Tens of thousands of Iranians gathered on September 6, 2025, at the iconic Atomium in Brussels to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), the leading opposition force to the Iranian regime. At this rally, representatives of three generations of PMOI supporters delivered speeches, the texts of which are presented below:
Vida Nik Talean
With greetings to my dear Maryam Rajavi, and salutations to the supporters of the rightful resistance of the Iranian people.
Special regards to my dear Zahra Merrikhi and to all the PMOI members at Ashraf 3.
Today, I stand here as a representative of the generation of 1979, raised as a generation by Massoud Rajavi. A generation that fully experienced the passionate days of unity during the 1979 revolution. But Khomeini betrayed the trust of this nation. The fiery demarcation “Neither Shah nor the Mullahs,” under Massoud Rajavi’s leadership, began with our generation. We are a generation that has felt both the venom of monarchic tyranny and the chains of the mullahs’ oppression with flesh and bone.
For us, freedom is not merely a word but the most sacred ideal. We found this sacred ideal under the proud banner of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, led by Massoud Rajavi, an ideal from which he has never budged even an iota. That is why, together with you and the heroic PMOI members at Ashraf-3, we cry out: let the peoples of the world know that Massoud is our leader.
Yes, it was for this freedom that 30,000 heroic, devoted fighters stood firm unto death. So, we, too, swear by the blood of our comrades to stand until the end. This path continues 120 years of the glorious struggle of the Iranian people for freedom, independence, and popular sovereignty.
Today, we celebrate the 60th anniversary of an organization that, through sacrifice, honesty, and fidelity to its pledge, has become a national treasure for 90 million Iranians and is moving to dismantle this regime.
Maryam Rajavi has said that freedom is a precious treasure that demands great suffering. We follow her lead and are ready for that costly suffering and for the battle of liberation.
Let us shout to the inhuman clerical regime and to the remnants of the Shah that we, the generation of 1979, hand in hand with the generations that follow, pledge with Massoud and Maryam Rajavi that we stand with our lives for the Third Option and for the realization of Maryam Rajavi’s Ten-Point Plan, and we will not allow the regime and its colonialist supporters to plunder the fruits of the sacrifices of martyrs and the suffering of our people.
Death to the oppressor — be it the Shah or the Mullahs’ Leader.
Now I ask the delegation of the next generation to join us on stage, and I ask my sister Farzaneh Hosseini to speak.
Farzaneh Hosseini
Dear friends, President-elect Maryam Rajavi,
I stand before you as the child of a generation whose hopes and dreams were stolen, yet who rose with extraordinary courage to resist oppression under the banner of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).
Two of my uncles, political prisoners Abbas Hosseini and Gholam-Hossein Hosseini, endured torture in the Shah’s jails, and were later murdered by the mullahs’ regime.
My aunt, Maryam Hosseini, a heroic Ashrafi, was brutally murdered on the first of September 2013 massacre in camp Ashraf (in Iraq).
The profound impact of their sacrifices for justice and freedom are carved in my being.
In 1988, just a few years after the executions of my uncles, the regime brutally massacred 30,000 political prisoners in a bid to terrify our generation into submission.
For decades, they embarked on a campaign of demonization and lies but the regime failed. My generation refused to trust its propaganda. Instead, we found truth and courage under the leadership of Maryam Rajavi, who has inspired countless of women like me across generations, as you see here today.
With her motto, “We can, and we must,” she has empowered generations of women to now stand at the highest ranks of a movement which dares to challenge the world’s most misogynistic and tyrannical regime, while offering a democratic alternative to the regime and a model for the Middle East.
Today, as the MEK marks its 60th anniversary, we celebrate a movement that has carried the torch of freedom, through countless betrayals, making the greatest of sacrifices along the way.
My generation and I, some of whom are behind me today, vow to our people and to our Resistance to expose every lie, confront every betrayal, to carry this revolution towards victory.
This time, Iran will truly see the dawn of freedom, independence, and the people’s sovereignty, no matter the cost.
Now with pleasure I introduce the next generation to say their remarks.
Adrian Mohseni
I stand before you today as part of the youngest but certainly not the last generation of Mojahedin supporters.
Mohammad Hanifnejad was only 27 when he founded the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran. Sixty years later, this organization is stronger than ever. It has faced prisons, torture, and executions, yet it’s a powerful force of resistance. Today, it terrifies the mullahs’ regime, a regime that is trembling and falling.
Thanks to Massoud Rajavi’s leadership and the sacrifices of countless men and women inspired by the example of Maryam Rajavi, the resistance stands today as a force that continues to challenge tyranny in order to achieve freedom, independence, and people’s sovereignty.
Inside Iran, to the fearless Resistance Units who keep to sacred flame alive, I say: “Your defiance shakes the regime and echoes the martyrs’ sacrifice.”
Though we are far from Iran, our hearts beat with yours. Your bravery empowers us, and your sacrifice lights the path to freedom.
I especially honor the young martyrs who gave their lives for freedom, whether against the Shah’s tyranny or the Mullahs’ brutality. From 13-year-old Fatemeh Mesbah to Mehdi Rezaei, Saeed Akhavan, and Mohsen Shekari. They all remind me that freedom has always had a price, and each generation of Iranians has paid it. Their sacrifice lights our path and strengthens our resolve.
Even if my generation did not live under the Shah’s monarchy, history has taught us its atrocities. Religious tyranny will not be replaced by a monarchy. It is time for a real democracy. It is time for a free Iran.
And the only way to achieve this is with Mrs. Rajavi’s Ten-Point Plan, a true model of democracy, born from the ideological and political strength of the MEK and NCRI. My generation makes a solemn vow, hand in hand with others, to achieve it at any cost.
For that sacred promise, I call upon all three generations: join me, raise your voices, and shout with me: (We are) Ready! Ready! Ready!
