On the morning of March 31, 2026, the Iranian regime executed 34-year-old law graduate and political prisoner Babak Alipour, alongside his fellow inmate Pouya Ghobadi. Their hangings came just 24 hours after the executions of two other members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) from the exact same case. Yet, while the ruling clerics used the gallows to physically eliminate Babak, newly released handwritten letters penned during his imprisonment prove that the regime completely failed to crush his spirit.

Babak’s writings from inside the Greater Tehran and Ghezel Hesar prisons offer a profound glimpse into the mind of a young, educated Iranian who knowingly sacrificed his life for a free, democratic, and secular Iran. His words stand as a powerful testament to the resilience of the Iranian Resistance and a direct defiance of the mullahs’ dictatorship.

Finding courage in fallen comrades

On August 1, 2025, Babak wrote a letter from the Greater Tehran Prison. He penned these words just days after the regime executed two PMOI members, Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani. Instead of succumbing to the terror the regime intended to spread, Babak drew immense inspiration from their sacrifice.

Reflecting on his time sharing a cell with Behrouz for nine months, Babak praised his “revolutionary ethics” and profound resistance. He noted that because Behrouz had chosen the path of struggle consciously, he was never angry and never felt entitled.

Babak also recalled seeing Mehdi in the Evin Prison clinic. Despite facing a death sentence and battling illness, Mehdi remained joyful. “He wanted to send the message to the inmates that despite the death sentence… I am not afraid, and I will not give up the struggle and resistance against the executioners,” Babak wrote.

To fellow Iranians, Babak made a solemn vow that executions would only breed further defiance: “The martyrdom of these two brothers has not only failed to intimidate me… I pledge to be ready to fight and resist until the end for the overthrow of the anti-human regime and the establishment of a democratic republic.”

Witnessing the dictator’s fall and the rise of the people

In a letter from Ghezel Hesar Prison on March 12, 2026—just weeks before his execution—Babak provided a triumphant analysis of Iran’s political landscape. Writing shortly after the massive nationwide uprisings of December 2025 to January 2026, he expressed immense pride in the Iranian people’s power.

“The volcano of the oppressed people’s anger erupted,” Babak wrote, praising the bravery and sacrifice of protesters who stood against “the brutality of Khamenei’s criminal mercenaries.” He specifically highlighted the university students who chanted slogans rejecting both the deposed monarchy and the current theocracy, demanding “No to the Shah and the mullahs, and the establishment of a democratic republic.”

Addressing the recent death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the succession of his son, Mojtaba, Babak framed it as the desperate, dying breaths of a doomed regime. “Dictators have come, been overthrown, died, and been killed, and now it is the turn of Khamenei the son’s dictatorship,” he declared, emphasizing that the Iranian Resistance remains the “steadfast” force destined to outlast them all.

Fully aware of his impending execution, Babak used the concluding passages of his final letters to embrace the ultimate sacrifice for freedom. He refused to let the walls of Ghezel Hesar break his resolve, viewing his life as a necessary price for the liberation of his nation.

“Now that the lot has fallen to me,” Babak wrote, “I will not withhold my humble life.”

Rejecting any form of surrender, he outlined his final manifesto: “I will continue my maximum resistance in prison and I will not bow down.”

He signed off his letters with the resonant chant, “Ready, ready, ready”—a powerful declaration of his eternal readiness to stand for freedom. The mullahs may have taken Babak Alipour’s life, but his words will continue to echo across Iran, inspiring a generation determined to turn his dream of a democratic republic into reality.

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