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.
The resolution “condemns in the strongest terms the alarming increase in the application of death penalty,” including “the continued execution of women, which has reached the highest number of reported executions of women since 2013
Today, as I stand before the House of European Democracy, I declare, the warmongering and terrorism of this regime can be ended. Democratic change and overthrow are both achievable and within reach, driven by the Iranian people and their Resistance.
In October 2023, on the first day of the new Middle Eastern conflict, the Iranian Resistance declared that the Iranian regime was the head of the snake of warmongering in the region. Confronted with the nationwide uprisings of 2022 and teetering on the brink of collapse, the regime took recourse to an external conflict to prevent the outbreak of another uprising and its overthrow by the Iranian people and Resistance.
November 15 marks the anniversary of the passing of Françoise Héritier, the distinguished French anthropologist and a friend of the Iranian Resistance. In honoring her legacy, Maryam Rajavi wrote: “Françoise Héritier may no longer be with us, yet the flames of her profound ideas will continue to shine. We will not forget her words: humanity will never know true freedom without absolute equality between the sexes.
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 […]
In October 2023, on the first day of the new Middle Eastern conflict, the Iranian Resistance declared that the...
November 15 marks the anniversary of the passing of Françoise Héritier, the distinguished French anthropologist and a friend of...
Does the separation of religion and state mean that, in a society liberated from dictatorship, no individual or group...
Berlin Conference Observes the World Day Against the Death Penalty-10 October 2024
Speeches at the Meetings of the Parliamentary Groups of the European People’s Party (EPP) and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) at the Council of Europe- 03 October 2024
Conference with MPs and Distinguished Dignitaries in Germany- 28 September 2024
Online Conference with Italian Parliament Members- 25 September 2024
Conference at the UK Parliament in Defense of Human Rights in Iran- 11 September 2024
Conference Featuring Distinguished Jurists, Legal Experts, and Eminent International Human Rights Advocates- 27 August 2024
