National Council of Resistance of Iran
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) was founded in 1981 in Tehran upon the initiative of Massoud Rajavi (Leader of the Iranian Resistance) and is closely linked to the People's Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (MEK); according to their website the NCRI "is the parliament-in-exile of the Iranian Resistance."
- "The NCRI is a broad-based political coalition comprising five opposition political organizations and parties and more than 550 well-known political, cultural and social figures, specialists, artists, intellectuals, sports champions, scientists, and military officers.
- "Every part of the spectrum of Iran's social and political mosaic is represented in the NCRI, including those of religious, secular, liberal and nationalist persuasions, as well as the representatives of ethnic minorities, namely Kurds, Baluchis, Turkmens, and Arabs, Sunni Moslems, and members of smaller religious communities, such as Jews, Christians and Zoroastrians. Half of the members of the NCRI are women." [1]
In its two-day plenary session in November 2002, NCRI adopted a plan to form the "National Solidarity Front to Overthrow Religious Dictatorship in Iran." :The front was designed as a platform to encompass all Iranian republicans who "are campaigning for a democratic, independent and secular regime." [2]
In August 1993, the NCRI unanimously elected Mrs. Maryam Rajavi as President. [3] (She is now president elect}
The President and official spokesman of the National Council of Resistance is Massoud Rajavi. [4]
In 1992 Mohammad Mohaddessin was assigned chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance, a post he has held ever since. [5]
On August 15, 2003, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) to the Specially Designated Global Terrorist list.
Contact
- P.O. Box 2516
- London
- United Kingdom
- NW4 2DD
- Web: http://www.ncr-iran.org
External links
- "The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has now also been listed as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT), including its U.S. representative offices and all other offices worldwide," U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control August 15, 2003.
- Press Statement: "Designation of National Council of Resistance and National Council of Resistance of Iran under Executive Order 13224," U.S. Department of State, August 15, 2003.
- Letter: "Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (Mojahedin's Aliases Exposed)," U.S. Department of the Treasury (Iran-Interlink), August 29, 2003.
