National Council of Resistance of Iran
The Golden Lion and Sun was adopted as the emblem of the NCRI in 1993 | |
| Abbreviation | NCRI |
| Spokesperson | Alireza Jafarzadeh |
| President-elect | Maryam Rajavi |
| Founder | Massoud Rajavi and Abolhassan Banisadr |
| Founded | July 20, 1981 |
| Headquarters | Paris, France Tirana, Albania |
| Anthem | Ey Iran |
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| Website | |
| ncr-iran | |
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI; Persian: شورای ملی مقاومت ایران, romanized: Šurā-ye melli-e moqāvemat-e Īrān) is an Iranian political organization based in France and Albania. It was founded by Massoud Rajavi and Abolhassan Banisadr. Ostensibly a coalition of different Iranian dissident groups constituting a parliament-in-exile, the organization is dominated by the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK), and has been widely described as a front or subsidiary of the MEK. It also acts as the MEK's diplomatic wing. It is currently led by Maryam Rajavi.
In 2002, the NCRI exposed the existence of an undisclosed uranium enrichment facility in Natanz, leading to concerns about Iran's nuclear program. It was listed by the U.S. government as a foreign terrorist organization in 1997, but was removed from this list in 2012, along with the MEK.