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Background on Iranian Resistance Movement

National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI):

• Is a political coalition founded in 1981 with the aim of unseating the “religious dictatorship” in Iran; acts as a parliament-in-exile; is comprised of well-known political figures and representatives of religious minorities and ethnic groups; 52% of its members are women;
• Advocates a democratic, pluralist and secular system of government;
• Has committed itself to a nuclear-free Iran;
• Advocates normalized relations with all the governments of the region and the world;
• Guarantees the individual and social rights stipulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international covenants;
• Guarantees separation of Church and State, gender equality, autonomy for Iranian Kurds, abolition of the death penalty; Advocates elimination of all forms of discrimination against religious and ethnic minorities.

People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI):

• Formed in 1965 in Iran by young middle class intellectuals;
• Is a member party of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI);
• Under the mullahs, became the largest and most active opposition movement in Iran;
• Espouses a democratic and modern interpretation of Islam which has proven very effective in combating Islamic fundamentalism in Iran and Iraq.

Afrique Asie reported about the PMOI

Council On Foreign Relations´s interview with Ambassador Mark Palmer about the PMOI