Iran, December 25, 2019— “The international community must take urgent action to stop the killings [in Iran] and ensure the release of those arrested [during nationwide protests in November],” Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), said in her Christmas message on Tuesday.

Reporting by PMOI/MEK

While expressing her best wishes to Christians in Iran and across the world, Mrs. Rajavi reiterated the plight of the Iranian people, who have risen across the country in recent months to overthrow the tyrannical regime ruling in Iran for more than 40 years.

 Protests that began over the sudden increase in the price of gasoline turned int a nationwide uprising calling for the ouster of the ruling mullahs.

In response, the Iranian regime has engaged in a killing spree, killing more than 1,500 protesters, injuring more than 4,000 and arresting 12,000 others.

 There are reports that the regime that many prisoners have died under torture in Iran's prisoners since protests began in November.