National Council of Resistance of Iran
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National Council of Resistance
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Lion and Sun was adopted in 1993
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| Abbreviation | NCRI |
| Spokesperson | Alireza Jafarzadeh |
| President-elect | Maryam Rajavi |
| Founder | Massoud Rajavi and Abolhassan Banisadr |
| Founded | July 20, 1981 |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
| Mother Party | People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran |
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The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI; Persian: شورای ملی مقاومت ایران, translit. Šurā-ye melli-e moqāwemat-e Īrān) is an Iranian political organization based in France. The organization has appearance of a broad-based coalition, however many analysts consider NCRI and People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) to be synonymous and recognize NCRI as only "nominally independent" political wing or front for MEK.
On 21 December 2001, Australia added the organization, alias of MEK, to its ‘Consolidated List’ subject to the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373. On 15 August 2003, being considered an alias of MEK, it was designated as a terrorist organization by the United States and was delisted on 28 September 2012.
The NCRI was originally an umbrella organization of Iranian dissident groups that shared an opposition to Ayatollah Khomeni and Islamic Republic, but it lasted no more than two or three years.
It was formed by People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) leader, Massoud Rajavi, and former president of Iran Abolhassan Banisadr in 1981, who co-chaired the council. They were later joined by National Democratic Front (NDF) and Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI). The council also received unequivocal support from Labour Party of Iran. It caused a break up in the Fedaian Organisation (Minority), when Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (In Search of Identity Program) led by Mehdi Sameh split the former in order to join the NCRI, with less than a handful of members.
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