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.
For 120 years, the Iranian people’s resistance has waged a persistent struggle for freedom, against both the Shah and the mullahs, Rajavi declared to a full auditorium at Rome’s Palazzo dei Congressi, referring to the deposed Iranian king and the clerics now running the country, respectively
It is important to note that from day one of drafting its constitution, the NCRI has called for a new republic—not a return to the dictatorships of the Shah or the Sheikh, nor their cosmetic reforms or rebranding under any guise.
Today, I have come to the cradle of Italian democracy to present a comprehensive roadmap—a roadmap grounded in the strength, determination, and capabilities of a nation that has risen up, and one that moves purposefully toward a momentous transformation: the overthrow of religious tyranny.
State executions under Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian drastically escalate
To the leaders and policymakers of the international community, I must underscore this critical truth: four decades of silence in the face of escalating executions and the brutal suppression of human rights in Iran have not only served as a green light for the ruling clerics to… pic.twitter.com/2l3w6HmFMb
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) July 27, 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 Third Option Twenty-one years ago, I stood in this very parliament and declared that the solution for Iran lies neither in appeasement nor in war, but in a third option: regime change by the people of Iran and the organized resistance. I warned, “The policy of appeasement encourages the clerical regime to persist in […]
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Maryam Rajavi at EU: A Vision for a Democratic, Free Iran- 18 June 2025
Speech at the European Parliament, Strasbourg- 18 June 2025
The Second Free Iran 2025 Conference –Regime Change for a Democratic Republic- 31 May 2025
Conference at the French National Assembly-May 2025
Speech at the Free Iran 2025 Conference – Onward to a Democratic Republic
Virtual Conference with Members of the Irish Houses of Parliament- 29 April 2025
