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, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), said, the fruitless talks last week between the foreign ministers of the three European countries and the foreign minister of the Iranian regime, as well as the failed meeting of deputy foreign ministers on August 26 in Geneva, once again prove the undeniable truth that the mullahs’ regime is not prepared to abandon its project of building a nuclear bomb.
For more than four decades, the clerical regime in my country has waged a campaign of repression and bloodshed against the people of Iran—without ever facing accountability.
The Iranian Resistance once again underscores the necessity of designating the IRGC as a terrorist organization, shutting down the embassies, representations, and cultural and religious centers affiliated with the clerical regime.
With deep sorrow, I extend my condolences on the passing of Dr. Anna Záborská, Member of the National Council from Slovakia and former MEP, to her family, friends, and colleagues in the European Parliament.
One of the most horrific instances of human rights violations by the Iranian regime is the massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in 1988.
It is time to end the silence and inaction regarding the catastrophic human rights violations in Iran.
It is incumbent upon governments and… pic.twitter.com/J0YmkxFaCS— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) August 30, 2025
Today, in Iran, a regime rules, whose governance is predicated upon the suppression of human rights, and whose survival is secured and guaranteed by the killing of people. Against this regime, a prolonged and arduous resistance persists aimed at restoring human rights. We proudly… pic.twitter.com/XMFHSglopU
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) August 26, 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 the Italian Senate’s Human Rights Committee Hearing- 4 August 2025
Maryam Rajavi’s Vision: Building a Free and Democratic Iran- 31 July 2025
Maryam Rajavi in Italy: The Third Option for a Free Iran- 30 July 2025
June 20: Honoring 44 Years of Resistance for a Free Iran- 21 June 2025
Maryam Rajavi at EU: A Vision for a Democratic, Free Iran- 18 June 2025
Speech at the European Parliament, Strasbourg- 18 June 2025
