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.
This statistic was compiled from detailed investigations in 144 cities and inquiries in 76 others, drawing on information from eyewitnesses, families, local sources, and prisoners.
The recent brutal killings and the shocking number of 3,000 martyrs, announced today by the People’s Mojahedin of Iran, are not a sign of the regime’s strength.
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced that the death toll from the nationwide uprising, which began on December 28, 2025, has surpassed 3,000 as of January 11, 2026.
We call on the international community to fulfill a long-overdue responsibility: to recognize the struggle of the Iranian people and the fight of the young protesters to overthrow the religious dictatorship,
Khamenei, through the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has turned his weapons against our people, while young Iranians, armed with little more than determination, have risen to defend and protect unarmed and innocent civilians.
In this ruthless confrontation, in which thousands… pic.twitter.com/fcJdgbG2fV— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) January 14, 2026
On Tuesday night, Tehran and many other cities once again became the scene of direct confrontation between the people and rebellious youth on one side, and the regime’s violent IRGC forces on the other.
Yet the fearless youth, alongside resolute women and girls, are bringing the…— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) January 14, 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 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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A Message for Christmas and the New Year 2026- 24 December 2025
Briefing at the U.S. House of Representatives- 16 December 2025
Conference at the French National Assembly- 15 December 2025
In Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres, Belgium-December 11, 2025
U.S. Senate Conference 11 December 2025
European Parliament on international Human Rights Day-10 December 2025
