Maryam Rajavi

Maryam Rajavi
Maryam Rajavi
President elect of National Council of Resistance
Incumbent
Assumed office
28 August 1993
Preceded by Massoud Rajavi
Leader of People's Mojahedin Organization
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 February 1993
Preceded by Massoud Rajavi
Deputy Leader of People's Mojahedin Organization
In office
9 December 1989 – 2 February 1993
Leader Massoud Rajavi
Preceded by None
Succeeded by Fahimeh Arvani
Personal details
Born February 3, 1953 (1953-02-03) (age 58)
Tehran, Iran
Political party People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran
Spouse(s) Massoud Rajavi
Religion Twelver Shia Islam

Maryam Rajavi (born Maryam Azodanlu in 3 March 1953 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian politician who is President elect of National Council of Resistance of Iran, a front group for People's Mujahedin of Iran, since 1993. She is the wife of Massoud Rajavi, a founder of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (PMOI). She's the "president-elect" of the National Council of Resistance of Iran,[1] a coalition of exiled groups opposed to the Islamic Republic regime.

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On April 21, 1997, Time Magazine published an article about PMOI and reported: "There is a cult of personality around Massoud Rajavi and Maryam Rajavi that is unhealthy," says Michael Eisenstadt, an Iran expert at the Washington Institute on Near East Policy. "If they were to achieve power, it is unlikely they would give it up."[2]

On July 13, 2003, New York Times published an article that in 1991 when Saddam Hussein used the PMOI and its tanks as advance forces to crush the Iraqi Kurdish people in the north and the Iraqi Shia people in the south, Maryam Rajavi as then leader of PMOI's army forces commanded:

"Take the Kurds under your tanks, and save your bullets for the Iranian Revolutionary Guards."[3]

On December 14, 2006, Time Magazine published an article about PMOI and reported: "By the mid-1980s, the group (PMOI) had cozied up to Saddam Hussein, who provided them with funds and a compound, Camp Ashraf, north of Baghdad. The U.S. government has accused the group of helping Saddam brutally put down Iraqi Kurdish people in the early 1990s, and of launching numerous attacks inside Iran."[4]

On December 14, 2006, Time Magazine published an article about PMOI and reported: "In 2003, French anti-terrorist police raided Maryam Rajavi's place in Auvers-sur-Oise, securing millions of euros and taking Rajavi and some of her collaborators into custody. Several of Rajavi's followers set themselves on fire to protest her arrest, confirming official French concerns about the cultish nature of the group."[4] Maryam Rajavi, congratulated Zohreh Akhyani's election as the new Secretary General of the PMOI on September 7, 2011."[5]

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Party political offices
Preceded by
None
Deputy Leader of People's Mujahedin of Iran
1989-1993
Succeeded by
Fahimeh Arvani
Preceded by
Masoud Rajavi
Leader of People's Mujahedin of Iran
1993-present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by
Masoud Rajavi
President of National Council of Resistance
1993-present
Succeeded by
Incumbent

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