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When Donald Trump’s hot war in Iran ends bitter street-to-street battles will ensue in Tehran and major cities, as Mojahedin fighters take on the remnants of the Revolutionary Guard, it was claimed today. An estimated 250 fighters of the Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) attacked the headquarters of the now deceased Ayatollah Ali Khamenei three days before the US and Israel fired their first missiles.
And today a source close to the MEK fighters said as soon as the US and Israeli bombs stopped dropping the group would continue to lead an armed insurrection to effect the final overthrow of the religious dictatorship which has maintained a ruthless grip on power since the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Only a month ago, in January, Khamenei’s hated Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) slaughtered an estimated 40,000 young people after they took to the streets demanding an end to the dictatorship.
A source close to the MEK, who did not want to be named for security reasons, told Express.co.uk: “The military situation right now will come to an end, then there has to be regime change.
“And the fact is, we have people on the ground who are bravely willing to take on the IRGC and do what needs to be done to make that regime change happen, and then it is simply the people versus the regime.
“You cannot expect a rebellion during a war but after the war there will be different dynamics.
“After the big war there will be another one but this one will be street to street.
“The MEK have resistance units nationwide but Tehran is the real target.”
The MEK, which is also known as The People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), is a long established dissident group, with a difficult history. It was set up in 1965 in opposition to the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi - who was ousted in the 1979 Revolution.
In the seventies and eighties the MEK’s political ideology was shaped by Marxism and Islam and it has been listed as a terror group by both the UK and US.
However it was delisted by the UK in 2008 and by the US in 2012.
It is affiliated to the National Council of Resistance of Iran and its leader Maryam Rajavi, who declared a provisional government on Saturday and has support from such UK political names as John Bercow, Sharron Davies, and Theresa Villiers, EU heavyweight Charles Michel and US names John Bolton and former Vice President Mike Pence.
If the MEK’s insurrection is successful Rajavi will be installed as caretaker leader of a new Iranian government - with a pledge to conduct a free and fair general election, overseen by international bodies, within six months.
Rajavi’s group has also drawn up an “Iranian Bill of Rights” for citizens with 10 points which include: Complete division of religion and state, absolute equality of genders, no nuclear weapons and freedom of speech as an enshrined right.
However she will face competition from the son of the deposed Shah Reza Pahlavi, who hopes to return to Iran and take up his father’s crown.
And, despite losing key leaders in President Trump’s ongoing attacks, the IRGC is likely to remain a significant force.
IRGC figures were today attempting to decide on a new Ayatollah.
However the source close to the MEK said the Iranian people would not allow it and added: “The Iranian people have lost so many loved ones - they will not rally behind the flag. They want revenge.
“Remember these are families who were asked to pay for the bullets which killed their children - they are not in the mood to forgive.”
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