Difference between revisions of "National Council of Resistance of Iran"
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| − | According to its website, the '''National Council of Resistance of Iran''' (NCRI) is a "a broad coalition of democratic Iranian organizations, groups and personalities."<ref>NCRI, [http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/6046/ "Introduction to the National Council of Resistance of Iran "], NCRI Official Website, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> Made up of Iranian exiles and minorities with pro-Israel, anti-Iranian views, several analysts consider the NCRI a Paris-based front group of the [[Mujahideen-e Khalq]].<ref>Rostam Pourzal, [http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2006/pourzal120606.html "MEK Tricks US Progressives, Gains Legitimacy"], ''Monthly Review,'' 26 May 2006</ref> | + | According to its website, the '''National Council of Resistance of Iran''' (NCRI) is a "a broad coalition of democratic Iranian organizations, groups and personalities."<ref name=NCRIW>NCRI, [http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/6046/ "Introduction to the National Council of Resistance of Iran "], NCRI Official Website, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> Made up of Iranian exiles and minorities with pro-Israel, anti-Iranian views, several analysts consider the NCRI a Paris-based front group of the [[Mujahideen-e Khalq]].<ref>Rostam Pourzal, [http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2006/pourzal120606.html "MEK Tricks US Progressives, Gains Legitimacy"], ''Monthly Review,'' 26 May 2006</ref> |
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| + | *[[Maryam Rajavi]] - "President-elect" since 1993<ref name=NCRIW>NCRI, [http://ncr-iran.org/content/view/6046/ "Introduction to the National Council of Resistance of Iran "], NCRI Official Website, accessed on 24 September 2010</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Contact== | ||
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| + | *Website: http://ncr-iran.org/index.php | ||
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Revision as of 19:59, 24 September 2010
According to its website, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) is a "a broad coalition of democratic Iranian organizations, groups and personalities."[1] Made up of Iranian exiles and minorities with pro-Israel, anti-Iranian views, several analysts consider the NCRI a Paris-based front group of the Mujahideen-e Khalq.[2]
Contents
People
- Maryam Rajavi - "President-elect" since 1993[1]
Contact
- Website: http://ncr-iran.org/index.php
Related Links
- Chris Zambelis, An Iranian voice in the wilderness, Asia Times, June 5, 2008
- Video report on MEK, BBC Newsnight, January 2007
- NPS Terrorist Group Profiles: MEK
- Bronwyn Adcock, "Gunning for Iran", Dateline, SBS , October 4, 2006.
- US Policy Options for Iran and Iranian Political Opposition, Iran Policy Committee, September 13, 2005
- Friends of a Free Iran, "People's Mojahedin of Iran - Mission Report, Friends of a Free Iran - European Parliament, 2005.
- Jorndorff "Who is the MEK? Daily Kos, August 23, 2005.
- "U.S. Congress's support for Mujahedin-e Khalq", OpenDemocracy, July 14, 2005.
- Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization profile, Globalsecurity.org, updated March 2004.
- Justin Raimondo, Richard Perle Supports Terrorism, Antiwar.com, January 28, 2004
- Sam Dealy, Terrorists Plan D.C. Fundraiser., The Hill January 21, 2004
- Connie Bruck, Exiles: How Iran's Expatriates are Gaming the Nuclear Threat, New Yorker, 6 March 2006
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 NCRI, "Introduction to the National Council of Resistance of Iran ", NCRI Official Website, accessed on 24 September 2010
- ↑ Rostam Pourzal, "MEK Tricks US Progressives, Gains Legitimacy", Monthly Review, 26 May 2006
