday, March 29, Mahnaz Kakaei was hanged at Isfahan Central Prison (Dastgerd), after spending four years and seven months in detention. She had been sentenced to qisas (retribution in kind) on charges of “premeditated murder” of her fiancé.
Mahnaz Kakaei, 24, was raised by her stepmother and was under pressure from her father to marry a man of his choice. However, she did not want this marriage, and before the wedding could take place, she allegedly stabbed her fiancé to death during a verbal altercation.
As of the time of this report, the Iranian regime’s state media and official sources have not confirmed the execution.
Read more
Leila Gholikhani Ganjeh Remains in Legal Limbo After 35 Days in Detention
Leila Gholikhani Ganjeh (Shohreh) remains in an uncertain legal situation after 35 days of detention in the women’s ward of Evin Prison.
Leila Gholikhani was arrested on February 25, 2025, by agents of the Intelligence Ministry and was initially held in solitary confinement in the notorious Ward 209 of Evin Prison for eight days. On March 5, 2025, she was transferred to the women’s ward of the prison.
Authorities have set a bail of three billion tomans (approximately $30,000), which she has been unable to secure, leaving her in extended detention.
Leila Gholikhani Ganjeh faces charges including “propaganda against the state” and “membership in opposition groups.” She has previously been arrested and convicted due to her activism.
Read more
Sydney, Australia – March 29, 2025: MEK Supporters Organize Exhibition Exposing Human Rights Violations in Iran
Sydney, Australia – March 29, 2025: Supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held an exhibition to show solidarity with the Iranian Revolution and denounce the regime’s escalating use of executions as a tool of repression.
#Sydney, #Australia – March 29, 2025: MEK Supporters Organize Exhibition Exposing #HumanRightsViolations in #Iran #StopExecutionsInIran #FreePoliticalPrisoners #FreeIran2025https://t.co/NSy16Yxa06
— Iran Freedom (@4FreedominIran) April 1, 2025
The event shed light on Iran’s worsening human rights violations, particularly the execution sentences imposed on political prisoners linked to the PMOI. MEK supporters in Sydney urged the international community to establish tribunals to hold the regime’s leaders accountable for crimes against humanity.
Read more
MEK Supporters in Bucharest Rally for Iranian Revolution, Denounce Regime’s Executions
Bucharest, Romania – March 29, 2025: Supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) organized an exhibition to show solidarity with the Iranian Revolution and denounce the regime’s escalating executions.
Read more
Also, read Iran News in Brief – April 1 , 2025