National Council of Resistance of Iran

National Council of Resistance of Iran
شورای ملی مقاومت ایران (Persian)
Conseil national de la résistance iranienne (French)
AbbreviationNCRI
SpokespersonAlireza Jafarzadeh
President-electMaryam Rajavi
FounderMassoud Rajavi and Abolhassan Banisadr
FoundedJuly 20, 1981 (1981-07-20)
Headquarters
Ideology
AnthemEy Iran
Party flag
Website
ncr-iran.org

The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI; Persian: شورای ملی مقاومت ایران, romanizedŠurā-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 in 1981, and is currently led by Maryam Rajavi. It is the longest active political alliance in Iranian history.

The NCRI is a coalition of Iranian dissident groups led by the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK), which advocates for the overthrow of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It describes itself as an independent parliament-in-exile prepared to establish a democratic provisional government in Iran upon the fall of its current government. The organization is often described by academics and journalists as the political or diplomatic wing of the MEK.

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.