Maryam Rajavi is the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (Coalition of democratic Iranian opposition) for the transitional period during which sovereignty will be transferred to the people of Iran. Maryam Rajavi’s Ten-Point Plan for the future of Iran calls for a republic based on the separation of religion and state, gender equality, abolition of the death penalty and a non-nuclear Iran.
In the fight against religious tyranny, more than one hundred thousand members of this movement have given their lives. In less than one year since Khamenei’s new president took office, about 1,200 people have been executed.
Mrs. Rajavi pointed out that, especially after suffering significant defeats in the region, the regime has resorted to increased executions and brutal repression in an attempt to prevent its downfall.
Khamenei is the foremost exploiter and plunderer in Iran—indeed, the country’s largest employer, wealthiest capitalist, and the principal enemy of the Iranian working class.
The recent explosions in the largest port of Iran with multitudes of victims killed and injured were the outcome of the regime’s destructive military activities. The regime executed 22 prisoners in just three days between the 21st and the 23rd of April. Thousands of other prisoners are on the death row.
In less than one year since Khamenei’s new president took office, about 1,200 people have been executed. Currently, some members of the PMOI face death sentences. Many others are under torture in prisons across the country.#StopExecutionsInIranhttps://t.co/PVbl3ErkLF pic.twitter.com/VHIVgk1WAg
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) May 20, 2025
The statements of the majorities of the Houses of Lords and Commons in the U.K. the Irish Senate, the Parliament of Malta, the Grand Council of Geneva exemplify a profound and responsible view toward one of the most important challenges of the modern worldpic.twitter.com/smweNu8KcL
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) May 17, 2025
Maryam Rajavi was born into a middle-class family in Tehran. One of her brothers, Mahmoud, is a veteran member of the PMOI/MEK and was a political prisoner during the Shah’s regime.
Her older sister, Narges, was killed by the Shah’s secret police, SAVAK, in 1975.
Her other sister, Massoumeh, an industrial engineering student, was arrested by the clerical regime in 1982. Pregnant at the time, she was ultimately hanged after undergoing brutal torture. Massoumeh’s husband, Massoud Izadkhah, was also executed.
Maryam Rajavi graduated with honors from the prestigious Sharif University of Technology in metallurgical engineering.
She joined the PMOI/MEK to participate in the popular resistance against the two corrupt dictatorships of the Shah and the mullahs. In the 1970s, during her college years, she organized anti-Shah student protests.
In 1980, she ran for a seat in Parliament from Tehran. But, due to widespread voter fraud by the new fundamentalist regime, none of the opposition candidates made it into Parliament. Despite the scam, Maryam Rajavi received over 250,000 votes.
Maryam Rajavi’s viewpoints on human rights in Iran The Iranian Resistance struggles for the establishment of freedom, equality, and democracy in Iran and a republic based on the separation of religion and state. The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) underscores its commitment to revive human rights in Iran and abolish the death penalty […]
Maryam Rajavi’s views on the abolition of the death penalty in Iran As it has been outlined in its Ten-Point Plan, the Iranian Resistance has been calling for the abolition of the death penalty for years. We emphasize on this need and we call on our compatriots to widely protest the implementation of this inhuman […]
Maryam Rajavi’s 10 points plan for future Iran The Ten-Point Plan for Iran’s Future was first presented by Maryam Rajavi in December 2006 at a session of the Council of Europe. This plan encapsulates the aspirations of the Iranian people and the Iranian Resistance for a future Iran: a pluralistic republic based on the separation of religion and state, gender […]
The Plan on Women’s Rights and Freedoms In 1987, the National Council of Resistance (NCRI) unanimously adopted a plan on the rights and freedoms of women in Iran. In March 2010, Maryam Rajavi presented the perspectives of Iranian Resistance’s in this respect during a meeting held at the European Parliament titled “Women Pioneer Democratic Change […]
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Iranian Protest Honors Fallen Heroes in Fight for Freedom- 19 April 2025
Speech at the Conference in the Italian Parliament: The Necessity of a Sound Policy-16 April 2025
Message to the Paris Conference “1,000 French Cities Against the Death Penalty in Iran” 11 April 2025
Iran’s political and social spring is on the horizon-20 March 2025
A Month of Brotherhood and Tolerance vis-à-vis the Velayat-e Faqih and Fundamentalism- 6 March 2025
Maryam Rajavi at the Hearing of the US Congressional Caucus- 26 February 2025
