In September 2025, while the Iranian president addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the most prominent and organized protest outside the UN Headquarters came not from scattered opposition groups but from the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).

This high-profile demonstration occurred just two weeks after another large-scale rally in Brussels that drew tens of thousands. Both events were well-coordinated, politically focused, and united under a clear message:

No to war. No to appeasement. Regime change is achievable—by the Iranian people and their organized Resistance.

This raises a compelling question:

Why has the MEK remained consistently capable of mobilizing, organizing, and sustaining international political action—while most other Iranian opposition groups have not?

The answer lies in three core components that define any impactful and enduring social movement:

What separates effective political movements from ineffective ones is not the volume of rhetoric, but the depth........

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