National Council Of Resistance Of Iran
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), founded in 1981 in France, is the parliament in exile of the "Iranian Resistance", and is a political umbrella coalition of five Iranian opposition political organizations, the largest organization being the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK).
The President-elect of the NCRI is Maryam Rajavi, currently living in exile in Paris. The NCRI is also co-chaired by Massoud Rajavi. He has not made any public appearances since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The NCRI has been a controversial subject for economical-political exchange dialogues between the Iranian government, the European Union, and the United States on several occasions, and considerable controversy surrounds the issues of whether the NCRI is merely a front group for the MEK, whether the NCRI is involved in terrorism, or whether it is "a legitimate dissident organization fighting for democracy in Iran."
On 20 February 2008, in a press conference in Brussels, NCRI claimed the existence of a clandestine nuclear site in Tehran.
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