How Iranian monarchists have targeted anti-war activists

<article data-history-node-id="439407" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/how-iranian-monarchists-have-targeted-anti-war-activists" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/how-iranian-monarchists-have-targeted-anti-war-activists" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">How Iranian monarchists have targeted anti-war activists</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>“We’re going to find you, we’re going to rape you, we’re going to kill you.”</p> <p>This is just one of hundreds of messages that Arjang Alidai, an&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/iran" target="_blank">Iranian</a>-<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/uk" target="_blank">British</a>&nbsp;engineer based in the UK, has received from monarchist compatriots in recent months.</p> <p>Alidai first became a target after he voted in the 2024 Iranian presidential election, which many anti-government Iranians boycotted. They viewed voters as complicit with the Islamic Republic, and many now see Iranians who oppose the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/us" target="_blank">US</a>-<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/war-on-iran" target="_blank">war on Iran</a>&nbsp;in the same light.</p> <p>Alidai describes a relentless campaign of intimidation, which significantly increased when protests broke out in Iran in January.&nbsp;</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-iranian-monarchists-targeted-anti-war-activists">How Iranian monarchists have targeted anti-war activists</a></h3> <div alt="Iranian pro-monarchy supporters of Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the last shah, demonstrate near Reichstag building in Berlin on 23 April 2026 (Christian Mang/Reuters)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="a7e50dd3-4429-42eb-b65f-d5a45712a295" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/Iranian%20monarchists%20MAIN.jpg" width="1400" height="788" alt="Iranian pro-monarchy supporters of Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the last shah, demonstrate near Reichstag building in Berlin on 23 April 2026 (Christian Mang/Reuters)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> </div> </div> </article>