As further details emerge from the nationwide uprising that swept across Iran from late 2025 into early 2026, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) has confirmed the deaths of three additional Resistance Unit members who had previously been reported missing during the crackdown.
The announcement sheds more light on the scale of the confrontation between anti-government protesters and the Iranian regime’s security apparatus during what opposition groups describe as one of the most extensive uprisings in recent years.
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According to the PMOI, the three members were killed in January 2026 during direct clashes with security forces in Tehran, Eslamabad-e Gharb, and Shahr-e Rey.
Thirty-five-year-old Mohammad-Sadegh Alavinezhad, who held a master’s degree in electrical engineering, was killed on January 8 during clashes on Enghelab Street in Tehran. A day later, 30-year-old Mahsa Jalilian was reportedly shot directly by security forces in Eslamabad-e Gharb. On January 10, 44-year-old Reza Vaghfiravan lost his life during confrontations in Shahr-e Rey.
The confirmations add to a growing list of casualties linked to the protests and subsequent state crackdown. The PMOI had previously published names of members killed between January 15 and January 29, 2026. Additional names also appeared in a list published by the office of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on February 1, 2026, which acknowledged the deaths of five more PMOI members.
The details surrounding those deaths point to increasingly organized confrontations between Resistance Units and state security institutions.
Among those named were Mostafa Azizi, 46, Majid Khoushehchin, 40, and 18-year-old Ramtin Mirzadokht, who were killed on January 8 during an operation targeting a security forces base in Vavan, located in Eslamshahr near Tehran.
On the same day in Zanjan, 21-year-old university student and karate champion Arshia Barari, along with 30-year-old cabinet maker Alireza Behgozin, were killed during an operation in Sabzeh-Meydan that reportedly resulted in the capture of a local security station.
The uprising itself began on December 28, 2025, with protests by Tehran bazaar merchants over the rapid collapse of the Iranian rial, inflation, and worsening shortages of basic goods. Demonstrations that initially centered on economic grievances quickly evolved into overtly political protests calling for regime change.
According to the report, unrest spread rapidly to roughly 400 counties across the country and reached university campuses. The PMOI states that Resistance Units played a central role in sustaining and organizing demonstrations as the protests expanded.
The organization says its units carried out 630 operations targeting installations associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the Basij paramilitary force, and other state institutions. Iranian authorities responded with widespread internet and communications restrictions alongside a heavy security crackdown.
The report describes the crackdown as deadly, alleging that thousands of civilians were killed during the suppression of the protests.
The newly confirmed deaths also underscore the broad social and generational profile of those involved in the unrest.
Among the previously identified victims was Dr. Naeem Abdollahi, a 34-year-old assistant professor of political science at Tehran University who held a Juris Doctor degree. Abdollahi had reportedly been imprisoned in Evin Prison in 2018 and later expelled from the university following the 2022 protests. According to the PMOI, he was shot dead by IRGC forces on January 8 while leading Resistance Units in Tehran’s Naziabad district.
The crackdown also claimed younger victims. The report cites the death of 18-year-old Mohammad Bahrami, described as a PMOI supporter, who was allegedly attacked with knives and machetes before being shot by state agents in Azadshahr, Golestan Province, on January 6.
Other names highlighted by the PMOI include Abbasali Ramezani, a 74-year-old veteran PMOI member and former political prisoner who was killed in Mashhad on January 19. The list also includes university student Zahra Bohlouli-Pour and teenage workers Reza Ghanbari and the Kadivarian brothers in Kermanshah.
The profiles span multiple professions, age groups, and regions — from university academics and students to laborers and tradesmen. Many were reportedly involved in organizing demonstrations or participating in direct confrontations with security forces during the peak of the unrest.
The events of late 2025 and early 2026 marked a significant escalation in anti-government activity across Iran. While demonstrations initially emerged in response to deteriorating economic conditions, the movement rapidly evolved into a broader political challenge to the ruling establishment.
The PMOI maintains that Resistance Units helped coordinate activities across cities and neighborhoods while confronting security forces and state institutions. Iranian authorities, meanwhile, imposed communication blackouts and intensified security operations as protests spread nationwide.
As additional identities continue to emerge months after the crackdown, the names published by opposition groups provide a fragmented but expanding account of the human cost of the uprising.
From Tehran’s Enghelab Street to provincial cities such as Zanjan, Eslamabad-e Gharb, Mashhad, and Azadshahr, the reports describe a movement that drew participation from different generations and social backgrounds, leaving behind a growing list of casualties whose stories continue to surface long after the streets fell silent.
