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.
His courageous and unforgettable efforts in promoting peace, fraternity, and in standing against injustice and discrimination will remain in the annals of history
The Iranian society and its vanguards are marching toward a glorious future based on freedom, equality, and democracy, and they will pay whatever price it takes to achieve it.
Two decades ago, at a session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, I proposed a third solution to the Iran issue, stating that the international community is not compelled to choose between a nuclear-armed mullahs’ regime or war. There is a third solution: democratic change by the Iranian people and their organized Resistance
Everyone wishes for the release of every hostage held in the mullahs’ prisons. But in such exchanges, French policy must never be allowed to fall hostage to the regime’s blackmail—because that only encourages them to take more hostages.
22 Executions in Just 3 Days in April!
From Hamedan to Yazd, from Ghezel Hesar to Arak and Gonabad… In fear of an uprising, the clerical regime hanged nearly one prisoner every three hours between April 21 and 23 — a chilling sign of the mullahs' terror of the people's mounting…— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) April 24, 2025
We honor the memory of Prof. Kazem Rajavi, the great martyr of human rights, who was assassinated in Geneva in 1990 by terrorists dispatched by the clerical regime. He once said, “We write the history of human rights with our own blood,” and he fought for human rights until his… pic.twitter.com/65I1TF4A9t
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) April 24, 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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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
International Conference on International Women’s Day- 22 February 2025
The grand rally of Iranians on the 46th anniversary of the anti-monarchic revolution in Paris- 8 February 2025