Message from PMOI political prisoners Forough Taghipour and Arghavan Fallahi from Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison on the anniversary of the founding of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran
Political prisoners Forough Taghipour and Arghavan Fallahi (currently under death sentence) marked the 61st anniversary of the founding of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) in a message smuggled out from behind the walls of Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison.
In their message, they described themselves as belonging to “Generation Z—anti-dictatorship, anti-dependency, and opposed to both the Shah and the mullahs,” as well as “the continuation of the path of (our fellow fallen PMOI members) Babak Alipour, Vahid Bani-Amerian, Pouya Ghobadi, and Mehdi Khanki”—a living spirit that cannot be silenced by imprisonment or the gallows.
Forough Taghipour and Arghavan Fallahi also emphasized that “with every step, we recognize more clearly and fully the legitimacy” of the PMOI’s 61-year journey, which seeks to create a new culture and a new human being.
Forough Taghipour, born in 1994 in Tehran, holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting. She was arrested in August 2023 and sentenced to 15 years in prison, which was later reduced to 6 years; however, she was recently sentenced to an additional year while inside prison. Taghipour was previously imprisoned from 2020 to 2023 for supporting the PMOI.
Arghavan Fallahi, a 25-year-old political prisoner, was arrested in Tehran on January 25, 2025. She was subjected to interrogation and torture in the solitary confinement cells of the intelligence services in Evin Prison. During this period, she endured continuous interrogation and psychological torture while being denied family visits. She has been sentenced to death.
Editorial Note: Statements from political prisoners in the Iranian regime’s jails are published in response to their repeated emphasis on broadcasting their voices. They insist that their message of resistance must reach the youth and the people of Iran at any cost.
The statement from political prisoners Forough Taghipour and Arghavan Fallahi reads as follows:
A Progressive Benchmark of Struggle Against Two Dictatorships
On the 61st anniversary of the founding of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), we, political prisoners Arghavan Fallahi and Forough Taghipour, from behind the fragile walls of Evin Prison, send thousands of greetings and congratulations to the heroic people of Iran, the brave Resistance Units, and the standard-bearers of this glorious Resistance—Maryam Rajavi and Massoud Rajavi—and to all PMOI members in Ashraf[1] who have created a new world through their liberating revolution.
We belong to the blood-stained lineage of Mohammad Hanifnejad, Said Mohsen, and Ali-Asghar Badizadegan[2]—those who, in September 1965, planted the seeds of an organization that grows more vibrant and flourishing with each passing day.
An organization that has presented fresh ideas and innovative thought across various domains, challenging all that is obsolete and reactionary. In the arena of struggle against both the Shah’s dictatorship and the clerical regime, it has become a progressive benchmark—such that anyone entering the political battlefield must first define their coordinates relative to it.
It is an organization capable of political action and mobilization from the streets of Iran and the wards of Evin and Ghezel Hesar[3] prisons to countries around the world, taking a major step toward rejecting exploitation. An organization that, in every time and place, has borne the torch of honesty and sacrifice, offering the greatest blood and enduring the most complex, painful moments for the sake of “freedom.”
Continuity of the Generation of Steadfast Prisoners
We belong to the generation of the steadfast prisoners of 1988,[4] who, in the words of the Quran, are eternally alive and embody loyalty to their pledge and infinite sacrifice. Their legacy manifested in the fiery rage of January 2026 and the surge of the Iranian people’s uncompromising struggle, as history once again validated the PMOI line and the guidance of the Resistance leadership.
Indeed, this path, with all its twists and turns, is so beautiful and extraordinary that after 61 years, it has not aged. Instead, it grows fresher and more vibrant by the day, and with every step, we recognize its righteousness more clearly, seeing how it advances toward creating a new culture, a new society, and a new human being.
The New Generation’s Resistance Against Repression and Executions
We are Generation Z—anti-dictatorship, anti-dependency, and opposed to both the Shah and the mullahs. We are the continuation of the path forged by (our fellow fallen PMOI members): Babak Alipour, Vahid Bani-Amerian, Pouya Ghobadi, and Mehdi Khanki. What red roses stepped onto this path and embraced martyrdom with open arms! Blessed are those whose bond with God and the people became eternal, standing by their covenant until their very last breath.
The grief of losing such precious gems does not break us; rather, it tightens our fists and flares the fire of rage within us. How soon will come the shattering of the fragile facade of this evil executioner regime—which, under the shadow of war, seeks to prove its lost, hollow authority through intensified repression and executions. They fail to realize that whether you throw us into prison or choke our throats with gallows’ ropes, we have become a living spirit that will never die.
We sing with Pouya’s voice, we look through Vahid’s eyes, we march on Babak’s feet, and we love the people with Mehdi’s heart. We have learned to fly from the doves that became stars.
PMOI political prisoners
Arghavan Fallahi and Forough Taghipour
Commemorated be the anniversary of the founding of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran
Long live the new democratic Republic of Iran
Hail to Rajavi
Evin Prison — September 2026
[1] Ashraf 3, located near Tirana, Albania, is the central headquarters of the PMOI/MEK, housing thousands of dedicated members of the Iranian Resistance who relocated there following an international resettlement effort in 2016.
[2] The historical founders of the PMOI executed by the Shah’s regime in 1972.
[3] Ghezel Hesar Prison, located in Karaj, near Tehran, is one of Iran’s largest and most notorious maximum-security facilities. Long known for housing death-row inmates and mass executions, it is frequently used by the Iranian regime to hold and punish political prisoners under harsh, overcrowded conditions.
[4] Referring to the victims of the 1988 massacre of political prisoners.
