On Tuesday, May 23, 2023, Maryam Rajavi held a meeting with Ms. Rasa Juknevičienė, Lithuanian MEP and Vice-Chairwoman of the European People's Party Group, along with Mr. Stanislav Polčák, Czech MEP
On Tuesday, May 23, 2023, Maryam Rajavi held a meeting and discussions at her residence in Brussels with a delegation of women parliamentarians from Belgium.
On Friday, May 26, the courageous people of Zahedan took to the streets following the Friday prayer.
Maryam Rajavi calls for an international campaign to stop executions in Iran
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 proposals to abolate 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 punishment.(1) Our […]
Maryam Rajavi’s plan for future Iran in 10 points 1. Rejection of velayat-e faqih (absolute clerical rule). Affirmation of the people’s sovereignty in a republic founded on universal suffrage and pluralism; 2. Freedom of speech, freedom of political parties, freedom of assembly, freedom of the press and the internet. Dissolution and disbanding of the Islamic […]
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 […]
The Alternative to the Iranian Regime What is a political alternative? When we talk about the alternative, it is not merely a hollow claim or a vague title that has no impact on the daily vicissitudes of the struggle against the regime. Rather, we are referring to the guiding force and mechanism of advancement that […]
Maryam Rajavi addresses a hearing at the U.S. Congress sponsored by the Iranian Women Congressional Caucus and the Human Rights and Democracy in Iran Caucus – May 18, 2023
Addressing a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee for a Democratic Iran at the National Assembly in Paris – May 17, 2023
Addressing a conference at the Italian Parliament – The Italian Senate’s majority support for the Iranian uprising and Resistance – April 12, 2023
PMOI gathering welcoming Liam Fox and Franz-Josef Jung, the former Defense Ministers of UK and Germany- March 30, 2023
Maryam Rajavi addresses a conference on the Holy Month of Ramadan- March 26, 2023
In the memory of the martyrs for Iran’s freedom at the beginning of the Iranian New Year (1402)- Museum of Resistance- Ashraf 3