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.
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, strongly condemned the criminal execution of Shahram Sadeghi. Highlighting the global condemnation of the wave of executions in Iran
Iran political prisoners face ‘catastrophic abuse’ as executions surge, opposition leader warns
Iran publicly hanged two young men Tuesday over their alleged roles in January's nationwide anti-government protests, as onlookers chanted "Dishonorable, dishonorable!"
The silence and inaction of the international community act as a green light for the regime to continue and intensify executions and massacres.
Early this morning, Sunday, August 16, 2026, the clerical regime committed yet another heinous crime by executing the rebellious protester Shahram Sadeghi.
Strongly condemning this criminal execution and reiterating global condemnations of executions in Iran, I call on the UN… pic.twitter.com/sNS9MxyBGf— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) August 16, 2026
We are now marking the 38th anniversary of the #1988Massacre in Iran, in which 30,000 political prisoners were executed on the orders of Khomeini, the founder of this very regime. More than ninety percent of those victims were members of the PMOI/MEK. Their only “crime,” the sole… pic.twitter.com/JzgwoGxAyW
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) August 16, 2026
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’s viewpoints on human rights in Iran The Iranian Resistance seeks to establish freedom, equality, and democracy in Iran, as well as a republic based on the separation of religion and state. The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) underscores its commitment to restoring human rights in Iran and abolishing the death penalty following the clerical […]
Maryam Rajavi’s views on the abolition of the death penalty in Iran As outlined in the Ten-Point Plan, the Iranian Resistance has been calling for the abolition of the death penalty for years. We emphasize this need and call on our compatriots to protest widely against the implementation of this inhuman punishment. (1) Our plan […]
Maryam Rajavi’s Ten-point plan for the future of 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 […]
The Third Option: Change by the People of Iran 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 […]
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Over the years, Maryam Rajavi has repeatedly issued warnings at various international forums regarding these activities, consistently calling for...
The slogan of the Iranian Resistance and the Provisional Government, announced by the NCRI, is Peace and Freedom.
