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| Iranian Opposition Group [People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK)] Says It Attacked Khamenei's Compound ‐ ‘Heavy Clashes' in Tehran |
| 2026-02-26 |
| [Breitbart] An Iranian opposition group took credit for a coordinated assault on Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s Tehran headquarters this week, reporting “heavy clashes” with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) that allegedly left more than 100 of its fighters killed, wounded, or arrested. The Command Headquarters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) said the operation began at dawn Monday, February 23, during the call to morning prayer, and continued into the afternoon around the Motahari Complex in central Tehran — one of the Islamic Republic’s most heavily fortified seats of power. According to the group, more than 250 fighters were involved in the clashes. It said over 100 were “martyred, wounded, or detained,” while more than 150 positioned within the compound’s outer security perimeter “safely returned to their bases” by midnight Tehran time. On Wednesday, the PMOI/MEK said it submitted the names and identifying details of 26 additional individuals — including those killed, missing, or detained during Monday’s operation — to the United Nations Special Rapporteur and other international human rights organizations, urging authorities to clarify their status and whereabouts. The group renewed its call for international representatives to meet with detainees and to be granted access to view the bodies of those reported killed. It added that two professional cameramen who went to the scene solely to film the events are among the missing and said their identifying details were also forwarded to international authorities. The PMOI/MEK’s internal command headquarters further stated that, following the reported assault, regime army and IRGC air defense and combat units remain on full alert around the compound. The specific casualty figures and operational details could not be independently verified, though regime-affiliated outlets later acknowledged explosions and unrest in the heavily secured Pasteur district. The Motahari Complex — covering roughly half a square kilometer (approximately 150 acres) — houses not only Khamenei’s main office but also the Guardian Council, the Assembly of Experts, the Supreme National Security Council, the Expediency Council, the central offices of the judiciary and intelligence ministry, and the office and residence of Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the supreme leader and widely viewed as his heir apparent. The opposition group described a multilayered security architecture surrounding the site, including reinforced concrete walls more than four meters (over 13 feet) high topped with anti-drone and anti-projectile barriers, along with internal compartmentalization giving each building its own perimeter wall. Nearly 5,000 members of the elite IRGC Vali-e Amr Protection Corps and the Ansar al-Mahdi Corps are tasked with guarding the compound, according to the group, which identified overall command as IRGC Brigadier General Hassan Mashrou’i-Far, known as Emami. Seventeen rotating surveillance cameras encircle the complex, the PMOI/MEK said, asserting that several were disabled at dawn with alleged inside assistance prior to the assault. |
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